Patents by Inventor J. Craig Petroff

J. Craig Petroff 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: 10755190
    Abstract: An electrical filter includes a dielectric substrate with inner and outer coils about a first region and inner and outer coils about a second region, a portion of cladding removed from wires that form the coils and coupled to electrically conductive traces on the dielectric substrate via a solder joint in a switching region. An apparatus to thermally couple a superconductive device to a metal carrier with a through-hole includes a first clamp and a vacuum pump. A composite magnetic shield for use at superconductive temperatures includes an inner layer with magnetic permeability of at least 50,000; and an outer layer with magnetic saturation field greater than 1.2 T, separated from the inner layer by an intermediate layer of dielectric. An apparatus to dissipate heat from a superconducting processor includes a metal carrier with a recess, a post that extends upwards from a base of the recess and a layer of adhesive on top of the post. Various cryogenic refrigeration systems are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: D-WAVE SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventors: Alexandr M. Tcaciuc, Pedro A. de Buen, Peter D. Spear, Sergey V. Uchaykin, Colin C. Enderud, Richard D. Neufeld, Jeremy P. Hilton, J. Craig Petroff, Amar B. Kamdar, Gregory D. Peregrym, Edmond Ho Yin Kan, Loren J. Swenson, George E. G. Sterling, Gregory Citver
  • Patent number: 10468793
    Abstract: Systems and devices for providing differential input/output communication with a superconducting device are described. Each differential I/O communication is electrically filtered using a respective tubular filter structure incorporating superconducting lumped element devices and high frequency dissipation by metal powder epoxy. A plurality of such tubular filter structures is arranged in a cryogenic, multi-tiered assembly further including structural/thermalization supports and a device sample holder assembly for securing a device sample, for example a superconducting quantum processor. The ace between the cryogenic tubular assembly and room temperature electronics is achieved using hermetically sealed vacuum feed-through structures designed to receive flexible printed circuit board cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: D-WAVE SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventors: J. Craig Petroff, Sergey V. Uchaykin, Alexandr M. Tcaciuc, Gordon Lamont
  • Publication number: 20190074808
    Abstract: Systems and devices for providing differential input/output communication with a superconducting device are described Each differential I/O communication is electrically filtered using a respective tubular filter structure incorporating superconducting lumped element devices and high frequency dissipation by metal powder epoxy. A plurality of such tubular filter structures is arranged in a cryogenic. multi-tiered assembly further including structural/thermalization supports and a device sample holder assembly for securing a device sample, for example a superconducting quantum processor. The ace between the cryogenic tubular assembly and room temperature electronics is achieved using hermetically sealed vacuum feed-through structures designed to receive flexible printed circuit board cable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2018
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Inventors: J. Craig Petroff, Sergey V. Uchaykin, Alexandr M. Tcaciuc, Gordon Lamont
  • Patent number: 10097151
    Abstract: Systems and devices for providing differential input/output communication with a superconducting device are described. Each differential I/O communication is electrically filtered using a respective tubular filter structure incorporating superconducting lumped element devices and high frequency dissipation by metal powder epoxy. A plurality of such tubular filter structures is arranged in a cryogenic, multi-tiered assembly further including structural/thermalization supports and a device sample holder assembly for securing a device sample, for example a superconducting quantum processor. The interface between the cryogenic tubular filter assembly and room temperature electronics is achieved using hermetically sealed vacuum feed-through structures designed to receive flexible printed circuit board cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: D-Wave Systems Inc.
    Inventors: Murray C. Thom, Alexander M. Tcaciuc, Gordon Lamont, J. Craig Petroff, Richard D. Neufeld, David S. Bruce, Sergey V. Uchaykin
  • Publication number: 20170373658
    Abstract: Systems and devices for providing differential input/output communication with a superconducting device are described. Each differential I/O communication is electrically filtered using a respective tubular filter structure incorporating superconducting lumped element devices and high frequency dissipation by metal powder epoxy. A plurality of such tubular filter structures is arranged in a cryogenic, multi-tiered assembly further including structural/thermalization supports and a device sample holder assembly for securing a device sample, for example a superconducting quantum processor. The interface between the cryogenic tubular filter assembly and room temperature electronics is achieved using hermetically sealed vacuum feed-through structures designed to receive flexible printed circuit board cable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2017
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Inventors: Murray C. Thom, Alexander M. Tcaciuc, Gordon Lamont, J. Craig Petroff, Richard D. Neufeld, David S. Bruce, Sergey V. Uchaykin
  • Publication number: 20170178018
    Abstract: An electrical filter includes a dielectric substrate with inner and outer coils about a first region and inner and outer coils about a second region, a portion of cladding removed from wires that form the coils and coupled to electrically conductive traces on the dielectric substrate via a solder joint in a switching region. An apparatus to thermally couple a superconductive device to a metal carrier with a through-hole includes a first clamp and a vacuum pump. A composite magnetic shield for use at superconductive temperatures includes an inner layer with magnetic permeability of at least 50,000; and an outer layer with magnetic saturation field greater than 1.2 T, separated from the inner layer by an intermediate layer of dielectric. An apparatus to dissipate heat from a superconducting processor includes a metal carrier with a recess, a post that extends upwards from a base of the recess and a layer of adhesive on top of the post. Various cryogenic refrigeration systems are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2016
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Inventors: Alexandr M. Tcaciuc, Pedro A. de Buen, Peter D. Spear, Sergey V. Uchaykin, Colin C. Enderud, Richard D. Neufeld, Jeremy P. Hilton, J. Craig Petroff, Amar B. Kamdar, Gregory D. Peregrym, Edmond Ho Yin Kan, Loren J. Swenson, George E.G. Sterling, Gregory Citver