US Patent Issued to INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRIA on Nov. 18 for "Segmented movement control electrodes in ion traps" (Austrian, German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,476,104, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRIA AG (Villach, Austria).

"Segmented movement control electrodes in ion traps" was invented by Matthias Brandl (Kirchseeon, Germany) and Nina Agnieszka Megier (Villach, Austria).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system is provided that includes: at least one radio frequency (RF) electrode extending along a first direction, the at least one RF electrode configured to generate an RF field, where a first RF electrode of the least one RF electrode is disposed in a substrate, and a plurality of direct current (DC) electrodes that are spaced apart along at least the first dir...