US 11,946,680 B2
Integrated dilution refrigerators
Corban I. Tillemann-Dick, Denver, CO (US); Kyle J. Thompson, Boulder, CO (US); Bryan J. Choo, New York, NY (US); Johanna Zultak, Boulder, CO (US); and Tyler James Plant, Thornton, CO (US)
Assigned to Maybell Quantum Industries, Inc., Denver, CO (US)
Filed by Maybell Quantum Industries, Inc., Denver, CO (US)
Filed on Jul. 8, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/860,909.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/319,248, filed on Mar. 11, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/219,795, filed on Jul. 8, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0012324 A1, Jan. 12, 2023
Int. Cl. H05K 7/20 (2006.01); F25B 9/10 (2006.01); F25B 9/12 (2006.01); F25B 9/14 (2006.01); F25B 25/00 (2006.01); F25D 19/00 (2006.01); B33Y 80/00 (2015.01)
CPC F25B 9/12 (2013.01) [F25B 9/10 (2013.01); F25B 9/145 (2013.01); F25B 25/005 (2013.01); F25D 19/006 (2013.01); H05K 7/208 (2013.01); B33Y 80/00 (2014.12); F25B 2500/13 (2013.01); H05K 7/20827 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A dilution refrigerator comprising:
a plurality of thermalization plates configured to be cooled to a plurality of temperatures, wherein:
a first thermalization plate of the plurality of thermalization plates comprises an integrated heat exchanger,
the integrated heat exchanger comprises channels formed in the first thermalization plate,
the channels are configured to allow helium to flow through the first thermalization plate during operation of the dilution refrigerator, and
the first thermalization plate further comprises a detachable portion, the detachable portion comprising the integrated heat exchanger; and
an interchangeable dilution insert detachably coupled to the detachable portion of the first thermalization plate, wherein the dilution insert is detachably coupled to:
a condensing line of the dilution refrigerator; and
three thermalization plates of the plurality of thermalization plates.