Patents by Inventor Sergio A. Montoya

Sergio A. Montoya 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: 11776736
    Abstract: An electronic package includes a mounting platform for mounting an electrically small device, at least one coil, and an insulator. The coil regulates a magnetic field through the electrically small device at the mounting platform. The coil is adapted to conduct a current for nullifying the magnetic field through the electrically small device at the mounting platform. The insulator is between the mounting platform and the coil for isolating the electrically small device from the coil. An electronic circuit includes this electronic package and the electrically small device mounted at the mounting platform of the electronic package. The electrically small device can be a quantum device and/or a topological device when cooled to a cryogenic temperature. The magnetic field is nullified to prevent the magnetic field from adversely affecting the electrically small device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Sergio A. Montoya, Benjamin J. Taylor
  • Patent number: 11733322
    Abstract: A magnetic field detector for detecting magnetic fields over a broad operational temperature range comprising: a plurality of Josephson junctions connected to each other by superconducting interconnecting paths, wherein the plurality of Josephson junctions are arranged in an array; and wherein the superconducting interconnecting paths connecting the plurality of Josephson junctions in the array are designed to not all have a uniform cross-sectional geometry with respect to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: United States of America as by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Sergio A. Montoya, Benjamin J. Taylor, Anna Leese de Escobar, Jenna Jones
  • Patent number: 11639973
    Abstract: A superconducting electronic circuit includes at least two SQUID elements, an array of at least three Josephson Junctions, and a magnetic source element. Each SQUID element has no shared Josephson Junctions or at least one shared Josephson Junction with another SQUID element and at least one exclusive Josephson Junction. The array of at least three Josephson Junctions are connected in one, two, or three-dimensions. The magnetic source element has an electrically-tunable spatially non-uniform magnetic field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Sergio A Montoya, Benjamin J Taylor, Susan Anne Elizabeth Berggren, Anna Leese de Escobar, Nicholas Ferrante
  • Publication number: 20230056817
    Abstract: A cryogenic system cools and operates cryogenic electronics. The cryogenic system includes a cryogenic stage or multiple cryogenic stages for cooling the cryogenic electronics to an operational cryogenic temperature. The cryogenic stage or stages transfer heat from the cryogenic electronics to an ambient environment. An optical fiber or multiple optical fibers deliver an operational power from the ambient environment to the cryogenic electronics and transfer communication data between the cryogenic electronics and the ambient environment. Preferably, the only connection delivering any power from the ambient environment to the cryogenic electronics or transferring any data from the cryogenic electronics to the ambient environment is the optical fiber or fibers, such that the cryogenic system does not include any electrically conductive wires spanning between the ambient environment and the cryogenic electronics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Inventors: Brad Chun-Ting Liu, Sergio A. Montoya, Saurabh Sharma, Carlos Torres, JR., Marico C. de Andrade, Michael C. O'Brien
  • Publication number: 20230016120
    Abstract: A superconducting electronic circuit includes at least two SQUID elements, an array of at least three Josephson Junctions, and a magnetic source element. Each SQUID element has no shared Josephson Junctions or at least one shared Josephson Junction with another SQUID element and at least one exclusive Josephson Junction. The array of at least three Josephson Junctions are connected in one, two, or three-dimensions. The magnetic source element has an electrically-tunable spatially non-uniform magnetic field.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2021
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Applicant: THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY
    Inventors: Sergio A. Montoya, Benjamin J. Taylor, Susan Anne Elizabeth Berggren, Anna Leese de Escobar, Nicholas Ferrante
  • Publication number: 20210193372
    Abstract: An electronic package includes a mounting platform for mounting an electrically small device, at least one coil, and an insulator. The coil regulates a magnetic field through the electrically small device at the mounting platform. The coil is adapted to conduct a current for nullifying the magnetic field through the electrically small device at the mounting platform. The insulator is between the mounting platform and the coil for isolating the electrically small device from the coil. An electronic circuit includes this electronic package and the electrically small device mounted at the mounting platform of the electronic package. The electrically small device can be a quantum device and/or a topological device when cooled to a cryogenic temperature. The magnetic field is nullified to prevent the magnetic field from adversely affecting the electrically small device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventors: Sergio A. Montoya, Benjamin J. Taylor