Patents by Inventor Scott M. Willenborg
Scott M. Willenborg 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).
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Patent number: 12562942Abstract: An apparatus is provided for processing a digital signal for a digital-to-analog converter (“DAC”). The apparatus includes a monitoring component configured to monitor a sequence of samples of the digital signal for a predetermined pattern of signal values. Upon determining that the sequence of samples does include the predetermined pattern of signal values, then samples in the sequence of samples that include the predetermined pattern of signal values are sent to the DAC. Noise is injected into an interpolation component, and the noise is withheld from an output of the DAC.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2024Date of Patent: February 24, 2026Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: George Paulik, Jarrett Betke, Austin Carter, Kevin Daniel Escobar, Timothy Lindquist, Daniel Ramirez, Bryce Snell, George Russell Zettles, IV, Jeremy T. Ekman, Scott M. Willenborg, Matthew A. Walther, Alexander Jay Wolseth
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Publication number: 20260017546Abstract: A system comprises a memory that stores and a processor that executes computer executable components stored in the memory, wherein the computer executable components comprise a selection component that identifies a set of frequencies for an operating frequency (OF) of a free running oscillator of qubit control electronics corresponding to a qubit of a quantum system, and a waveform direction component that maintains a constant phase relationship between varying resonating frequency (RF) pulses output by the qubit control electronics.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2023Publication date: January 15, 2026Inventors: Timothy LINDQUIST, Jarrett BETKE, George Russell ZETTLES, IV, Scott M. WILLENBORG, Brian David ALLISON, Jeremy T EKMAN, Matthew A. WALTHER
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Publication number: 20250370424Abstract: Systems and techniques that facilitate qubit differentiation with a numerically controlled oscillator (NCO) kernel are provided. 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 that can execute the computer executable components stored in memory. The computer executable components can comprise an input component that receives a setpoint having a phase or a frequency for a quantum signal as input. The computer executable components can further comprise an execution component that generates a kernel based on the setpoint for the quantum signal using a logic block in an integrated circuit, wherein the logic block comprises an NCO that generates the kernel using a reading of a waveform lookup table.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 29, 2024Publication date: December 4, 2025Inventors: Timothy Lindquist, Jarrett Betke, George Russell ZETTLES, IV, Scott M. Willenborg, AUSTIN CARTER, George Paulik, Daniel Ramirez, Bryce Snell, Kevin Daniel Escobar
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Publication number: 20250350508Abstract: An apparatus is provided for processing a digital signal for a digital-to-analog converter (“DAC”). The apparatus includes a monitoring component configured to monitor a sequence of samples of the digital signal for a predetermined pattern of signal values. Upon determining that the sequence of samples does include the predetermined pattern of signal values, then samples in the sequence of samples that include the predetermined pattern of signal values are sent to the DAC. Noise is injected into an interpolation component, and the noise is withheld from an output of the DAC.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2024Publication date: November 13, 2025Inventors: George Paulik, Jarrett Betke, Austin Carter, Kevin Daniel Escobar, Timothy Lindquist, Daniel Ramirez, Bryce Snell, George Russell Zettles, IV, Jeremy T. Ekman, Scott M. Willenborg, Matthew A. Walther, Alexander Jay Wolseth
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Publication number: 20250165221Abstract: Systems, computer program products and/or computer-implemented methods described herein relate to a quantum control system architecture for real-time Pauli twirling of quantum programs. A system can include a memory that stores computer executable components and a processor that executes the computer executable components, which can include an initialization component that determines a seed to be applied to a first pseudorandom number generator (PRNG) associated with a first qubit of an input quantum circuit, the seed being shared with one or more second PRNGs associated with respective second qubits of the input quantum circuit that share a frame with the first qubit; and a Pauli twirling component that applies selected Clifford operations to the first qubit before and after execution of respective layers of the input quantum circuit, where the selected Clifford operations are selected according to an output of the first PRNG that is produced based on the seed.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2023Publication date: May 22, 2025Inventors: Thomas Alexander, Ian Hincks, Michael B. Healy, Scott M. Willenborg
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Publication number: 20250131303Abstract: Systems, computer program products and/or computer-implemented methods described herein relate to a quantum control system architecture with low-latency unstructured control-flow, e.g., including gapless waveform playback through remote invocation of control subsequences. A system can include a memory that stores computer executable components and a processor that executes the computer executable components, which can include an orchestration component that determines selected real-time control sequences for synchronized execution by qubit controllers and a synchronization component that communicates a control message to the qubit controllers, where the control message causes the qubit controllers to wait until a common action time and to execute the selected real-time control sequences at the common action time.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2023Publication date: April 24, 2025Inventors: Thomas ALEXANDER, Scott M. WILLENBORG, Marius HILLENBRAND, Jeremy T EKMAN, Thilo MAURER
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Publication number: 20240405758Abstract: One or more systems, devices, computer program products and/or computer-implemented methods of use provided herein relate to a process to rapidly generate waveforms for quantum operations, the process employing separation of waveform software control from waveform generation control. An exemplary wave player system can comprise a waveform generator, a memory associated with the waveform generator, wherein the memory stores a waveform play table comprising a plurality of play table entries having a plurality of waveform definition aspects that comprise, or direct to, a plurality of parameters that define a plurality of waveforms, and a processing unit associated with the waveform generator, wherein the processing unit accesses a first play table entry, of the plurality of play table entries, comprising a first waveform definition aspect, of the plurality of waveform definition aspects, based on an instruction obtained at the processing unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2023Publication date: December 5, 2024Inventors: Scott M. WILLENBORG, Jeremy T EKMAN, Jeffrey Joseph RUEDINGER, Brian Thomas VANDERPOOL
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Patent number: 12101098Abstract: Systems, compute-implemented methods, and computer program products to facilitate automated waveform validation are provided. According to an embodiment, a system can comprise a processor that executes computer executable components stored in memory. The computer executable components comprise a waveform comparison component that compares a digital conversion of an analog signal to a reference signal.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2022Date of Patent: September 24, 2024Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Timothy Lindquist, Zachary Kauffman, Jeremy T Ekman, Scott M. Willenborg
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Publication number: 20240063810Abstract: Systems, compute-implemented methods, and computer program products to facilitate automated waveform validation are provided. According to an embodiment, a system can comprise a processor that executes computer executable components stored in memory. The computer executable components comprise a waveform comparison component that compares a digital conversion of an analog signal to a reference signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2022Publication date: February 22, 2024Inventors: Timothy Lindquist, Zachary Kauffman, Jeremy T. Ekman, Scott M. Willenborg
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Patent number: 10346164Abstract: A processor core of a data processing system, in response to a first instruction, generates a copy-type request specifying a source real address and transmits it to a lower level cache. In response to a second instruction, the processor core generates a paste-type request specifying a destination real address associated with a memory-mapped device and transmits it to the lower level cache. In response to the copy-type request, the lower level cache copies a data granule from a storage location specified by the source real address into a non-architected buffer. In response to the paste-type request, the lower level cache writes the data granule from the non-architected buffer to the memory-mapped device. In response to receipt of the data granule, the memory-mapped device stores the data granule in a queue in the system memory associated with a hardware device of the data processing system.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2016Date of Patent: July 9, 2019Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Lakshminarayana B. Arimilli, Bartholomew Blaner, William J. Starke, Randal C. Swanberg, Scott M. Willenborg
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Publication number: 20180052688Abstract: A processor core of a data processing system, in response to a first instruction, generates a copy-type request specifying a source real address and transmits it to a lower level cache. In response to a second instruction, the processor core generates a paste-type request specifying a destination real address associated with a memory-mapped device and transmits it to the lower level cache. In response to the copy-type request, the lower level cache copies a data granule from a storage location specified by the source real address into a non-architected buffer. In response to the paste-type request, the lower level cache writes the data granule from the non-architected buffer to the memory-mapped device. In response to receipt of the data granule, the memory-mapped device stores the data granule in a queue in the system memory associated with a hardware device of the data processing system.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2016Publication date: February 22, 2018Inventors: LAKSHMINARAYANA B. ARIMILLI, BARTHOLOMEW BLANER, WILLIAM J. STARKE, RANDAL C. SWANBERG, SCOTT M. WILLENBORG
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Patent number: 9606950Abstract: A verification environment enables verification of runtime switch-over—i.e., a switch-over without restarting the device under test—between multiple I/O protocols that share a same physical interface. The device under test can be a switch unit having multiple logical protocol processing units and a logical protocol multiplexor. The verification environment includes a switch-over detector which monitors the state of the device under test, and a switch-over controller that controls the switch-over sequence by pausing and re-starting traffic on all or specific protocol drivers of the verification environment.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2014Date of Patent: March 28, 2017Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Thomas M. Armstead, John H. Klaus, Paul E. Schardt, Scott M. Willenborg
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Patent number: 9600432Abstract: A verification environment enables verification of runtime switch-over—i.e., a switch-over without restarting the device under test—between multiple I/O protocols that share a same physical interface. The device under test can be a switch unit having multiple logical protocol processing units and a logical protocol multiplexor. The verification environment includes a switch-over detector which monitors the state of the device under test, and a switch-over controller that controls the switch-over sequence by pausing and re-starting traffic on all or specific protocol drivers of the verification environment.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2014Date of Patent: March 21, 2017Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Thomas M. Armstead, John H. Klaus, Paul E. Schardt, Scott M. Willenborg
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Patent number: 9501439Abstract: Embodiments herein describe a switchboard coupled to a system bus in an integrated circuit for managing the flow of data between different entities coupled to the bus (e.g., processing cores, accelerators, memory controllers, input/output (I/O) interfaces, and the like). The switchboard is a hardware module that may be tasked with assigning different system bus addresses (or range of addresses) to each of the entities coupled to the bus. These addresses may be unique such that each entity can be uniquely identified by its assigned address. The address space of the system bus also includes managed address that are reserved—i.e., are not assigned to any particular entity. The switchboard is tasked with assigning the managed addresses (also referred to as virtual channels) to an entity which can be used to enable direct communication between hardware entities using the system bus.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2016Date of Patent: November 22, 2016Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Mark S. Fredrickson, Scott M. Willenborg
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Publication number: 20150301970Abstract: A verification environment enables verification of runtime switch-over—i.e., a switch-over without restarting the device under test—between multiple I/O protocols that share a same physical interface. The device under test can be a switch unit having multiple logical protocol processing units and a logical protocol multiplexor. The verification environment includes a switch-over detector which monitors the state of the device under test, and a switch-over controller that controls the switch-over sequence by pausing and re-starting traffic on all or specific protocol drivers of the verification environment.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2014Publication date: October 22, 2015Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Thomas M. ARMSTEAD, John H. KLAUS, Paul E. SCHARDT, Scott M. WILLENBORG
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Publication number: 20150301969Abstract: A verification environment enables verification of runtime switch-over—i.e., a switch-over without restarting the device under test—between multiple I/O protocols that share a same physical interface. The device under test can be a switch unit having multiple logical protocol processing units and a logical protocol multiplexor. The verification environment includes a switch-over detector which monitors the state of the device under test, and a switch-over controller that controls the switch-over sequence by pausing and re-starting traffic on all or specific protocol drivers of the verification environment.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2014Publication date: October 22, 2015Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Thomas M. ARMSTEAD, John H. KLAUS, Paul E. SCHARDT, Scott M. WILLENBORG
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Patent number: 8934332Abstract: A system is disclosed for concurrently processing order sensitive data packets. A first data packet from a plurality of sequentially ordered data packets is directed to a first offload engine. A second data packet from the plurality of sequentially ordered data packets is directed to a second offload engine, wherein the second data packet is sequentially subsequent to the first data packet. The second offload engine receives information from the first offload engine, wherein the information reflects that the first offload engine is processing the first data packet. Based on the information received at the second offload engine, the second offload engine processes the second data packet so that critical events in the processing of the first data packet by the first offload engine occur prior to critical events in the processing of the second data packet by the second offload engine.Type: GrantFiled: February 29, 2012Date of Patent: January 13, 2015Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Ronald E. Fuhs, Scott M. Willenborg
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Patent number: 8578069Abstract: A system is disclosed for fetching control instructions for a direct memory access (DMA) engine shared between a plurality of threads. For a data transfer from a first thread by a DMA engine, the DMA engine fetches and processes a predetermined number of control instructions (or work queue elements) for the data transfer, each of the control instructions including an amount and location of data to transfer. The DMA engine determines a total amount of data transferred as a result of the data transfer. The DMA engine then determines a difference between the total amount of data transferred and a threshold amount of data, wherein the threshold amount of data indicates a preferred amount of data to be transferred for the first thread. The predetermined number of control instructions to fetch is updated based on the determined difference.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2012Date of Patent: November 5, 2013Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Ronald E. Fuhs, Scott M. Willenborg
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Publication number: 20130268700Abstract: A system is disclosed for fetching control instructions for a direct memory access (DMA) engine shared between a plurality of threads. For a data transfer from a first thread by a DMA engine, the DMA engine fetches and processes a predetermined number of control instructions (or work queue elements) for the data transfer, each of the control instructions including an amount and location of data to transfer. The DMA engine determines a total amount of data transferred as a result of the data transfer. The DMA engine then determines a difference between the total amount of data transferred and a threshold amount of data, wherein the threshold amount of data indicates a preferred amount of data to be transferred for the first thread. The predetermined number of control instructions to fetch is updated based on the determined difference.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2012Publication date: October 10, 2013Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Ronald E. Fuhs, Scott M. Willenborg
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Publication number: 20130223234Abstract: A system is disclosed for concurrently processing order sensitive data packets. A first data packet from a plurality of sequentially ordered data packets is directed to a first offload engine. A second data packet from the plurality of sequentially ordered data packets is directed to a second offload engine, wherein the second data packet is sequentially subsequent to the first data packet. The second offload engine receives information from the first offload engine, wherein the information reflects that the first offload engine is processing the first data packet. Based on the information received at the second offload engine, the second offload engine processes the second data packet so that critical events in the processing of the first data packet by the first offload engine occur prior to critical events in the processing of the second data packet by the second offload engine.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 29, 2012Publication date: August 29, 2013Applicant: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Ronald E. Fuhs, Scott M. Willenborg