Patents by Inventor Theodore R. Blank

Theodore R. Blank 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: 10367483
    Abstract: One embodiment describes a Josephson current source system comprising a flux-shuttle loop that is inductively coupled with an AC input signal. The flux-shuttle loop includes a plurality of stages each comprising at least one Josephson junction. The plurality of stages can be spaced about the flux shuttle loop. Each of a plurality of pairs of the plurality of stages are configured to concurrently trigger in a sequence via the respective at least one Josephson junction in response to the AC input signal and to provide a respective pair of single-flux quantum (SFQ) pulses that move sequentially and continuously through each stage of the plurality of stages around the flux-shuttle loop via each of the at least one Josephson junction of each of the respective stages that results in a DC output current being provided through an output inductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Quentin P. Herr, Anna Y. Herr, Donald L. Miller, Christopher S. Bulla, Theodore R. Blank