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US 12,591,029 · App. 18/104,489 · Granted Mar 31, 2026

Thermally isolating cabling assemblies, systems using thermally isolating cabling assemblies, and methods of fabricating thermally isolating cabling assemblies

Inventors: Richard D. Neufeld (Burnaby, CA); Surjit Singh Dhesi (Richmond, CA); Oscar Yui-kit Fung (Richmond, CA)
Assignee: D-WAVE SYSTEMS INC.
G01R33/421G01R33/0358H01F6/04
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Patent No.
US 12,591,029
App. No.
18/104,489
Granted
Mar 31, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

Cable assemblies and, systems using the assemblies can include thermal breaks between assembly sections, and methods for fabricating the assemblies can include creating thermal breaks. A cable assembly includes a first shielding cable having a first solderable material interleaved with a section of a second shielding cable having an exterior material that is a second solderable material and an inner material that is superconductive at and below a critical temperature. The cable assembly may be fabricated during the assembly of an apparatus, and, following assembly of the apparatus, a segment of the second shielding cable is etched to expose a portion of the inner material. Following fabrication of the cable assemblies, the apparatus may be installed in a cryogenic environment in which the exposed portion of superconductive inner material thermally isolates the cabling assembly proximate to a superconducting circuit from the remaining cabling assembly.

Claims (20)

1 . A shielded signal cable assembly comprising:

a first shielding cable having first shielding cable wires comprising a first solderable material;

a second shielding cable having second shielding cable wires comprising an inner material and a second solderable material that surrounds the inner material, wherein the inner material is a material that is superconducting at and below a critical temperature; and

a first solder joint via which a first end of the first shielding cable and a first end of the second shielding cable are electrically connected,

wherein a length of the second shielding cable has an exposed inner material portion at which the second solderable material of the second shielding cable wires has been etched.

2 . The shielded signal cable assembly of claim 1 , wherein a thermal conductivity value of the exposed inner material portion of the second shielding cable wires is lower than a thermal conductivity value of the first solderable material of the first shielding cable wires in a range of temperatures.

3 . The shielded signal cable assembly of claim 2 , wherein the exposed inner material portion of the second shielding cable wires is operable as a heat switch at a temperature within the range of temperatures.

4 . The shielded signal cable assembly of claim 1 , further comprising a second solder joint via which a second end of the second shielding cable and a first end of a third shielding cable are electrically connected, wherein the third shielding cable has third shielding cable wires formed of the first solderable material.

5 . The shielded signal cable assembly of claim 4 , further comprising:

one or more additional second shielding cables, each having a respective additional exposed inner material portion at which the second solderable material of a respective additional second shielding cable wire has been etched;

one or more third shielding cables;

one or more respective first shielding cables;

one or more respective first solder joints via which each of a first end of a respective one of the one or more additional second shielding cables and a first end of a respective first shielding cable are electrically connected; and

one or more respective second solder joints, via which each of a second end of a respective one of the one or more additional second shielding cables and a first end of a respective third shielding cable are electrically connected.

6 . The shielded signal cable assembly of claim 4 , wherein the exposed inner material portion is located medially along the second shielding cable to each of the first solder joint and the second solder joint.

7 . The shielded signal cable assembly of claim 1 , wherein the second solderable material of the second shielding cable is copper or silver-coated copper, the inner material is aluminum, and wherein the critical temperature is 1.1K.

8 . The shielded signal cable assembly of claim 1 , wherein the first solderable material and the second solderable material are different materials.

9 . The shielded signal cable assembly of claim 1 , wherein the first shielding cable comprises a first cable core surrounded by the first shielding wires and the second shielding cable comprises a second cable core surrounded by the second shielding wires,

wherein the first shielding wires and the second shielding wires respectively shield the first cable core and the second cable from electromagnetic interference (EMI) and radio frequency interference (RFI),

wherein the first shielding cable and the second shielding cable are each one of a coaxial cable or a twisted pair.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 3, 2026
From: NEUFELD, RICHARD D.; DHESI, SURJIT SINGH; FUNG, OSCAR YUI-KIT
To: D-WAVE SYSTEMS INC.
Reel/Frame 073952/0171 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Mar 11, 2025
From: PSPIB UNITAS INVESTMENTS II INC.
To: D-WAVE SYSTEMS INC.; 1372934 B.C. LTD.
Reel/Frame 070470/0098 →
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SECURITY AGREEMENT (PROJECT INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY) Recorded Jul 7, 2023
From: D-WAVE SYSTEMS INC
To: PSPIB UNITAS INVESTMENTS II INC., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 064235/0051 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 63317192 · Mar 7, 2022
Related Publication 20240019514A1 · Jan 18, 2024
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