Patents by Inventor Yufan LI

Yufan LI 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: 11995516
    Abstract: A qubit device may include a closed loop comprising one or more polycrystalline spin-triplet superconductors. The closed loop may maintain a half-quantum magnetic flux in a ground state. A qubit device may include a closed loop comprising one or more single crystalline spin-triplet superconductors connected by one or more s-wave superconductors. The closed loop may maintain a half-quantum magnetic flux in a ground state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Yufan Li, Xiaoying Xu, Chia-Ling Chien
  • Publication number: 20220245501
    Abstract: A qubit device may include a closed loop comprising one or more polycrystalline spin-triplet superconductors. The closed loop may maintain a half-quantum magnetic flux in a ground state. A qubit device may include a closed loop comprising one or more single crystalline spin-triplet superconductors connected by one or more s-wave superconductors. The closed loop may maintain a half-quantum magnetic flux in a ground state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Inventors: Yufan LI, Xiaoying XU, Chia-Ling CHIEN
  • Patent number: 10559747
    Abstract: A magneto-electronic device may include: a spin-orbit torque (SOT) generator layer; a magnetic memory layer; and/or sensing electrodes configured to measure a Hall effect of the magnetic memory layer. The SOT generator layer may include topological insulator material, and the magnetic memory layer may include ferromagnetic material with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy. A magneto-electronic device may include: a spin-orbit torque (SOT) generator layer; a first magnetic memory layer on the SOT generator layer; an insulating layer on the first magnetic memory layer; and/or a second magnetic memory layer on the insulating layer. The SOT generator layer may include topological insulator material. The first magnetic memory layer and the second magnetic memory layer may include ferromagnetic material with either perpendicular magnetic anisotropy or in-plane magnetic anisotropy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Yufan Li, Qinli Ma, Chia-ling Chien
  • Publication number: 20200035910
    Abstract: A magneto-electronic device may include: a spin-orbit torque (SOT) generator layer; a magnetic memory layer; and/or sensing electrodes configured to measure a Hall effect of the magnetic memory layer. The SOT generator layer may include topological insulator material, and the magnetic memory layer may include ferromagnetic material with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy. A magneto-electronic device may include: a spin-orbit torque (SOT) generator layer; a first magnetic memory layer on the SOT generator layer; an insulating layer on the first magnetic memory layer; and/or a second magnetic memory layer on the insulating layer. The SOT generator layer may include topological insulator material. The first magnetic memory layer and the second magnetic memory layer may include ferromagnetic material with either perpendicular magnetic anisotropy or in-plane magnetic anisotropy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2017
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Inventors: Yufan Li, Qinli Ma, Chia-ling Chien
  • Patent number: 9899071
    Abstract: Provided is an electric-current-controllable magnetic unit, including: a substrate, an electric-current channel disposed on the substrate, the electric-current channel including a composite heavy-metal multilayer comprising at least one heavy-metal; a capping layer disposed over the electric-current channel; and at least one ferromagnetic layer disposed between the electric-current channel and the capping layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2018
    Assignee: THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Qinli Ma, Yufan Li, Chia-ling Chien
  • Patent number: 9773540
    Abstract: A method for generating a skyrmion, comprising: depositing a vertical metallic nanopillar electrode on a first side of a helimagnetic thin film, the helimagnetic thin film having a contact on a second side to provide a current drain; injecting a current through the vertical metallic nanopillar electrode to generate a rotating field; and applying a static upward magnetic field perpendicular to the helimagnetic thin film to maintain an FM phase background.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Jiadong Zang, Chia-Ling Chien, Yufan Li, Roger K. Lake, Gen Yin
  • Publication number: 20170229160
    Abstract: Provided is an electric-current-controllable magnetic unit, including: a substrate, an electric-current channel disposed on the substrate, the electric-current channel including a composite heavy-metal multilayer comprising at least one heavy-metal; a capping layer disposed over the electric-current channel; and at least one ferromagnetic layer disposed between the electric-current channel and the capping layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2017
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Inventors: Qinli MA, Yufan LI, Chia-ling CHIEN
  • Publication number: 20170018297
    Abstract: A method for generating a skyrmion, comprising: depositing a vertical metallic nanopillar electrode on a first side of a helimagnetic thin film, the helimagnetic thin film having a contact on a second side to provide a current drain; injecting a current through the vertical metallic nanopillar electrode to generate a rotating field; and applying a static upward magnetic field perpendicular to the helimagnetic thin film to maintain an FM phase background.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2016
    Publication date: January 19, 2017
    Inventors: Jiadong ZANG, Chia-Ling CHIEN, Yufan LI, Roger K. LAKE, Gen YIN