Patents by Inventor Stuart J. Berkowitz

Stuart J. Berkowitz has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 5831278
    Abstract: A three-terminal device constructed from a Josephson junction with one or more asymmetric control lines is disclosed. The device is constructed with high temperature superconducting materials. The junction can be a bicrystal, SNS (Superconducting-Normal-Superconducting) or any other type of high temperature superconductor junction. The control line is either a conducting or superconducting material which is electrically isolated from the junction but inductively coupled into the junction. A portion of the control line is approximately directly above the junction and has current which at least partially flows parallel or nonparallel to current flowing across the junction. The control line current alters the magnetic field within the junction which changes the critical current of the junction. The junction is in a superconducting or resistive state depending on whether the bias current of the junction is greater than or less than the control current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 3, 1998
    Assignee: Conductus, Inc.
    Inventor: Stuart J. Berkowitz