ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,787,658, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to C12 Quantum Electronics (Paris).
"Quantum component" was invented by Matthieu Desjardins (Paris), William Legrand (Paris) and Quentin Schaeverbeke (Paris).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A quantum component comprises: a substrate; two suspension electrodes; a plurality of gate electrodes arranged between the two suspension electrodes, the two suspension electrodes being raised relative to the gate electrodes; at least one nano-object element, in particular, a nanowire or a nanotube, suspended between the two suspension electrodes, the at least one nano-object element being placed above the gate ele...