Patents by Inventor Peter Leek

Peter Leek 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: 11937517
    Abstract: A superconducting quantum computing circuit package (1). The package contains a substrate (2) on which a circuit is formed, the circuit including a plurality of circuit elements. The substrate (2) includes holes (8) arranged between the circuit elements which extend through a thickness of the substrate (2). The package also contains a holder (3) with a surface (9) on which the substrate (2) is received, and a cover (4) arranged on an opposite side of the substrate (2). The holder (3) and the cover (4) are formed from a metal and/or a superconductor. The holder (3) also contains projections (12) arranged on and projecting from the surface (9). The projections (12) protrude through the holes (8) in the substrate (2) and contact the cover (4) so to suppress electromagnetic modes in the frequency range of operation of the quantum computing circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: OXFORD UNIVERSITY INNOVATION LIMITED
    Inventors: Peter Spring, Peter Leek
  • Publication number: 20210296559
    Abstract: A superconducting quantum computing circuit package (1). The package contains a substrate (2) on which a circuit is formed, the circuit including a plurality of circuit elements. The substrate (2) includes holes (8) arranged between the circuit elements which extend through a thickness of the substrate (2). The package also contains a holder (3) with a surface (9) on which the substrate (2) is received, and a cover (4) arranged on an opposite side of the substrate (2). The holder (3) and the cover (4) are formed from a metal and/or a superconductor. The holder (3) also contains projections (12) arranged on and projecting from the surface (9). The projections (12) protrude through the holes (8) in the substrate (2) and contact the cover (4) so to suppress electromagnetic modes in the frequency range of operation of the quantum computing circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2019
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: Peter SPRING, Peter LEEK
  • Patent number: 10599990
    Abstract: A building block for a quantum information processing system includes a superconducting qubit having a Josephson junction connected between two superconducting electrodes. The two superconducting electrodes are coaxial and coplanar. The building block also includes a control line coupled to the superconducting qubit and arranged to control the state of the superconducting qubit, and/or a readout element coupled to the superconducting qubit and arranged to measure the state of the superconducting qubit. The control line and/or the readout element are arranged out of plane with respect to the two superconducting electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: OXFORD UNIVERSITY INNOVATION LIMITED
    Inventor: Peter Leek
  • Publication number: 20190362260
    Abstract: A building block for a quantum information processing system includes a superconducting qubit having a Josephson junction connected between two superconducting electrodes. The two superconducting electrodes are coaxial and coplanar. The building block also includes a control line coupled to the superconducting qubit and arranged to control the state of the superconducting qubit, and/or a readout element coupled to the superconducting qubit and arranged to measure the state of the superconducting qubit. The control line and/or the readout element are arranged out of plane with respect to the two superconducting electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2019
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Inventor: Peter Leek
  • Patent number: 10380495
    Abstract: A building block (1) for a quantum information processing system includes a superconducting qubit (2) having a Josephson junction (5) connected between two superconducting electrodes (3, 4). The two superconducting electrodes (3, 4) are coaxial and coplanar. The building block (1) also includes a control line (6) coupled to the superconducting qubit (2) and arranged to control the state of the superconducting qubit (2), and/or a readout element (8) coupled to the superconducting qubit (2) and arranged to measure the state of the superconducting qubit (2). The control line (6) and/or the readout element (8) are arranged out of plane with respect to the two superconducting electrodes (3, 4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: OXFORD UNIVERSITY INNOVATION LIMITED
    Inventor: Peter Leek
  • Publication number: 20180240033
    Abstract: A building block (1) for a quantum information processing system includes a superconducting qubit (2) having a Josephson junction (5) connected between two superconducting electrodes (3, 4). The two superconducting electrodes (3, 4) are coaxial and coplanar. The building block (1) also includes a control line (6) coupled to the superconducting qubit (2) and arranged to control the state of the superconducting qubit (2), and/or a readout element (8) coupled to the superconducting qubit (2) and arranged to measure the state of the superconducting qubit (2). The control line (6) and/or the readout element (8) are arranged out of plane with respect to the two superconducting electrodes (3, 4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2016
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Inventor: Peter Leek