US Patent Issued to IMEC VZW on June 17 for "Trench capacitor device for superconducting electronic circuit and superconducting qubit device" (Belgian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,336,195, issued on June 17, was assigned to IMEC VZW (Leuven, Belgium).

"Trench capacitor device for superconducting electronic circuit and superconducting qubit device" was invented by Anton Potocnik (Leuven, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to a trench capacitor device for a superconducting electronic circuit. The trench capacitor device includes a substrate, a first capacitor electrode, and a second capacitor electrode, each electrode including a superconductor and extending into the substrate. The first electrode is circumferentially enclosed by the second electrode such that an inwardly facing surface of...