US Patent Issued to 1372934 B.C. on July 22 for "Systems and methods for fabrication of superconducting integrated circuits" (American, Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,369,501, issued on July 22, was assigned to 1372934 B.C. LTD. (Burnaby, Canada).

"Systems and methods for fabrication of superconducting integrated circuits" was invented by Eric Ladizinsky (Manhattan Beach, Calif.), Jeremy P. Hilton (Vancouver, Canada), Byong Hyop Oh (San Jose, Calif.) and Paul I. Bunyk (Pt. Roberts, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various techniques and apparatus permit fabrication of superconductive circuits. A niobium/aluminum oxide/niobium trilayer may be formed and individual Josephson Junctions (JJs) formed. A protective cap may protect a JJ during fabrication. A hybrid dielectric may be formed. A superconduc...