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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
May. 30, 1995

Filed:

Apr. 05, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:

Carmine Vittoria, Newton, MA (US);

Allan Widom, Brookline, MA (US);

Yizhou Huang, Cambridge, MA (US);

Hoton How, Malden, MA (US);

Assignee:

Northeastern University, Boston, MA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01R / ; H01L / ; H01P / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
505162 ; 257 33 ; 257 34 ; 324248 ; 324250 ; 324637 ; 333 / ; 505846 ; 327510 ; 327528 ;
Abstract

A planar SQUID magnetometer for detection and measurement of an applied magnetic flux is disclosed wherein a planar microwave-resonant element overlaps a Josephson device incorporated in a high-T.sub.c superconducting, thin-film SQUID device, thereby providing inductive coupling between the planar microwave-resonant element and the SQUID device. When the microwave-resonant element is excited by incident high-frequency microwave radiation, the intensity of reflected microwave radiation varies in response to a magnetic flux applied to the SQUID device in accordance with non-linear oscillatory behavior of the microwave-resonant element due to inductive loading by the SQUID device. The microwave-resonant element and the SQUID device are preferably fabricated photolithographically on a single substrate.


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