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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 01, 2023
Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation, Falls Church, VA (US);
John X. Przybysz, Severna Park, MD (US);
Aaron Ashley Hathaway, Baltimore, MD (US);
Edward R. Engbrecht, Odenton, MD (US);
Robert M. Young, Ellicott City, MD (US);
NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION, Falls Church, VA (US);
Abstract
A solid-state cooler device is disclosed that includes a first portion having a normal metal heat sink layer and a plurality of first parallel ridges disposed over the normal metal heat sink layer, and a second portion having a normal metal layer, insulator layer, superconductor layer (NIS) junction and a plurality of second parallel ridges disposed over the superconductor layer of the NIS junction. The plurality of first parallel ridges are in contact and orthogonal to the plurality of second parallel ridges to provide a plurality of grid point contacts.