Patents by Inventor Teresa Brecht

Teresa Brecht 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).

  • Techniques for coupling planar qubits to non-planar resonators and related systems and methods
    Patent number: 10468740
    Abstract: According to some aspects, a quantum mechanical system is provided, comprising a resonator having a plurality of superconducting surfaces and configured to support at least one electromagnetic oscillation mode within a three-dimensional region, wherein the plurality of superconducting surfaces include a first superconducting surface that defines a first plane, and a physical qubit comprising at least one planar component that is planar within the first plane and borders the three-dimensional region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: Yale University
    Inventors: Zlatko Minev, Kyle Serniak, Ioan Pop, Yiwen Chu, Teresa Brecht, Luigi Frunzio, Michel Devoret, Robert J. Schoelkopf, III
  • Methods for making a superconducting device with at least one enclosure
    Patent number: 10424712
    Abstract: Some embodiments are directed to a device including multiple substrates comprising one or more troughs. The substrates are disposed such that the one or more troughs form at least one enclosure. At least one superconducting layer covers at least a portion of the at least one enclosure. Other embodiments are directed to a method for manufacturing a superconducting device. The method includes acts of forming at least one trough in at least a first substrate; covering at least a portion of the first substrate with a superconducting material; covering at least a portion of a second substrate with the superconducting material; and bonding the first substrate and the second substrate to form at least one enclosure comprising the at least one trough and the superconducting material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: Yale University
    Inventors: Robert J. Schoelkopf, III, Luigi Frunzio, Michel Devoret, Teresa Brecht
  • Superconducting device with at least one enclosure
    Patent number: 10424711
    Abstract: Some embodiments are directed to a device including multiple substrates comprising one or more troughs. The substrates are disposed such that the one or more troughs form at least one enclosure. At least one superconducting layer covers at least a portion of the at least one enclosure. Other embodiments are directed to a method for manufacturing a superconducting device. The method includes acts of forming at least one trough in at least a first substrate; covering at least a portion of the first substrate with a superconducting material; covering at least a portion of a second substrate with the superconducting material; and bonding the first substrate and the second substrate to form at least one enclosure comprising the at least one trough and the superconducting material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: Yale University
    Inventors: Robert J. Schoelkopf, III, Teresa Brecht, Luigi Frunzio, Michel Devoret
  • TECHNIQUES FOR COUPLING PLANAR QUBITS TO NON-PLANAR RESONATORS AND RELATED SYSTEMS AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20180069288
    Abstract: According to some aspects, a quantum mechanical system is provided, comprising a resonator having a plurality of superconducting surfaces and configured to support at least one electromagnetic oscillation mode within a three-dimensional region, wherein the plurality of superconducting surfaces include a first superconducting surface that defines a first plane, and a physical qubit comprising at least one planar component that is planar within the first plane and borders the three-dimensional region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2016
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Applicant: Yale University
    Inventors: Zlatko Minev, Kyle Serniak, Ioan Pop, Yiwen Chu, Teresa Brecht, Luigi Frunzio, Michel Devoret, Robert J. Schoelkopf, III
  • METHODS FOR MAKING A SUPERCONDUCTING DEVICE WITH AT LEAST ONE ENCLOSURE
    Publication number: 20150372217
    Abstract: Some embodiments are directed to a device including multiple substrates comprising one or more troughs. The substrates are disposed such that the one or more troughs form at least one enclosure. At least one superconducting layer covers at least portion of the at least one enclosure. Other embodiments are directed to a method for manufacturing a superconducting device. The method includes acts of forming at least one trough in at least a first substrate; covering at least a portion of the first substrate with a superconducting material; covering at least a portion of a second substrate with the superconducting material; and bonding the first substrate and the second substrate to form at least one enclosure comprising the at least one trough and the superconducting material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2014
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Applicant: Yale University
    Inventors: Robert J. Schoelkopf, III, Luigi Frunzio, Michel Devoret, Teresa Brecht
  • SUPERCONDUCTING DEVICE WITH AT LEAST ONE ENCLOSURE
    Publication number: 20150357550
    Abstract: Some embodiments are directed to a device including multiple substrates comprising one or more troughs. The substrates are disposed such that the one or more troughs form at least one enclosure. At least one superconducting layer covers at least a portion of the at least one enclosure. Other embodiments are directed to a method for manufacturing a superconducting device. The method includes acts of forming at least one trough in at least a first substrate; covering at least a portion of the first substrate with a superconducting material; covering at least a portion of a second substrate with the superconducting material; and bonding the first substrate and the second substrate to form at least one enclosure comprising the at least one trough and the superconducting material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2014
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Applicant: Yale University
    Inventors: Robert J. Schoelkopf III, Teresa Brecht, Luigi Frunzio, Michel Devoret