US Patent Issued to NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS on March 31 for "Superconducting analog-to-digital converter (ADC) system" (Maryland Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,592,712, issued on March 31, was assigned to NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS Corp. (Falls Church, Va.).

"Superconducting analog-to-digital converter (ADC) system" was invented by Randall M. Burnett (Catonsville, Md.), Cody James Ballard (Catonsville, Md.), Robert Miller (Hanover, Md.) and Tyler Derek Ram (Baltimore).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "One example includes a superconducting analog-to-digital converter (ADC) system. The system includes a control line configured to propagate an interrogation pulse and a superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID) comprising a first Josephson junction and a second Josephson junction. The SQUID c...