ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,597,911, issued on April 7, was assigned to NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS Corp. (Falls Church, Va.).
"Superconducting data input system" was invented by Jeffrey S. Hall (Annapolis, Md.) and Elias J. Galan (Baltimore).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "One example includes a superconducting data input system. The system includes an inductive coupler that generates first and second bias currents in response to receiving a current pulse. The system also includes a first clocked receiver configured to generate a first superconducting data signal having a first data state in response to the first bias current at a first phase of a clock signal, and a s...