Superconducting flexible interconnecting cable connector
AssigneeNorthrop Grumman Systems Corporation
InventorJonathan Francis Van Dyke
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Abstract
A superconducting flexible interconnecting cable connector for supercomputing systems is provided. The cable connector includes a base with a recessed area defined therein to receive superconducting flexible interconnecting cables and superconducting connecting chips to electrically connect the superconducting flexible interconnecting cables to each other. A cover is provided to cover the superconducting flexible interconnecting cables and the superconducting connecting chips when the cover is in a closed position. A compression device compresses the superconducting connecting chips together to secure the superconducting flexible interconnecting cables and the superconducting connecting chips inside the recessed area of the base when the cover is in the closed position.
Claims20
A superconducting flexible interconnecting cable connector comprising:
- a base having a recessed area defined therein to receive superconducting flexible interconnecting cables and superconducting connecting chips to electrically connect the superconducting flexible interconnecting cables to each other;
- a cover to cover the superconducting flexible interconnecting cables and the superconducting connecting chips when the cover is in a closed position;
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- a compression device to compress the superconducting connecting chips together to secure the superconducting flexible interconnecting cables and the superconducting connecting chips inside the recessed area of the base when the cover is in the closed position.
A superconducting computing system comprising:
- superconducting multi-chip module assemblies in a stacked arrangement;
- superconducting flexible interconnecting cables electrically communicatively linking the superconducting multi-chip assemblies to each other;
- superconducting connecting chips electrically communicatively linking ends of the superconducting flexible interconnecting cables together;
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- superconducting flexible interconnecting cable connectors including a base having a recessed area to receive the superconducting connecting chips and the superconducting flexible interconnecting cables to ensure electrical continuity between metal traces in the superconducting flexible interconnecting cables and metal traces in the superconducting connecting chips.
A method of connecting a superconducting flexible interconnecting cable connector for a superconducting computing system comprising:
- bonding a ground side of a first superconducting interconnecting cable from a first multi-chip module assembly to a first superconducting connecting chip, wherein the first superconducting connecting chip is coated with a ground plane;
- bonding a metal trace side of a second superconducting interconnecting cable from a second multi-chip module assembly to metal traces on a second superconducting connecting chip;
- inserting the first superconducting connecting chip and the first superconducting interconnecting cable into a main recess and into a channel respectively of a base of the superconducting flexible interconnecting cable connector;
- inserting the second superconducting connecting chip and the second superconducting interconnecting cable into the main recess and another channel respectively of the base of the superconducting flexible interconnecting cable connector over the first superconducting connecting chip;
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- securing a cover of the superconducting flexible interconnecting cable connector onto the base.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.