US Patent Issued to IonQ on Feb. 25 for "Shaped central electrode inside radio frequency rail to control aspects of an ion trap" (Maryland Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,237,163, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to IonQ Inc. (College Park, Md.).

"Shaped central electrode inside radio frequency rail to control aspects of an ion trap" was invented by Jason Madjdi Amini (Takoma Park, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A shaped central electrode is described that is placed between a pair of radio frequency (RF) rails of a trap configured to hold atomic-based qubits to control aspects of the operation of the trap. In one aspect, the shaping may involve forming a pinched region in the middle of the central electrode. The middle of the central electrode may correspond to the middle portion of the trap. The shapi...