ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,555,932, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to PSIQUANTUM CORP. (Palo Alto, Calif.).

"Methods and devices for impedance multiplication" was invented by Faraz Najafi (San Francisco) and Qiaodan Jin Stone (Sunnyvale, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An example electric circuit includes a superconducting component having a first terminal and a second terminal, the superconducting component including a first portion, a second portion, and a third portion electrically connecting the first portion with the second portion. The example circuit also includes an electrically-insulating component that thermally couples the first portion with the ...