Patents by Inventor David C. McKay

David C. McKay 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).

  • Patent number: 11694106
    Abstract: A quantum computing device including a first plurality of qubits having a first resonance frequency and a second qubit having a second resonance frequency, the second resonance frequency being different from the first resonance frequency; and a first tunable frequency bus configured to couple the first plurality of qubits to the second qubit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: David C. McKay, Jay M. Gambetta
  • Publication number: 20230186134
    Abstract: Systems and techniques that facilitate space-saving coupler arm arrangement for superconducting qubits are provided. In various embodiments, a device can comprise a superconducting qubit. In various aspects, the superconducting qubit can be capacitively coupled to two or more coupler arms. In various instances, a parasitic capacitance between the two or more coupler arms can be within an order of magnitude of a capacitance between the superconducting qubit and at least one of the two or more coupler arms. In various cases, the parasitic capacitance can arise due to a physical proximity between the two or more coupler arms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: Srikanth Srinivasan, George Andrew Keefe, David C. Mckay, Xuan Wei, Abhinav Kandala
  • Patent number: 11672187
    Abstract: Systems and techniques that facilitate quantum tuning via permanent magnetic flux elements are provided. In various embodiments, a system can comprise a qubit device. In various aspects, the system can further comprise a permanent magnet having a first magnetic flux, wherein an operational frequency of the qubit device is based on the first magnetic flux. In various instances, the system can further comprise an electromagnet having a second magnetic flux that tunes the first magnetic flux. In various cases, the permanent magnet can comprise a nanoparticle magnet. In various embodiments, the nanoparticle magnet can comprise manganese nanoparticles embedded in a silicon matrix. In various aspects, the system can further comprise an electrode that applies an electric current to the nanoparticle magnet in a presence of the second magnetic flux, thereby changing a strength of the first magnetic flux.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Steven J. Holmes, Devendra K. Sadana, David C. McKay, Jared Barney Hertzberg, Stephen W. Bedell, Ning Li
  • Publication number: 20230153667
    Abstract: Systems and techniques that facilitate Stark shift cancellation are provided. In various embodiments, a system can comprise a control qubit that is coupled to a target qubit. In various cases, the control qubit can be driven by a first tone that entangles the control qubit with the target qubit. In various aspects, the control qubit can be further driven by a second tone simultaneously with the first tone. In various cases, the second tone can have an opposite detuning sign than the first tone. In various instances, the first tone can cause a Stark shift in an operational frequency of the control qubit, and the second tone can cancel the Stark shift.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2021
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventors: Abhinav Kandala, David C. Mckay, SRIKANTH SRINIVASAN, Easwar Magesan, Jay Michael Gambetta
  • Publication number: 20230153669
    Abstract: A quantum computing device including a first plurality of qubits having a first resonance frequency and a second qubit having a second resonance frequency, the second resonance frequency being different from the first resonance frequency; and a first tunable frequency bus configured to couple the first plurality of qubits to the second qubit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2023
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventors: David C. McKay, Jay M. Gambetta
  • Patent number: 11645132
    Abstract: A method includes executing a calibration operation on a set of qubits, in a first iteration, to produce a set of parameters, a first subset of the set of parameters corresponding to a first qubit of the set of qubits, and a second subset of the set of parameters corresponding to a second qubit of the set of qubits. In an embodiment, the method includes selecting the first qubit, responsive to a parameter of the first subset meeting an acceptability criterion. In an embodiment, the method includes forming a quantum gate, responsive to a second parameter of the second subset failing to meet a second acceptability criterion, using the first qubit and a third qubit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ali Javadiabhari, Jay M. Gambetta, Andrew W. Cross, David C. Mckay
  • Patent number: 11645203
    Abstract: Techniques facilitating cached result use through quantum gate rewrite are provided. In one example, a computer-implemented method comprises converting, by a device operatively coupled to a processor, an input quantum circuit to a normalized form, resulting in a normalized quantum circuit; detecting, by the device, a match between the normalized quantum circuit and a cached quantum circuit among a set of cached quantum circuits; and providing, by the device, a cached run result of the cached quantum circuit based on the detecting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: John A. Gunnels, Mark Wegman, David Kaminsky, Jay M. Gambetta, Ali Javadiabhari, David C. Mckay
  • Patent number: 11625638
    Abstract: Systems, devices, computer-implemented methods, and/or computer program products that facilitate dynamic control of ZZ interactions for quantum computing devices. In one example, a quantum device can comprise a biasing component that is operatively coupled to first and second qubits via respective first and second drive lines. The biasing component can facilitate dynamic control of ZZ interactions between the first and second qubits using continuous wave (CW) tones applied via the respective first and second drive lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Abhinav Kandala, David C. Mckay, Isaac Lauer, Easwar Magesan
  • Patent number: 11620560
    Abstract: A quantum computing device including a first plurality of qubits having a first resonance frequency and a second qubit having a second resonance frequency, the second resonance frequency being different from the first resonance frequency; and a first tunable frequency bus configured to couple the first plurality of qubits to the second qubit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: David C. Mckay, Jay M. Gambetta
  • Publication number: 20230010740
    Abstract: Techniques regarding tiling a CR gate configuration to one or more lattices characterizing quantum circuit topologies are provided. For example, one or more embodiments described herein can comprise a system, which can comprise a memory that can store computer executable components. The system can also comprise a processor, operably coupled to the memory, and that can execute the computer executable components stored in the memory. The computer executable components can comprise a tiling component that can generate a cross-resonance gate configuration that delineates a control qubit assignment and a target qubit assignment in conjunction with a frequency allocation onto a lattice characterizing a quantum circuit topology.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2021
    Publication date: January 12, 2023
    Inventors: Moein Malekakhlagh, Jared Barney Hertzberg, Easwar Magesan, Antonio Corcoles-Gonzalez, Maika Takita, David C. Mckay, Jason S. Orcutt
  • Patent number: 11537927
    Abstract: A method of mitigating quantum readout errors by stochastic matrix inversion includes performing a plurality of quantum measurements on a plurality of qubits having predetermined plurality of states to obtain a plurality of measurement outputs; selecting a model for a matrix linking the predetermined plurality of states to the plurality of measurement outputs, the model having a plurality of model parameters, wherein a number of the plurality of model parameters grows less than exponentially with a number of the plurality of qubits; training the model parameters to minimize a loss function that compares predictions of the model with the matrix; computing an inverse of the model based on the trained model parameters; and providing the computed inverse of the model to a noise prone quantum readout of the plurality of qubits to obtain a substantially noise free quantum readout.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sergey Bravyi, Jay M. Gambetta, David C. Mckay, Sarah E. Sheldon
  • Publication number: 20220383169
    Abstract: Systems, devices, computer-implemented methods, and/or computer program products that facilitate dynamic control of ZZ interactions for quantum computing devices. In one example, a quantum device can comprise a biasing component that is operatively coupled to first and second qubits via respective first and second drive lines. The biasing component can facilitate dynamic control of ZZ interactions between the first and second qubits using continuous wave (CW) tones applied via the respective first and second drive lines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2021
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventors: Abhinav Kandala, David C. Mckay, Isaac Lauer, Easwar Magesan
  • Publication number: 20220255540
    Abstract: Systems and techniques that facilitate multi-resonant couplers for preserving ZX interaction while reducing ZZ interaction are provided. In various embodiments, a first qubit can have a first operational frequency and a second qubit can have a second operational frequency, and a multi-resonant architecture can couple the first qubit to the second qubit. In various embodiments, the multi-resonant architecture can comprise a first resonator and a second resonator. In various cases, the first resonator can capacitively couple the first qubit to the second qubit, and a second resonator can capacitively couple the first qubit to the second qubit. In various aspects, the first resonator and the second resonator can be in parallel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2022
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Inventors: David C. Mckay, Abhinav Kandala, Srikanth Srinivasan
  • Publication number: 20220221107
    Abstract: Techniques facilitating custom thermal shields for cryogenic environments are provided. In one example, a cryostat can comprise a thermal shield extending between a thermal stage and a base structure coupled to a bottom plate of an outer vacuum chamber. The thermal stage can be coupled to a top plate of the outer vacuum chamber. The thermal shield can provide access to a sample mounting surface encompassed within the thermal shield from a region external to the outer vacuum chamber via the top and bottom plates of the outer vacuum chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Inventors: Patryk Gumann, Valerio A. Grendanin, Sean Hart, David C. Mckay, Jerry M. Chow, David Zarsky, Gilbert Bauer
  • Publication number: 20220209770
    Abstract: Devices and/or computer-implemented methods to facilitate a programmable and/or reprogrammable quantum circuit are provided. According to an embodiment, a device can comprise a superconducting coupler device having a superconducting fuse device that is used to alter the coupling of a first quantum computing element and a second quantum computing element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2020
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: Elbert Emin Huang, Charles Thomas Rettner, Michael Justin Beckley, Russell A. Budd, Vivekananda P. Adiga, David C. Mckay, Sarah Elizabeth Sheldon
  • Publication number: 20220180235
    Abstract: Techniques regarding qubit coupling structures that enable RIP gates are provided. For example, one or more embodiments described herein can comprise an apparatus that can include a coupling structure coupled to a first qubit and a second qubit. The coupling structure can have a plurality of coupling pathways. A coupling pathway from the plurality of coupling pathways can be a resonator. Also, the first qubit can be coupled to a first end of the resonator, and the second qubit can be coupled to a point along a length of the resonator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventors: Muir Kumph, David C. Mckay, Oliver Dial
  • Publication number: 20220147855
    Abstract: Systems and techniques that facilitate strategic pausing for quantum state leakage mitigation are provided. In various embodiments, a system can comprise a detection component that can detect a quantum state leakage associated with one or more qubits. In various aspects, the system can further comprise a pause component that can, in response to detecting the quantum state leakage, generate a time pause prior to execution of a quantum circuit on the one or more qubits. In various embodiments, the pause component can generate the time pause after execution of a previous quantum circuit on the one or more qubits, where the quantum state leakage arises during the execution of the previous quantum circuit. In some cases, the quantum state leakage can decay during the time pause.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: Oliver Dial, Antonio Corcoles-Gonzalez, Maika Takita, David C. Mckay
  • Patent number: 11329638
    Abstract: Systems and techniques that facilitate multi-resonant couplers for preserving ZX interaction while reducing ZZ interaction are provided. In various embodiments, a first qubit can have a first operational frequency and a second qubit can have a second operational frequency, and a multi-resonant architecture can couple the first qubit to the second qubit. In various embodiments, the multi-resonant architecture can comprise a first resonator and a second resonator. In various cases, the first resonator can capacitively couple the first qubit to the second qubit, and a second resonator can capacitively couple the first qubit to the second qubit. In various aspects, the first resonator and the second resonator can be in parallel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: David C. Mckay, Abhinav Kandala, Srikanth Srinivasan
  • Patent number: 11314535
    Abstract: A quantum computer system for streaming data results, the quantum computer system configured to: receive a first job request from a requesting entity, the first job request comprising instructions to execute a plurality of times a first quantum program, the first job request further comprising an instruction to output one or more first partial data results after one or more executions of said quantum program; execute the first job request; and send to the requesting entity the one or more first partial data results of the executed first job request corresponding to the one or more executions of the first quantum program.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jay M. Gambetta, Ismael Faro Serfage, David C. Mckay, Francisco J. Martin Fernandez
  • Publication number: 20220083888
    Abstract: Systems, computer-implemented methods, and computer program products to facilitate mapping conditional execution logic to different quantum computing resources are provided. According to an embodiment, a system can comprise a memory that stores computer executable components and a processor that executes the computer executable components stored in the memory. The computer executable components can comprise a compiler component that maps a logical reference to a quantum bit data structure in an instruction, to a first engine component, and a deployment component that deploys the first engine component to a first block controller component operatively connected to a first quantum computing resource, wherein the first engine component controls the first quantum computing resource based on the instruction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventors: Jeffrey Joseph Ruedinger, Thomas Arab Alexander, David C. Mckay