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- Patent Title: Superconducting quantum interference array receiver and method for digitally controlling magnetic flux bias thereof
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Application No.: US17460767Application Date: 2021-08-30
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Publication No.: US11630166B1Publication Date: 2023-04-18
- Inventor: Eric C. Fisher , Marcio C. de Andrade , Brian A. Higa , Michael O'Brien
- Applicant: United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
- Applicant Address: US CA San Diego
- Assignee: United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
- Current Assignee: United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Diego
- Agency: Naval Information Warfare Center, Pacific
- Agent Kyle Eppele; J. Eric Anderson
- Main IPC: G01R33/54
- IPC: G01R33/54 ; G01R33/035

Abstract:
A receiver for detecting at least one electromagnetic signal while the receiver is moving relative to the Earth's magnetic field, the receiver comprising: an SQUID array for generating an output that is a transfer function of SQUID array magnetic flux that is supplied from a combination of an oscillating magnetic field of the at least one electromagnetic signal, the Earth's magnetic field, and a bias magnetic field; a bias-tee configured to divide the SQUID array output into a DC signal and an RF signal; a memory store configured to store a plurality of voltage and flux bias values, wherein each voltage value has a corresponding flux bias value that results in maximum SQUID array sensitivity; and a logic circuit configured to find a voltage value in the memory store that most closely matches the DC signal, and to apply to the SQUID array a flux bias corresponding to the most closely matched voltage value.
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