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US 12,597,925 · App. 18/063,518 · Granted Apr 7, 2026

Superconducting current control system

Inventors: Cody James Ballard (Catonsville, MD); Joel D. Strand (Ellicott City, MD); Thomas Bernhard Chamberlin (Baltimore, MD)
Assignee: NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION
H03K17/92G06N10/40H02M3/04
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Patent No.
US 12,597,925
App. No.
18/063,518
Granted
Apr 7, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

One example includes a superconducting current control system. The system includes an inductive coupler comprising a load inductor and a control inductor. The inductive coupler can be configured to inductively provide a control current from the control inductor to a superconducting circuit device based on a load current being provided through the load inductor. The system also includes a current control element comprising a superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID) array comprising a plurality of SQUIDs. The current control element can be coupled to the inductive coupler to control an amplitude of the load current through the load inductor, and thus to control an amplitude of the control current to the superconducting circuit device.

Claims (26)

1 . A superconducting current control system comprising:

an inductive coupler comprising a load inductor and a control inductor, the inductive coupler being configured to inductively provide a control current from the control inductor to a superconducting circuit device based on a load current being provided through the load inductor; and

a current control element comprising a superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID) array comprising a plurality of SQUIDs, each of the SQUIDs being inductively coupled to a bias line, the current control element being configured as a tunable inductive path for an input current corresponding to at least a portion of the load current, the bias line being configured to conduct a bias current to control an amplitude of the input current, the amplitude of the input current being configured to control an amplitude of the load current through the load inductor based on an amplitude of the bias current to thereby control an amplitude of the control current to the superconducting circuit device.

2 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of SQUIDs are arranged as a plurality of radio frequency (RF) SQUIDs arranged in an array between a first terminal of the SQUID array and a second terminal of the SQUID array through which the input current is conducted, wherein at least one of the first and second terminals is conductively coupled to the inductive coupler.

3 . The system of claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of SQUIDs comprises a Josephson junction and an inductor opposite the Josephson junction that is inductively coupled to the bias line, wherein the SQUIDs are arranged in an alternating pattern with respect to the respective Josephson junction and the respective inductor.

4 . The system of claim 3 , wherein the inductor associated with each of the SQUIDs is a first inductor, each of the SQUIDs comprising a second inductor, the second inductor interconnecting the respective one of the SQUIDs and a previous one of the SQUIDs in the array to provide flux to the respective one of the SQUIDs and the previous one of the SQUIDs in response to an input current, the load current being a portion of the input current.

5 . The system of claim 1 , wherein a first portion of the input current is provided as the load current through the load inductor and a second portion of the input current is provided in parallel with the first portion.

6 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the superconducting current control system receives an input current at an input, wherein a first portion of the input current is provided as the load current through the load inductor and a second portion of the input current is provided in parallel with the first portion.

7 . The system of claim 6 , wherein the current control element is arranged in parallel with the load inductor, wherein the current control element provides a tunable inductive path for the second portion of the input current to control an amplitude of the first portion of the input current as the load current through the load inductor.

8 . The system of claim 6 , wherein the current control element is arranged in series with the load inductor, the superconducting current control system further comprising a shunt inductor in parallel with the series arrangement of the current control element and the load inductor, wherein the second portion of the input current passes through the shunt inductor and wherein the current control element provides a tunable inductive path for the first portion of the input current to control an amplitude of the first portion of the input current as the load current through the load inductor.

9 . The system of claim 6 , wherein the current control element is a first current control element arranged in series with the load inductor, the superconducting current control system further comprising a second current control element arranged in parallel with the series arrangement of the first current control element and the load inductor, wherein the first current control element provides a tunable inductive path for the first portion of the input current and the second current control element provides a tunable inductive path for the second portion of the input current to control an amplitude of the first portion of the input current as the load current through the load inductor.

10 . A method for controlling an amplitude of a control current provided to a superconducting circuit device, the method comprising:

coupling the superconducting circuit device to a current control element via an inductive coupler, the current control element comprising a superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID) array comprising a plurality of radio frequency (RF) SQUIDs, each of the SQUIDs being inductively coupled to a bias line;

providing an input current through the current control element, such that the current control element is configured as a tunable inductive path for the input current, the input current corresponding to at least a portion of a load current, the load current being provided through a load inductor of the inductive coupler to inductively provide the control current from a control inductor associated with the inductive coupler; and

providing a bias current on the bias line to control an amplitude of the input current, the amplitude of the input current controlling an amplitude of the load current through the load inductor based on an amplitude of the bias current.

11 . The method of claim 10 , wherein each of the plurality of SQUIDs comprises a Josephson junction, a first inductor arranged opposite the Josephson junction and inductively coupled to the bias line, and a second inductor, wherein the RF SQUIDs are arranged in an alternating pattern with respect to the respective Josephson junction and the respective first inductor, and wherein the second inductor interconnects the respective one of the RF SQUIDs and a previous one of the RF SQUIDs in the array to provide flux to the respective one of the RF SQUIDs and the previous one of the RF SQUIDs in response to the input currents.

12 . The method of claim 9 , wherein the inductive coupler is coupled to the current control element via at least one of a first terminal and a second terminal associated with the current control element, the input current being conducted between the first and second terminals, wherein the SQUID array is arranged as a first array of RF SQUIDs and a second array of RF SQUIDs arranged in parallel between the first terminal and the second terminal of the current control element, wherein a first portion of the input current is provided through the first array of RF SQUIDs and a second portion of the input current is provided through the second array of SQUIDs.

13 . The method of claim 10 , wherein providing the bias current comprises providing the bias current to a transformer associated with the current control element to induce a flux in each of the RF SQUIDs of the SQUID array to control the amplitude of the load current.

14 . The method of claim 10 , wherein the current control element is arranged in parallel with the load inductor, wherein the current control element provides a tunable inductive path for a first portion of the input current to control an amplitude of a second portion of the input current as the load current through the load inductor.

15 . The method of claim 10 , wherein the current control element is arranged in series with the load inductor, wherein a current path is arranged in parallel with the series arrangement of the current control element and the load inductor, wherein a first portion of the input current passes through the current path and wherein the current control element provides a tunable inductive path for a second portion of the input current to control an amplitude of the second portion of the input current as the load current through the load inductor.

16 . A superconducting current control system comprising:

an inductive coupler comprising a load inductor and a control inductor, the inductive coupler being configured to inductively provide a control current from the control inductor to a superconducting circuit device based on a load current being provided through the load inductor as a first portion of an input current that is received at an input of the superconducting current control system, a second portion of the input current being provided parallel with the first portion; and

a current control element comprising a first superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID) array and a second SQUID array arranged in parallel between a first terminal and a second terminal, each of the first and second SQUID arrays comprising a plurality of RF SQUIDs, each of the RF SQUIDs being inductively coupled to a bias line configured to conduct a bias current, the current control element being configured as a tunable inductive path for an input current corresponding to at least a portion of the load current, the bias line being configured to conduct a bias current to control an amplitude of the input current, the amplitude of the input current being configured to control an amplitude of the load current through the load inductor based on an amplitude of the bias current, the current control element being coupled to the inductive coupler via at least one of the first and second terminals to control an amplitude of the load current through the load inductor based on an amplitude of the bias current, the control current having an amplitude that is based on the amplitude of the load current.

17 . The system of claim 16 , wherein each of the plurality of SQUIDs comprises a Josephson junction, a first inductor arranged opposite the Josephson junction and inductively coupled to the bias line, and a second inductor, wherein the RF SQUIDs are arranged in an alternating pattern with respect to the respective Josephson junction and the respective first inductor, and wherein the second inductor interconnects the respective one of the RF SQUIDs and a previous one of the RF SQUIDs in the array to provide flux to the respective one of the RF SQUIDs and the previous one of the RF SQUIDs in response to the input currents.

18 . The system of claim 16 , wherein the current control element is arranged in parallel with the load inductor, wherein the current control element provides a tunable inductive path for the second portion of the input current to control an amplitude of the first portion of the input current as the load current through the load inductor.

19 . The system of claim 16 , wherein the current control element is arranged in series with the load inductor, the superconducting current control system further comprising a current path in parallel with the series arrangement of the current control element and the load inductor, wherein the second portion of the input current passes through the current path and wherein the current control element provides a tunable inductive path for the first portion of the input current to control an amplitude of the second portion of the input current as the load current through the load inductor.

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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 8, 2022
From: BALLARD, CODY JAMES; STRAND, JOEL D.; CHAMBERLIN, THOMAS BERNHARD
To: NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION
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