Patents Assigned to Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH
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Patent number: 12243917Abstract: A method for producing an ohmic contact for an electronic part, wherein a layer consisting of a semiconductor is applied to a substrate is disclosed. A surface to be contacted of the applied semiconductor is wet-chemically etched, which is rinsed with radicals. An electrical conductor or a semiconductor is applied to the surface rinsed with radicals. An electronic component having several semiconductor layers on a substrate is also disclosed. A top layer on the one or more semiconductor layers is applied to the substrate. The top layer consists of an electrically non-conductive dielectric having an access through the top layer to a semiconductor layer, wherein adjacent semiconductor layers consist of different II-VI semiconductors. The access is at least partially filled with a II-VI semiconductor. A metallic contact applied to the II-VI semiconductor extends to the outer side of the top layer or projects outwardly relative to the top layer.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2020Date of Patent: March 4, 2025Assignee: Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbHInventors: Alexander Pawlis, Johanna Janßen, Benjamin Bennemann, Christoph Krause
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Patent number: 12237478Abstract: A measuring arrangement for secondary alkaline solid electrolyte batteries comprising—two electrically non-conductive cell body halves, both cell body halves comprising at least one and one cell body half comprising at least three feedthroughs, both cell body halves forming a receiving space for receiving a solid electrolyte battery cell comprising at least an anode, a cathode and a solid electrolyte. An electrically conductive holding element for each feedthrough; an electrical contact element for each support element, the electrical contact element being adapted to change its length in response to the force applied to the element; and two planar current conductors comprising electrically conductive and electrically non-conductive regions, at least one of the current conductors being adapted to form at least three separate electrically conductive connections between the contact elements and an electrode of the solid electrolyte battery cell.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2020Date of Patent: February 25, 2025Assignee: FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH GMBHInventors: Gerrit Homann, Johannes Kasnatscheew, Jijeesh Ravi Nair, Mariano Grünebaum, Martin Winter
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Patent number: 12181545Abstract: A coil assembly for use as a transmission and/or receiving coil in an MR system comprises a dipole antenna assembly with multiple dipole antennas. Connection elements are converted from an electrically conductive state to an electrically non-conductive state. In the electrically conductive state, the dipole antennas form a cylindrical volume coil and/or a conductor loop assembly, in particular a flat conductor loop assembly. The connection elements comprise blocking circuits which automatically block when a high-frequency alternating voltage with a frequency corresponding to the blocking frequency of the connection element blocking circuits is applied to the coil assembly.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2019Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignee: Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbHInventors: Suk Min Hong, Nadim Joni Shah, Chang-Hoon Choi, Jörg Felder
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Patent number: 12182041Abstract: An electronic component is formed by a semiconductor component or a semiconductor-like structure having gate electrode assemblies for manipulating the quantum state of qubits in quantum dots. It comprises a substrate comprising a two-dimensional electron gas or electron hole gas. Electrical contacts connect the gate electrode assemblies to voltage sources. A first gate electrode assembly having gate electrodes is arranged on a surface of the electronic component to generate movable potential wells in the substrate. A second gate electrode assembly serves to generate a potential barrier, which is adjacent to the first gate electrode assembly. The gate electrode assemblies have parallel electrode fingers, whereby the electrode fingers of the first gate electrode assembly are periodically and alternately interconnected in order to effect an almost continuous movement of the potential wells through the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2020Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignees: Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule (RWTH) Aachen, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbHInventors: Matthias Künne, Hendrik Bluhm, Lars Schreiber
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Patent number: 12133475Abstract: An electronic component (10, 110) is designed as a semiconductor or with a semiconductor-like structure for moving a quantum dot (68, 168) over a distance. The electronic component (10, 110) comprises a substrate (32, 132) having a two-dimensional electron gas or electron hole gas. A gate electrode assembly (16, 18, 20, 116, 118, 120) having gate electrodes (38, 40, 42, 44, 138, 140, 142, 144) is arranged on a surface (31, 131) of the electronic component (10, 110). The gate electrode assembly (16, 18, 20, 116, 118, 120) produces a potential well (66, 166) in the substrate (32, 132). Electrical terminals for connecting the gate electrode assembly (16, 18, 20, 116, 118, 120) to voltage sources are provided for this purpose. The disclosure further relates to a method for such an electronic component (10, 110).Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2020Date of Patent: October 29, 2024Assignees: Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule (RWTH) Aachen, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbHInventors: Inga Seidler, Hendrik Bluhm, Lars Schreiber, Matthias Künne
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Patent number: 12123931Abstract: A dipole antenna array includes at least two dipole antenna elements. Each respective dipole antenna element has at one end a fold which consists of a bend, a bent region, and the projection of the bent region of the dipole antenna element onto a length of the dipole antenna element. Each respective dipole antenna element at least partially encloses a cavity.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2020Date of Patent: October 22, 2024Assignee: FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JUELICH GMBHInventors: Chang-Hoon Choi, Joerg Felder, Suk Min Hong, Christoph Lerche, Nadim Joni Shah
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Patent number: 12107222Abstract: Disclosed is a liquid electrolyte for use in lithium-ion, lithium-metal, and lithium-sulfur batteries, in which the liquid electrolyte comprises at least one organic nonlinear carbonate, at least one lithium salt, and at least one cyclic sulfoxide, and in which the liquid electrolyte does not comprise a combination of propylene carbonate, tetrahydrothiophene-1-oxide, and lithium bis(trifluoromethanesulfonyl)imide (LiTFSI). Also disclosed is a lithium secondary battery comprising an anode, a cathode, a separator, and the liquid electrolyte for use in lithium-ion, lithium-metal, and lithium-sulfur batteries.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2019Date of Patent: October 1, 2024Assignee: FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JUELICH GMBHInventors: Kristina Oldiges, Gunther Brunklaus, Mariano Gruenebaum, Isidora Cekic-Laskovic, Martin Winter
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Patent number: 12072819Abstract: An electronic component (10) is formed by a semiconductor component or a semiconductor-like structure having gate electrode assemblies (16, 18, 20) for moving a quantum dot (52). The electronic component (10) comprises a substrate (12) having a two-dimensional electron gas or electron hole gas. Electrical contacts connect the gate electrode assemblies (16, 18, 20) to voltage sources. A first gate electrode assembly (16) having gate electrodes (22, 24), which is arranged on a surface (14) of the electronic component in order to produce a potential well (50) in the substrate (12). The gate electrode assembly (16) has parallel electrode fingers (32, 34), wherein the electrode fingers (32, 34) are interconnected in a periodically alternating manner, which causes an almost continuous movement of the potential well (50) through the substrate (12), whereby a quantum dot (52) is transported in one direction together with this potential well (50).Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2020Date of Patent: August 27, 2024Assignees: Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule (RWTH) Aachen, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbHInventors: Matthias Künne, Hendrik Bluhm, Lars Schreiber
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Patent number: 12008437Abstract: The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for detecting a state of a data qubit by means of a parity qubit, wherein both the data qubit and the parity qubit can be moved by a moving means, wherein the distance between the data qubit and the parity qubit is so large that the parity qubit cannot query the state of the data qubit, wherein the distance between the data qubit and the parity qubit is reduced by moving the data qubit along a first path and the parity qubit along a second path until the state of the data qubit can be queried by the parity qubit, characterized in that the first path is longer than the second path and/or that the speed of movement of the parity qubit is greater than the speed of movement of the data qubit.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2020Date of Patent: June 11, 2024Assignee: Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbHInventors: Veit Langrock, David Divincenzo
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Patent number: 12007408Abstract: A method is provided for electrically examining electronic components of an integrated circuit including a target region to be examined in which electronic components with contact points are located and further including a remaining, non-target region. The method includes performing an examination with a combined SEM/AFM nanoprobe. The examination includes imaging at least a portion of the non-target region with the scanning electron microscope part of the SEM/AFM nanoprobe in a first step, imaging at least a portion of the target region only with the atomic force microscope part of the SEM/AFM nanoprobe in a subsequent step, and recording, in a further subsequent step, current/voltage curves as characteristic electrical curves at the contact points with the nanoprobe, or performing a conductive AFM technique.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2019Date of Patent: June 11, 2024Assignee: FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JUELICH GMBHInventors: Bert Voigtlaender, Vasily Cheperanov
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Patent number: 11983126Abstract: An electronic component is formed by a semiconductor component or a semiconductor-like structure having gate electrode assemblies, for reading out the quantum state of a qubit in a quantum dot. The electronic component comprises a substrate having a two-dimensional electron gas or electron hole gas. Electrical contacts connect the gate electrode assemblies to voltage sources. The gate electrode assemblies have gate electrodes, which are arranged on a surface of the electronic component, for producing potential wells in the substrate.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2020Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignees: Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule (RWTH) Aachen, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbHInventors: Matthias Künne, Hendrik Bluhm, Lars Schreiber
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Patent number: 11927660Abstract: A method for determining movement of an object to be imaged in a medical imaging method which includes at least one Magnetic Resonance Imaging, wherein the method comprises the following steps determining first coefficients of a mathematical transformation based on first navigator data of the object, wherein the first navigator data are recorded by a magnetic resonance tomograph (100) using a first spherical Lissajous navigator in the k-space with kr<0.2/cm, preferably kr<0.15/cm, and particularly preferably kr<0.1/cm, wherein kr represents the absolute value of the wave vector k.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2019Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH GMBHInventors: Richard Buschbeck, Nadim Joni Shah
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Patent number: 11901512Abstract: An electrolyte includes at least one lithium salt, at least one first organic solvent having a dielectric constant of >90 at 40° C., at least one second organic solvent having a boiling point of <110° C., and at least one phosphite having the formula (I) R1 is selected from an n-propoxy group, an iso-propoxy group, a tert-butoxy group, an n-pentafluoropropoxy group, an n-trifluoropropoxy group, an iso-hexafluoropropoxy group, or a tert-nonafluorobutoxy group. R2, R3, R4, and R5 are each selected, independently of one another, from H, a trifluoromethyl group, or a C2-C6-alkyl group which is substituted with a trifluoromethyl group.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2019Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignees: FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JUELICH GMBH, CONSTRUCTOR UNIVERSITY BREMEN GGMBHInventors: Volodymyr Kozel, Natascha Von Aspern, Gerd-Volker Roeschenthaler, Martin Winter, Olesya Stubbmann-Kazakova, Isidora Cekic-Laskovic, Christian Woelke
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Patent number: 11786870Abstract: Disclosed are a CMS membrane, characterized in that it is obtainable by pyrolysis of a polyimide composed of the monomers 1-(4-aminophenyl)-1,3,3-trimethyl-2H-inden-5-amine and 5-(1,3-dioxo-2-benzofuran-5-carbonyl-2-benzofuran-1,3-dione of the following formulae: preferably by pyrolysis of the polyimide having the CAS number 62929-02-6, and a supported CMS membrane comprising a CMS membrane obtainable from a polyimide by pyrolysis and a porous support, characterized in that a mesoporous intermediate layer is provided between the CMS membrane and the porous support. Further disclosed are a process for preparing the supported membrane, the use of the membranes for separating gas mixtures or liquid mixtures, an apparatus for gas separation or for liquid separation, and the use of the polyimide for preparing a CMS membrane by pyrolysis.Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2019Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbHInventors: Patrick Tchoua Ngamou, Mariya E. Ivanova, Wilhelm Albert Meulenberg, Olivier Guillon
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Patent number: 11687473Abstract: An electronic component (10) is formed by a semiconductor component or a semiconductor-like structure having gate electrode assemblies (16, 18), for initializing the quantum mechanical state of a qubit.Type: GrantFiled: September 21, 2020Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignees: Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule (RWTH) Aachen, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbHInventors: Matthias Künne, Hendrik Bluhm, Lars Schreiber
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Patent number: 11678590Abstract: A method for producing a hybrid structure, the hybrid structure including at least one structured Majorana material and at least one structured superconductive material arranged thereon includes producing, on a substrate, a first mask for structured application of the Majorana material and a further mask for structured growth of the at least one superconductive material, which are aligned relatively to one another, and applying the at least one structured superconductive material to the structured Majorana material with the aid of the further mask. The structured application of the Majorana material and of the at least one superconductive material takes place without interruption in an inert atmosphere.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2021Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JUELICH GMBHInventors: Peter Schueffelgen, Daniel Rosenbach, Detlev Gruetzmacher, Thomas Schaepers
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Patent number: 11668672Abstract: An apparatus for measuring electrical potentials of a liquid sample includes at least one field effect transistor having a source, a drain, and a gate, a substrate, and at least two intersecting nanowires of semiconductive material arranged on the substrate, each having a source and drain contact as a field effect transistor and a voltage applicator configured to apply a voltage between the respective source and drain contact. The cross section of the two nanowires has a shape of a triangle or a trapezium. A voltage applicator configured to apply a voltage to the substrate are arranged on the substrate. The nanowires are electrically insulated at least against the sample by a dielectric layer along their surface having a layer thickness between 5 and 40 nm, and at least one impurity is arranged in the dielectric layer as a bearing point which is capable of capturing charge carriers.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2017Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JUELICH GMBHInventors: Svetlana Vitusevich, Ihor Zadorozhnyi
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Patent number: 11650335Abstract: A method for determining position and energy in scintillation detectors includes determining a photoconversion energy and a photoconversion position of particles triggering scintillation events, in an iteration-free manner, calculated from a distribution of scintillation light released by one or more of the scintillation events. The distribution of scintillation light is scanned by a photodetector.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2020Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JUELICH GMBHInventors: Christoph Lerche, Wenwei Bi, Nadim Joni Shah
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Publication number: 20230099524Abstract: An imidazolidinylide compound for use as a shut-down additive for a lithium-ion battery. The imidazolidinylide compound has a formula (I), wherein, R1 to R4, each independently the other, is a linear C1- to C16-alkyl group, a branched C1- to C16-alkyl group, a C2- to C16-alkenyl group, a C3- to C8-cycloalkyl group, or a C3- to C16-arene group, wherein at least one of R2 and R3 may also be H, R1 to R4, each independently of the other, is completely, partially or not fluorinated, and R1 to R3 may each also contain O as a heteroatom.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2021Publication date: March 30, 2023Applicants: JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN GGMBH, FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JUELICH GMBHInventors: GERD-VOLKER ROESCHENTHALER, ISIDORA CEKIC-LASKOVIC, NATASCHA VON ASPERN, MARTIN WINTER, MYKHAILO SHEVCHUK
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Patent number: 11569400Abstract: The invention relates to a solar module which is technically easy to manufacture and has a plurality of solar cells arranged one behind the other and electrically connected in series, wherein a bypass diode for electrical bypassing is electrically connected in parallel with each solar cell, wherein the bypass diodes are arranged one behind the other, wherein each solar cell and each bypass diode comprises a photovoltaically active layer, a lower electrically conductive layer and an upper electrically conductive layer both of which adjoin the photovoltaically active layer, characterized in that each bypass diode is arranged between solar cells.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2019Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbHInventor: Bart Elger Pieters