US 12,237,162 B2
Small-volume UHV ion-trap package and method of forming
Jungsang Kim, Chapel Hill, NC (US); Geert Vrijsen, Durham, NC (US); Ismail Inlek, Durham, NC (US); Tom Noel, Boulder, CO (US); Megan Ivory, Boulder, CO (US); Alexander Kato, Boulder, CO (US); and Steve Hughes, Boulder, CO (US)
Assigned to Duke University, Durham, NC (US); and ColdQuanta, Inc., Boulder, CO (US)
Filed by Duke University, Durham, NC (US); and Coldquanta, Inc., Boulder, CO (US)
Filed on Jul. 9, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/371,899.
Application 16/913,932 is a division of application No. 15/935,312, filed on Mar. 26, 2018, granted, now 10,755,913, issued on Aug. 25, 2020.
Application 17/371,899 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/913,932, filed on Jun. 26, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/533,927, filed on Jul. 18, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/049,842, filed on Jul. 9, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0335591 A1, Oct. 28, 2021
Int. Cl. H01J 49/42 (2006.01); H01J 49/16 (2006.01); H01J 49/24 (2006.01)
CPC H01J 49/422 (2013.01) [H01J 49/16 (2013.01); H01J 49/24 (2013.01); H01J 49/42 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An ion-trap system comprising:
an ion trap disposed on a chip carrier; and
an enclosure that encloses the ion trap in a first chamber, wherein the enclosure includes a plurality of piece parts that includes the chip carrier and a housing, and wherein the piece parts of the plurality thereof are joined with a plurality of seals that consists of UHV seals;
wherein the first chamber has a pressure that is less than or equal to 10−10 Torr;
wherein the first chamber has an internal volume that is less than or equal to 10 cm3; and
wherein the ion-trap system has an operating temperature that is greater than or equal to −50° C.
 
8. An ion-trap system comprising:
an ion trap disposed on a chip carrier; and
an enclosure that encloses the ion trap in a first chamber, wherein the enclosure includes a plurality of piece parts comprising the chip carrier and a housing;
a plurality of seals that consists of UHV seals, wherein plurality of seals join the piece parts of the plurality thereof; and
an ion pump that is joined with the enclosure via a first UHV seal;
wherein the first chamber has a pressure that is less than or equal to 10-10 Torr;
wherein the ion-trap system is cryosorption-pump-free; and
wherein the ion-trap system is configured to enable an operating temperature that is greater than or equal to −50° C.