ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,451,851, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Redmond, Wash.).
"Parametric amplifier and uses thereof" was invented by Gijsbertus De Lange (Schiphol, Netherlands) and Wolfgang Pfaff (Delft, Netherlands).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A parametric amplifier for amplifying an input signal includes a resonator comprising a Josephson junction. The Josephson junction comprises a first superconductor component, a second superconductor component and a semiconductor component. The semiconductor component is configured to enable coupling of the first and second superconductor components. The parametric amplifier f...