US Patent Issued to NEC on Dec. 16 for "Oscillation apparatus, quantum computer, and control method" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,500,549, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to NEC Corp. (Tokyo).

"Oscillation apparatus, quantum computer, and control method" was invented by Tsuyoshi Yamamoto (Tokyo) and Yoshihito Hashimoto (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An oscillation apparatus includes: an oscillator including a resonator and a magnetic-field generating unit, the resonator including a loop circuit and a capacitor, the loop circuit including a first superconducting line, a first Josephson junction, a second superconducting line, and a second Josephson junction connected in a ring shape, the magnetic-field generating unit being configured to apply a magnetic fiel...