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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 13, 2020
John X. Przybysz, Severna Park, MD (US);
Robert M. Young, Ellicott City, MD (US);
Aaron Ashley Hathaway, Baltimore, MD (US);
Edward R. Engbrecht, Odenton, MD (US);
Monica P. Lilly, Frederick, MD (US);
John X. Przybysz, Severna Park, MD (US);
Robert M. Young, Ellicott City, MD (US);
Aaron Ashley Hathaway, Baltimore, MD (US);
Edward R. Engbrecht, Odenton, MD (US);
Monica P. Lilly, Frederick, MD (US);
NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION, Falls Church, VA (US);
Abstract
A solid state cooler device is disclosed that includes a first superconductor shunt, a first normal metal pad disposed on the first superconductor shunt, and a first insulator layer and a second insulator layer disposed on the normal metal pad and separated from one another by a gap. The solid state cooler device also includes a first superconductor pad disposed on the first insulator layer and a second superconductor pad disposed on the second insulator layer, a first conductive pad coupled to the first superconductor pad, and a second conductive pad coupled to the second superconductor pad. Hot electrons are removed from the first normal metal pad when a bias voltage is applied between the first conductive pad and the second conductive pad, wherein the first superconductor shunt facilitates even current distribution through the device.