Patents by Inventor April Carniol

April Carniol 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).

  • Publication number: 20260050810
    Abstract: A device includes a first set of circuit components implementing a qubit and a second set of circuit components implementing a readout resonator for reading out a state of the qubit. A first footprint of the first set of circuit components overlaps a second footprint of the second set of circuit components. The first footprint is oriented relative to the second footprint based on a first electric dipole of the first set of circuit components and a second electric dipole of the second set of circuit components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2025
    Publication date: February 19, 2026
    Inventors: Thomas George McConkey, April Carniol, Srikanth Srinivasan, Joseph Robert Suttle
  • Patent number: 12475396
    Abstract: A device includes a first set of circuit components implementing a qubit and a second set of circuit components implementing a readout resonator for reading out a state of the qubit. A first footprint of the first set of circuit components overlaps a second footprint of the second set of circuit components. The first footprint is oriented relative to the second footprint based on a first electric dipole of the first set of circuit components and a second electric dipole of the second set of circuit components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2025
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Thomas George McConkey, April Carniol, Srikanth Srinivasan, Joseph Robert Suttle
  • Publication number: 20240397835
    Abstract: Devices and/or computer-implemented methods to facilitate ZZ cancellation between qubits are provided. According to an embodiment, a device can comprise a coupler device that operates in a first oscillating mode and a second oscillating mode. The device can further comprise a first superconducting qubit coupled to the coupler device based on a first oscillating mode structure corresponding to the first oscillating mode and based on a second oscillating mode structure corresponding to the second oscillating mode. The device can further comprise a second superconducting qubit coupled to the coupler device based on the first oscillating mode structure and the second oscillating mode structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2024
    Publication date: November 28, 2024
    Inventors: Aaron FINCK, John BLAIR, April CARNIOL, Oliver DIAL, Muir KUMPH
  • Publication number: 20240306519
    Abstract: Devices and/or computer-implemented methods facilitating static ZZ suppression and Purcell loss reduction using mode-selective coupling in two-junction superconducting qubits are provided. In an embodiment, a device can comprise a superconducting bus resonator. The device can further comprise a first superconducting qubit. The device can further comprise a second superconducting qubit, the first superconducting qubit and the second superconducting qubit respectively comprising: a first superconducting pad; a second superconducting pad; a third superconducting pad; a first Josephson Junction coupled to the first superconducting pad and the second superconducting pad; and a second Josephson Junction coupled to the second superconducting pad and the third superconducting pad. The first superconducting pad and the second superconducting pad of the first superconducting qubit and the second superconducting qubit are coupled to the superconducting bus resonator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2024
    Publication date: September 12, 2024
    Inventors: Aaron Finck, April Carniol, John Blair
  • Patent number: 12089511
    Abstract: Devices and/or computer-implemented methods to facilitate ZZ cancellation between qubits are provided. According to an embodiment, a device can comprise a coupler device that operates in a first oscillating mode and a second oscillating mode. The device can further comprise a first superconducting qubit coupled to the coupler device based on a first oscillating mode structure corresponding to the first oscillating mode and based on a second oscillating mode structure corresponding to the second oscillating mode. The device can further comprise a second superconducting qubit coupled to the coupler device based on the first oscillating mode structure and the second oscillating mode structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Aaron Finck, John Blair, April Carniol, Oliver Dial, Muir Kumph
  • Publication number: 20240220697
    Abstract: An integrated circuit design is partitioned into a plurality of cells and a plurality of images of a stitched chip design are generated based on the plurality of cells. At least one of the images is wrapped with a chrome border and a blading outline to generate a mask design. Design information is extracted from the mask design and the stitched chip design. A scanner job file for fabricating the integrated circuit design is generated based on the extracted design information and the fabrication of an integrated circuit using the scanner job file is facilitated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2022
    Publication date: July 4, 2024
    Inventors: DONGBING SHAO, April Carniol, Jyotica Patel, Michael Justin Beckley, James R. Brancaccio
  • Patent number: 12022750
    Abstract: Devices and/or computer-implemented methods facilitating static ZZ suppression and Purcell loss reduction using mode-selective coupling in two junction superconducting qubits are provided. In an embodiment, a device can comprise a superconducting bus resonator. The device can further comprise a first superconducting qubit. The device can further comprise a second superconducting qubit, the first superconducting qubit and the second superconducting qubit respectively comprising: a first superconducting pad; a second superconducting pad; a third superconducting pad; a first Josephson Junction coupled to the first superconducting pad and the second superconducting pad; and a second Josephson Junction coupled to the second superconducting pad and the third superconducting pad. The first superconducting pad and the second superconducting pad of the first superconducting qubit and the second superconducting qubit are coupled to the superconducting bus resonator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Aaron Finck, April Carniol, John Blair
  • Publication number: 20240138270
    Abstract: Devices and/or computer-implemented methods to facilitate ZZ cancellation between qubits are provided. According to an embodiment, a device can comprise a coupler device that operates in a first oscillating mode and a second oscillating mode. The device can further comprise a first superconducting qubit coupled to the coupler device based on a first oscillating mode structure corresponding to the first oscillating mode and based on a second oscillating mode structure corresponding to the second oscillating mode. The device can further comprise a second superconducting qubit coupled to the coupler device based on the first oscillating mode structure and the second oscillating mode structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Aaron Finck, John Blair, April Carniol, Oliver Dial, Muir Kumph
  • Publication number: 20240086752
    Abstract: A device includes a first set of circuit components implementing a qubit and a second set of circuit components implementing a readout resonator for reading out a state of the qubit. A first footprint of the first set of circuit components overlaps a second footprint of the second set of circuit components. The first footprint is oriented relative to the second footprint based on a first electric dipole of the first set of circuit components and a second electric dipole of the second set of circuit components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2022
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Thomas George McConkey, April Carniol, Srikanth Srinivasan, Joseph Robert Suttle
  • Patent number: 11777478
    Abstract: A quantum circuit includes a first qubit and a second qubit. A bus resonator transmission line is coupled between the first qubit and the second qubit. A readout bus is coupled to the first qubit. A switch is coupled to the bus resonator transmission line between the first qubit and the second qubit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Salvatore Bernardo Olivadese, Patryk Gumann, Sean Hart, April Carniol
  • Publication number: 20230188124
    Abstract: A quantum circuit includes a first qubit and a second qubit. A bus resonator transmission line is coupled between the first qubit and the second qubit. A readout bus is coupled to the first qubit. A switch is coupled to the bus resonator transmission line between the first qubit and the second qubit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: Salvatore Bernardo Olivadese, Patryk Gumann, Sean Hart, April Carniol
  • Publication number: 20230172078
    Abstract: Devices and/or computer-implemented methods facilitating static ZZ suppression and Purcell loss reduction using mode-selective coupling in two junction superconducting qubits are provided. In an embodiment, a device can comprise a superconducting bus resonator. The device can further comprise a first superconducting qubit. The device can further comprise a second superconducting qubit, the first superconducting qubit and the second superconducting qubit respectively comprising: a first superconducting pad; a second superconducting pad; a third superconducting pad; a first Josephson Junction coupled to the first superconducting pad and the second superconducting pad; and a second Josephson Junction coupled to the second superconducting pad and the third superconducting pad. The first superconducting pad and the second superconducting pad of the first superconducting qubit and the second superconducting qubit are coupled to the superconducting bus resonator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2023
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Inventors: Aaron Finck, April Carniol, John Blair
  • Patent number: 11620562
    Abstract: Systems and techniques that facilitate entanglement via driving dark modes are provided. In various embodiments, a method can comprise accessing a first multi-mode qubit and a second multi-mode qubit. In various cases, the first multi-mode qubit can be coupled to the second multi-mode qubit by a mode-selective coupler. In various aspects, the method can further comprise exciting a dark mode of the first multi-mode qubit. In various cases, the exciting the dark mode can entangle the first multi-mode qubit with the second multi-mode qubit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Aaron Finck, John Blair, April Carniol
  • Patent number: 11600658
    Abstract: Devices and/or computer-implemented methods to facilitate ZZ cancellation between qubits are provided. According to an embodiment, a device can comprise a coupler device that operates in a first oscillating mode and a second oscillating mode. The device can further comprise a first superconducting qubit coupled to the coupler device based on a first oscillating mode structure corresponding to the first oscillating mode and based on a second oscillating mode structure corresponding to the second oscillating mode. The device can further comprise a second superconducting qubit coupled to the coupler device based on the first oscillating mode structure and the second oscillating mode structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Aaron Finck, John Blair, April Carniol, Oliver Dial, Muir Kumph
  • Publication number: 20230053543
    Abstract: Systems and techniques that facilitate entanglement via driving dark modes are provided. In various embodiments, a method can comprise accessing a first multi-mode qubit and a second multi-mode qubit. In various cases, the first multi-mode qubit can be coupled to the second multi-mode qubit by a mode-selective coupler. In various aspects, the method can further comprise exciting a dark mode of the first multi-mode qubit. In various cases, the exciting the dark mode can entangle the first multi-mode qubit with the second multi-mode qubit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Inventors: Aaron Finck, John Blair, April Carniol
  • Patent number: 11587976
    Abstract: Devices and/or computer-implemented methods facilitating static ZZ suppression and Purcell loss reduction using mode-selective coupling in two-junction superconducting qubits are provided. In an embodiment, a device can comprise a superconducting bus resonator. The device can further comprise a first superconducting qubit. The device can further comprise a second superconducting qubit, the first superconducting qubit and the second superconducting qubit respectively comprising: a first superconducting pad; a second superconducting pad; a third superconducting pad; a first Josephson Junction coupled to the first superconducting pad and the second superconducting pad; and a second Josephson Junction coupled to the second superconducting pad and the third superconducting pad. The first superconducting pad and the second superconducting pad of the first superconducting qubit and the second superconducting qubit are coupled to the superconducting bus resonator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Aaron Finck, April Carniol, John Blair
  • Publication number: 20210408112
    Abstract: Devices and/or computer-implemented methods to facilitate ZZ cancellation between qubits are provided. According to an embodiment, a device can comprise a coupler device that operates in a first oscillating mode and a second oscillating mode. The device can further comprise a first superconducting qubit coupled to the coupler device based on a first oscillating mode structure corresponding to the first oscillating mode and based on a second oscillating mode structure corresponding to the second oscillating mode. The device can further comprise a second superconducting qubit coupled to the coupler device based on the first oscillating mode structure and the second oscillating mode structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Inventors: Aaron Finck, John Blair, April Carniol, Oliver Dial, Muir Kumph
  • Publication number: 20210408113
    Abstract: Devices and/or computer-implemented methods facilitating static ZZ suppression and Purcell loss reduction using mode-selective coupling in two-junction superconducting qubits are provided. In an embodiment, a device can comprise a superconducting bus resonator. The device can further comprise a first superconducting qubit. The device can further comprise a second superconducting qubit, the first superconducting qubit and the second superconducting qubit respectively comprising: a first superconducting pad; a second superconducting pad; a third superconducting pad; a first Josephson Junction coupled to the first superconducting pad and the second superconducting pad; and a second Josephson Junction coupled to the second superconducting pad and the third superconducting pad. The first superconducting pad and the second superconducting pad of the first superconducting qubit and the second superconducting qubit are coupled to the superconducting bus resonator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Inventors: Aaron Finck, April Carniol, John Blair