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公开(公告)号:US12266401B2
公开(公告)日:2025-04-01
申请号:US18587872
申请日:2024-02-26
Applicant: PsiQuantum Corp
Inventor: Faraz Najafi
Abstract: An example memory cell includes a superconducting loop configured to receive a write current and form a persistent current that stores a data bit in the superconducting loop. The example memory cell further includes a superconducting wire coupled to the superconducting loop and configured to selectively read-out the data bit in the superconducting loop in response to a control signal. An example method of reading data from the memory cell includes receiving, at the superconducting loop, a write current to store a data bit in a superconducting loop, and forming a persistent current that circulates in the superconducting loop as a stored data bit. The example method further includes, in accordance with a control signal, transferring, via a superconducting wire of the memory cell that is coupled to the superconducting loop, at least a portion of the persistent current to an output of the memory cell.
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公开(公告)号:US20240402004A1
公开(公告)日:2024-12-05
申请号:US17940882
申请日:2022-09-08
Applicant: PsiQuantum Corp,
Inventor: Chia-Jung Chung , Faraz Najafi , George Kovall , Vitor R. Manfrinato , Vimal Kamineni , Mark Thompson , Syrus Ziai
Abstract: A superconductor device includes a barrier layer over a substrate including silicon, the barrier layer including silicon and nitrogen, and a seed layer for a superconductor layer over the barrier layer, the seed layer including aluminum and nitrogen, and superconductor layer over the seed layer, the superconductor layer including a layer of a superconductor material, the barrier layer serving as an oxidation barrier between the layer superconductor material and the substrate. In some embodiments, the superconductor device includes a waveguide and a metal contact at a sufficient distance from the waveguide to prevent optical coupling between the metal contact and the waveguide.
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公开(公告)号:US20240369408A1
公开(公告)日:2024-11-07
申请号:US18774410
申请日:2024-07-16
Applicant: PsiQuantum Corp.
Inventor: Mark Thompson , Faraz Najafi
Abstract: An example multi-element photon detector includes a waveguide configured to guide a set of photons from a photon source, wherein the waveguide includes (i) a first coupling region, and (ii) a second coupling region. The example detector also includes a first photon detector coupled to the first coupling region and configured to detect individual photons from the first coupling region, the first photon detector arranged to have a first coupling efficiency with the waveguide. The example detector further includes a second photon detector coupled to the second coupling region and configured to detect individual photons from the second coupling region, the second photon detector arranged to have a second coupling efficiency with the waveguide, wherein the second coupling efficiency is greater than the first coupling efficiency such that the multi-element photon detector has a first probability of absorption across the first and second single photon detectors.
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公开(公告)号:US20240249770A1
公开(公告)日:2024-07-25
申请号:US18587872
申请日:2024-02-26
Applicant: PsiQuantum Corp,
Inventor: Faraz Najafi
CPC classification number: G11C11/44 , H10N60/30 , H10N60/83 , H10N60/84 , H10N69/00 , H10N60/01 , H10N60/85
Abstract: An example memory cell includes a superconducting loop configured to receive a write current and form a persistent current that stores a data bit in the superconducting loop. The example memory cell further includes a superconducting wire coupled to the superconducting loop and configured to selectively read-out the data bit in the superconducting loop in response to a control signal. An example method of reading data from the memory cell includes receiving, at the superconducting loop, a write current to store a data bit in a superconducting loop, and forming a persistent current that circulates in the superconducting loop as a stored data bit. The example method further includes, in accordance with a control signal, transferring, via a superconducting wire of the memory cell that is coupled to the superconducting loop, at least a portion of the persistent current to an output of the memory cell.
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公开(公告)号:US12009819B2
公开(公告)日:2024-06-11
申请号:US17222657
申请日:2021-04-05
Applicant: PSIQUANTUM CORP.
Inventor: Faraz Najafi , Qiaodan Jin Stone
IPC: H03K19/195 , G01J1/44 , H10N60/30 , H10N60/84
CPC classification number: H03K19/195 , G01J1/44 , H10N60/30 , H10N60/84 , G01J2001/442
Abstract: The various embodiments described herein include methods, devices, and systems for operating superconducting circuitry. In one aspect, a superconducting component includes: (1) a superconductor having a plurality of alternating narrow and wide portions, each wide portion having a corresponding terminal; and (2) a plurality of heat sources, each heat source thermally coupled to a corresponding narrow portion such that heat from the heat source is transmitted to the corresponding narrow portion; where the plurality of heat sources is electrically isolated from the superconductor.
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公开(公告)号:US11972794B2
公开(公告)日:2024-04-30
申请号:US17967778
申请日:2022-10-17
Applicant: PsiQuantum Corp.
Inventor: Faraz Najafi
CPC classification number: G11C11/44 , H10N60/30 , H10N60/83 , H10N60/84 , H10N69/00 , H10N60/01 , H10N60/85
Abstract: An electronic device includes a substrate and a layer of superconducting material disposed over the substrate. The layer of superconducting material includes a first wire and a loop that is (1) distinct and separate from the first wire and (ii) capacitively coupled to the first wire while the loop and the first wire are in a superconducting state.
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公开(公告)号:US11805709B2
公开(公告)日:2023-10-31
申请号:US16813628
申请日:2020-03-09
Applicant: PsiQuantum Corp.
Inventor: Faraz Najafi
IPC: H10N60/84 , G01J1/44 , H01L29/43 , H01L29/786 , H01L31/00 , H01L31/0224 , H01L31/113 , H10N60/10 , H10N60/20 , H10N60/30 , H10N60/35 , G01J1/42
CPC classification number: H10N60/84 , G01J1/44 , H01L29/437 , H01L29/78645 , H01L31/00 , H01L31/022408 , H01L31/1136 , H10N60/128 , H10N60/207 , H10N60/30 , H10N60/35 , G01J1/42 , G01J2001/442 , G01J2001/446 , G01J2001/4473
Abstract: The various embodiments described herein include methods, devices, and systems for fabricating and operating transistors. In one aspect, a transistor includes: (1) a semiconducting component configured to operate in an on state at temperatures above a semiconducting threshold temperature; and (2) a superconducting component configured to operate in a superconducting state while: (a) a temperature of the superconducting component is below a superconducting threshold temperature; and (b) a first current supplied to the superconducting component is below a current threshold; where: (i) the semiconducting component is located adjacent to the superconducting component; and (ii) in response to a first input voltage, the semiconducting component is configured to generate an electromagnetic field sufficient to lower the current threshold such that the first current exceeds the lowered current threshold, thereby transitioning the superconducting component to a non-superconducting state.
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公开(公告)号:US11799020B1
公开(公告)日:2023-10-24
申请号:US17705201
申请日:2022-03-25
Applicant: PsiQuantum Corp
Inventor: Faraz Najafi , Qiaodan Jin Stone , Andrea Bahgat Shehata
IPC: H01L29/66 , H01L23/34 , H10N60/30 , H01L29/861 , H01L29/868 , H01L31/09 , H01L31/107 , H10N69/00
CPC classification number: H01L29/66992 , H01L23/345 , H01L29/861 , H01L29/868 , H01L31/09 , H01L31/107 , H10N60/30 , H10N69/00
Abstract: The various embodiments described herein include methods, devices, and systems for fabricating and operating diodes. In one aspect, an electrical circuit includes: (1) a diode component having a particular energy band gap; (2) an electrical source electrically coupled to the diode component and configured to bias the diode component in a particular state; and (3) a heating component thermally coupled to a junction of the diode component and configured to selectively supply heat corresponding to the particular energy band gap.
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公开(公告)号:US20230283281A1
公开(公告)日:2023-09-07
申请号:US18118040
申请日:2023-03-06
Applicant: PsiQuantum Corp.
Inventor: Faraz Najafi
IPC: H03K19/195 , H03K19/17784 , H03K19/17736 , H03K19/17728
CPC classification number: H03K19/195 , H03K19/17784 , H03K19/17744 , H03K19/17728
Abstract: The various embodiments described herein include methods, devices, and systems for operating superconducting circuitry. In one aspect, a programmable circuit includes: (1) a superconducting component arranged in a multi-dimensional array of alternating narrow and wide portions, the superconducting component having an input terminal at a first end and an output terminal at a second end opposite of the first end; and (2) control circuitry coupled to the narrow portions of the superconducting component, the control circuitry configured to transition the narrow portions between superconducting and non-superconducting states. In some implementations, the superconducting component and the control circuitry are formed on different layers of the programmable circuit.
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公开(公告)号:US20230213380A1
公开(公告)日:2023-07-06
申请号:US17967773
申请日:2022-10-17
Applicant: PsiQuantum Corp.
Inventor: Mark Thompson , Faraz Najafi
CPC classification number: G01J1/0407 , G01J1/44 , G01J2001/442
Abstract: The various embodiments described herein include methods, devices, and systems for fabricating and operating superconducting photon detectors. In one aspect, a photon detector includes: (1) a first waveguide configured to guide photons from a photon source; (2) a second waveguide that is distinct and separate from the first waveguide and optically-coupled to the first waveguide; and (3) a superconducting component positioned adjacent to the second waveguide and configured to detect photons within the second waveguide.
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