Patents by Inventor Andrew Brock Wilson

Andrew Brock Wilson 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).

  • Systems, methods and apparatus for measuring magnetic fields
    Patent number: 9335385
    Abstract: SQUIDs may detect local magnetic fields. SQUIDS of varying sizes, and hence sensitivities may detect different magnitudes of magnetic fields. SQUIDs may be oriented to detect magnetic fields in a variety of orientations, for example along an orthogonal reference frame of a chip or wafer. The SQUIDS may be formed or carried on the same chip or wafer as a superconducting processor (e.g., a superconducting quantum processor). Measurement of magnetic fields may permit compensation, for example allowing tuning of a compensation field via a compensation coil and/or a heater to warm select portions of a system. A SQIF may be implemented as a SQUID employing an unconventional grating structure. Successful fabrication of an operable SQIF may be facilitated by incorporating multiple Josephson junctions in series in each arm of the unconventional grating structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: D-Wave Systems Inc.
    Inventors: Trevor Michael Lanting, Paul I. Bunyk, Andrew J. Berkley, Richard G. Harris, Sergey V. Uchaykin, Andrew Brock Wilson, Mark Johnson
  • SYSTEMS, METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING MAGNETIC FIELDS
    Publication number: 20150346291
    Abstract: SQUIDs may detect local magnetic fields. SQUIDS of varying sizes, and hence sensitivities may detect different magnitudes of magnetic fields. SQUIDs may be oriented to detect magnetic fields in a variety of orientations, for example along an orthogonal reference frame of a chip or wafer. The SQUIDS may be formed or carried on the same chip or wafer as a superconducting processor (e.g., a superconducting quantum processor). Measurement of magnetic fields may permit compensation, for example allowing tuning of a compensation field via a compensation coil and/or a heater to warm select portions of a system. A SQIF may be implemented as a SQUID employing an unconventional grating structure. Successful fabrication of an operable SQIF may be facilitated by incorporating multiple Josephson junctions in series in each arm of the unconventional grating structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2014
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Inventors: Trevor Michael Lanting, Paul I. Bunyk, Andrew J. Berkley, Richard G. Harris, Sergey V. Uchaykin, Andrew Brock Wilson, Mark Johnson
  • Systems, methods and apparatus for measuring magnetic fields
    Patent number: 8812066
    Abstract: SQUIDs may detect local magnetic fields. SQUIDS of varying sizes, and hence sensitivities may detect different magnitudes of magnetic fields. SQUIDs may be oriented to detect magnetic fields in a variety of orientations, for example along an orthogonal reference frame of a chip or wafer. The SQUIDS may be formed or carried on the same chip or wafer as a superconducting processor (e.g., a superconducting quantum processor). Measurement of magnetic fields may permit compensation, for example allowing tuning of a compensation field via a compensation coil and/or a heater to warm select portions of a system. A SQIF may be implemented as a SQUID employing an unconventional grating structure. Successful fabrication of an operable SQIF may be facilitated by incorporating multiple Josephson junctions in series in each arm of the unconventional grating structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: D-Wave Systems Inc.
    Inventors: Trevor Michael Lanting, Paul I. Bunyk, Andrew J. Berkley, Richard G. Harris, Sergey V. Uchaykin, Andrew Brock Wilson, Mark Johnson
  • SYSTEMS, METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING MAGNETIC FIELDS
    Publication number: 20110065585
    Abstract: SQUIDs may detect local magnetic fields. SQUIDS of varying sizes, and hence sensitivities may detect different magnitudes of magnetic fields. SQUIDs may be oriented to detect magnetic fields in a variety of orientations, for example along an orthogonal reference frame of a chip or wafer. The SQUIDS may be formed or carried on the same chip or wafer as a superconducting processor (e.g., a superconducting quantum processor). Measurement of magnetic fields may permit compensation, for example allowing tuning of a compensation field via a compensation coil and/or a heater to warm select portions of a system. A SQIF may be implemented as a SQUID employing an unconventional grating structure. Successful fabrication of an operable SQIF may be facilitated by incorporating multiple Josephson junctions in series in each arm of the unconventional grating structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2009
    Publication date: March 17, 2011
    Applicant: D-WAVE SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventors: Trevor Michael Lanting, Paul I. Bunyk, Andrew J. Berkley, Richard G. Harris, Sergey V. Uchaykin, Andrew Brock Wilson, Mark Johnson