Abstract:
Cooperating means formed between a temperature compensating member having an expansion loop and a sidewall of a parallax barrier are provided to insure centering of the loop within a preformed opening in the barrier sidewall. The cooperating means comprise protruding portions and matching receiving openings therefor, either of which may be formed on either member with the mating portion formed on the other member.
Abstract:
Aspects of the present disclosure relate generally to systems and methods for use in the implementation and/or operation of quantum information processing (QIP) systems, and more particularly, to provide a cold finger for use with a quantum information processing (QIP) system including a cryostat. The cold finger includes a planar base including a first surface proximate a cooling plate of the cryostat opposite a second surface; a finger including a first end coupled to the second surface of the planar base and a second end configured to engage an ion trap; and an isolation unit positioned above the cooling plate of the cryostat and including a dielectric crystal plate that is configured to isolate the ion trap from electrical noise generated by the cryostat when controlling a temperature of the ion trap.
Abstract:
Systems and methods for shut-down of a photovoltaic system. In one embodiment, a method implemented in a computer system includes: communicating, via a central controller, with a plurality of local management units (LMUs), each of the LMUs coupled to control a respective solar module; receiving, via the central controller, a shut-down signal from a user device (e.g., a hand-held device, a computer, or a wireless switch unit); and in response to receiving the shut-down signal, shutting down operation of the respective solar module for each of the LMUs.
Abstract:
Apparatuses, systems, and methods for ion traps are described herein. One apparatus includes a number of microwave (MW) rails and a number of radio frequency (RF) rails formed with substantially parallel longitudinal axes and with substantially coplanar upper surfaces. The apparatus includes two sequences of direct current (DC) electrodes with each sequence formed to extend substantially parallel to the substantially parallel longitudinal axes of the MW rails and the RF rails. The apparatus further includes a number of through-silicon vias (TSVs) formed through a substrate of the ion trap and a trench capacitor formed in the substrate around at least one TSV.
Abstract:
Apparatuses, systems, and methods for ion traps are described herein. One apparatus includes a number of microwave (MW) rails and a number of radio frequency (RF) rails formed with substantially parallel longitudinal axes and with substantially coplanar upper surfaces. The apparatus includes two sequences of direct current (DC) electrodes with each sequence formed to extend substantially parallel to the substantially parallel longitudinal axes of the MW rails and the RF rails. The apparatus further includes a number of through-silicon vias (TSVs) formed through a substrate of the ion trap and a trench capacitor formed in the substrate around at least one TSV.
Abstract:
Certain embodiments described herein are directed to devices that can be used to align the components of a source assembly in a source housing. In some examples, a terminal lens configured to couple to the housing through respective alignment features can be used to retain the source components in a source housing to provide a source assembly.
Abstract:
Certain embodiments described herein are directed to devices that can be used to align the components of a source assembly in a source housing. In some examples, a terminal lens configured to couple to the housing through respective alignment features can be used to retain the source components in a source housing to provide a source assembly.
Abstract:
A cap can comprise an aperture, and an attenuator may block the aperture during at least one point in time. In one embodiment, the attenuator can include a cover that may be displaced by a spring. In another embodiment, such as an electron gun, may comprise a support cap with an aperture, a displaceable cover that may cover the aperture, and a spring. A material attached to the spring and acting as a fuse may release the spring and expose the aperture after an electrical current blows the “fuse”. In yet another embodiment, a method for using a tube may comprise evacuating the tube while a cover covers an aperture in the support cap of a electron gun that is at least partially in the tube and moving the cover to expose the aperture after the tube is sealed.
Abstract:
Optical patterns and lithographic techniques are used as part of a process to embed parallel and evenly spaced conductors in the non-planar surfaces of an insulator to produce high gradient insulators. The approach extends the size that high gradient insulating structures can be fabricated as well as improves the performance of those insulators by reducing the scale of the alternating parallel lines of insulator and conductor along the surface. This fabrication approach also substantially decreases the cost required to produce high gradient insulators.
Abstract:
An indicator is made to fit within American Gauge Design dimension requirements to be compatible with existing accessories for indicators and still have a spindle with a travel of about 1/2 inch cooperating with an electro-optical, digital electronic measurement and readout system. A coupling is secured to the inner end of the spindle and supports a ruled glass scale for movement with the spindle in an axially offset position to move relative to a reader assembly that is mounted in the housing. A connecting arm is secured to the coupling for movement in a region spaced from the scale, a lifter rod is arranged opposite the spindle, and a lifter arm is connected between the lifter rod and the connecting arm so that the lifter rod moves about one-half the distance of the spindle. The connecting arm also prevents rotation of the spindle to maintain the orientation of the scale relative to the reader assembly.