US Patent Issued to ColdQuanta on July 8 for "Time-multiplexed superpixel-based quantum-array readout system" (Wisconsin, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,353,955, issued on July 8, was assigned to ColdQuanta Inc. (Boulder, Colo.).

"Time-multiplexed superpixel-based quantum-array readout system" was invented by Clifton Leon Anderson (Patterson, Calif.), Martin Tom Lichtman (Madison, Wis.) and Matthew Ebert (Madison, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Quantum computing results can be stored in a quantum array of quantum-state carriers (QSCs) which must be read out in a form accessible to the classical world. The quantum array can be divided into regions that can be read in parallel. Each region is illuminated one QSC (e.g., atom) at a time and any resulting emissions are detected to determi...