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Cryogenic Cooling System

Patent No. EP4271949 (titled "Cryogenic Cooling System") was filed by Oxford Instruments Nanotechnology Tools on May 10, 2023. The application was issued on Mar 13, 2024.

Patent Summary

A cryogenic cooling system comprises a cryogenic refrigerator assembly with one or more refrigerators and at least two connected modules. Each module features a housing with multiple side faces defining an internal volume containing a plurality of stages. At least one stage per module is thermally coupled to the refrigerator assembly. Modules are mutually connected at their respective side faces. The system includes one or more extension plates that thermally couple a first stage of a first module to a first stage of a second module. The stages, typically conductive plates, are arranged to establish a thermal gradient. The system may incorporate dilution units, liquid cryogen reservoirs, or external refrigeration plants to manage heat loads for applications such as superconducting quantum computing.

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EP4271949

OXFORD INSTRUMENTS NANOTECHNOLOGY TOOLS
Application Number
EP23725399A
Filing Date
May 10, 2023
Status
Granted And Under Opposition
Feb 9, 2024
Publication Date
Mar 13, 2024
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