Patents by Inventor Sterling Eduardo McBride
Sterling Eduardo McBride has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Publication number: 20230296380Abstract: An assembly includes one or more high temperature vapor cells positioned along an axis of the assembly, a vacuum envelope encasing the one or more high temperature vapor cells, and one or more sets of low thermal conductivity mounting structures coupled to the vacuum envelope. Each set of low thermal conductivity mounting structures is configured to position a corresponding one of the high temperature vapor cells within the vacuum envelope.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 13, 2020Publication date: September 21, 2023Inventors: Sterling Eduardo McBride, Alan M. Braun, Seth Charles Caliga
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Publication number: 20230137266Abstract: A sensor comprising a vapor cell including a vapor of alkali atoms is disclosed. The sensor further comprises a first photonic integrated circuit (PIC) configured to direct light of a first wavelength into the vapor cell and incident on the vapor of alkali atoms, wherein the light of the first wavelength is configured to excite the alkali atoms to a first excited state from a ground state. The sensor further comprises a detector configured to detect a response of the alkali atoms, after the alkali atoms are excited from the first excited state to a Rydberg state, to incident electromagnetic radiation.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2020Publication date: May 4, 2023Inventors: Sterling Eduardo McBride, Jesse Wodin, Cale M. Gentry, Kaitlin Moore
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Publication number: 20230049199Abstract: The disclosure describes vacuum cell assemblies that integrate a vacuum envelope with a photonic integrated circuit (PIC). Walls of the vacuum envelope are coupled to the PIC, such as through anodic bonding, so that the PIC forms at least one wall of the vacuum envelope and provides an optically accessible medium and surface for transmitting and distributing light into various cavities of the vacuum envelope through one or more nonplanar waveguides. A surface of the PIC may include a material that is compatible with a material of the walls of the vacuum envelope, such as a silicon-based vacuum envelope bonded to a silicon nitride or amorphous silicon surface of the PIC. Each waveguide may include a bridge structure that forms a planar surface for tightly bonding with the vacuum envelope and preserves properties of the transmitted light between opposing sections of the waveguide.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2020Publication date: February 16, 2023Inventors: Sterling Eduardo McBride, Joey J. Michalchuk, Seth Charles Caliga, Alan M. Braun
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Patent number: 11569077Abstract: The disclosure includes an outer electrode and an inner electrode. The outer electrode defines an inner volume and is configured to receive injected electrons through at least one aperture. The inner electrode positioned in the inner volume. The outer electrode and inner electrode are configured to confine the received electrons in orbits around the inner electrode in response to an electric potential between the outer electrode and the inner electrode. The apparatus does not include a component configured to generate an electron-confining magnetic field.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2018Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: SRI INTERNATIONALInventors: Sterling Eduardo McBride, Joey J. Michalchuk, Christopher E. Holland, Ashish Chaudhary, Winston K. Chan
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Publication number: 20200343081Abstract: The disclosure includes an outer electrode and an inner electrode. The outer electrode defines an inner volume and is configured to receive injected electrons through at least one aperture. The inner electrode positioned in the inner volume. The outer electrode and inner electrode are configured to confine the received electrons in orbits around the inner electrode in response to an electric potential between the outer electrode and the inner electrode. The apparatus does not include a component configured to generate an electron-confining magnetic field.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2018Publication date: October 29, 2020Inventors: Sterling Eduardo McBride, Joey J. Michalchuk, Christopher E. Holland, Ashish Chaudhary, Winston K. Chan
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Patent number: 8415612Abstract: A cold-atom system has multiple vacuum chambers. One vacuum chamber includes an atom source. A fluidic connection is provided between that vacuum chamber and another vacuum chamber. The fluidic connection includes a microchannel formed as a groove in a substantially flat surface and covered by a layer of material.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2008Date of Patent: April 9, 2013Assignees: The Regents of the University of Colorado, Sarnoff CorporationInventors: Sterling Eduardo McBride, Steven Alan Lipp, Joey John Michalchuk, Dana Z. Anderson, Evan Salim, Matthew Squires
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Patent number: 8405021Abstract: Cold-atom systems and methods of handling cold atoms are disclosed. A cold-atom system has multiple chambers and a fluidic connection between two of the chambers. One of these two chambers includes an atom source and the other includes an atom chip.Type: GrantFiled: May 19, 2008Date of Patent: March 26, 2013Assignees: The Regents of the University of Colorado, Sarnoff CorporationInventors: Dana Z. Anderson, Evan Salim, Matthew Squires, Sterling Eduardo McBride, Steven Alan Lipp, Joey John Michalchuk
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Patent number: 8080778Abstract: The present invention provides an improved cold-atom system having multiple chambers such that a first of the chambers includes an atom source. The system also includes an atom trap disposed inside a second of the chambers. A fluidic connection is provided between the first of the vacuum chamber and the second of the vacuum chamber.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2009Date of Patent: December 20, 2011Assignees: SRI International, The Regents of the University of Colorado, a body CorporateInventor: Sterling Eduardo McBride
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Patent number: 7955551Abstract: The present invention provides an improved alkali metal dispenser which is pure and free of contaminant gases, and provides for controlled releasing, delivery and recycling of the alkali metal in multiple stages in a controlled manner. The present invention also provides an alkali metal pump or getter.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2008Date of Patent: June 7, 2011Assignees: SRI International, The Regents of University of Colorado, a body CorporateInventors: Sterling Eduardo McBride, Steven Alan Lipp, Joey John Michalchuk, Dana Z. Anderson, William Frederick Holmgren, Matthew B. Squires
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Patent number: 7807509Abstract: The present invention discloses an anodically bonded vacuum cell structure with a glass substrate including a cavity, and a substrate deposited on the glass substrate, thereby enclosing the cavity to form a bonding interface. The bonding interface having silicon such that the substrate includes a layer of silicon or a secondary substrate with silicon layer bonded onto the secondary substrate.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2008Date of Patent: October 5, 2010Assignee: Sarnoff CorporationInventor: Sterling Eduardo McBride
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Publication number: 20100207016Abstract: A cold-atom system has multiple vacuum chambers. One vacuum chamber includes an atom source. A fluidic connection is provided between that vacuum chamber and another vacuum chamber. The fluidic connection includes a microchannel formed as a groove in a substantially flat surface and covered by a layer of material.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2008Publication date: August 19, 2010Applicants: Sarnoff Corporation, The Regents of the University of ColoradoInventors: Sterling Eduardo McBride, Steven Alan Lipp, Joey John Michalchuk, Dana Z. Anderson, Evan Salim, Matthew Squires
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Publication number: 20100200739Abstract: Cold-atom systems and methods of handling cold atoms are disclosed. A cold-atom system has multiple chambers and a fluidic connection between two of the chambers. One of these two chambers includes an atom source and the other includes an atom chip.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2008Publication date: August 12, 2010Applicants: Sarnoff Corporation, The Regents of the University of ColoradoInventors: Dana Z. Anderson, Evan Salim, Matthew Squires, Sterling Eduardo McBride, Steven Alan Lipp, Joey John Michalchuk
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Publication number: 20090212204Abstract: The present invention provides an improved cold-atom system having multiple chambers such that a first of the chambers includes an atom source. The system also includes an atom trap disposed inside a second of the chambers. A fluidic connection is provided between the first of the vacuum chamber and the second of the vacuum chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2009Publication date: August 27, 2009Inventor: Sterling Eduardo McBride
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Publication number: 20090095414Abstract: The present invention discloses an anodically bonded vacuum cell structure with a glass substrate including a cavity, and a substrate deposited on the glass substrate, thereby enclosing the cavity to form a bonding interface. The bonding interface having silicon such that the substrate includes a layer of silicon or a secondary substrate with silicon layer bonded onto the secondary substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2008Publication date: April 16, 2009Inventor: Sterling Eduardo McBride
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Publication number: 20090013826Abstract: The present invention provides an improved alkali metal dispenser which is pure and free of contaminant gases, and provides for controlled releasing, delivery and recycling of the alkali metal in multiple stages in a controlled manner. The present invention also provides an alkali metal pump or getter.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2008Publication date: January 15, 2009Inventors: Sterling Eduardo McBride, Steven Alan Lipp, Joey John Michalchuk, Dana Z. Anderson, William Frederick Holmgren, Matthew B. Squires
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Patent number: 7470971Abstract: The present invention discloses an anodically bonded vacuum cell structure with a glass substrate including a cavity, and a substrate deposited on the glass substrate, thereby enclosing the cavity to form a bonding interface. The bonding interface having silicon such that the substrate includes a layer of silicon or a secondary substrate with silicon layer bonded onto the secondary substrate.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2006Date of Patent: December 30, 2008Assignee: Sarnoff CorporationInventor: Sterling Eduardo McBride