Josephson Junction Patents (Class 327/528)
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Patent number: 12206404Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for providing a multi-body interaction among a plurality of qubits. A first persistent current qubit is galvanically coupled to a second persistent current qubit through a Josephson junction. A third persistent current qubit is galvanically coupled to one or both of the first persistent current qubit and the second persistent current qubit along a superconducting loop interrupted by the first persistent current qubit, the second persistent current qubit, the third persistent current qubit, and the Josephson junction.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2023Date of Patent: January 21, 2025Assignee: NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventor: Ryan J. Epstein
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Patent number: 12178141Abstract: There is provided a method of selectively patterning a device structure. A hollow shadow wall is formed on a substrate. The hollow shadow wall is formed of a base lying on a surface of the substrate, and one or more side walls connected to the base. The one or more side walls extend away from the surface of the substrate and around the base to define an internal cavity of the hollow shadow wall. A device structure supported by the substrate adjacent to the shadow wall is selectively patterned by using a deposition beam to selectively deposit a layer of deposition material on the device structure. The deposition beam has a non-zero angle of incidence relative to a normal to the surface of the substrate and an orientation in the plane of the substrate's surface, such that the shadow wall prevents deposition on a surface portion of the device structure within a shadow region defined by the shadow wall.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2021Date of Patent: December 24, 2024Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Senja Ramakers, Pavel Aseev, Amrita Singh, Jie Shen, Leonardus P. Kouwenhoven
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Patent number: 12160233Abstract: A quantum circuit, a quantum chip, and a quantum computer. The quantum circuit includes qubits, adjacent qubits being coupled, and each of the qubits including: a first capacitor, a first end of the first capacitor being grounded; a second capacitor, a first end of the second capacitor and the first end of the first capacitor being commonly grounded; and a first device, including a first squid and a third capacitor that are connected in parallel, wherein parallel-connected first ends of the first squid and the third capacitor are connected to a second end of the first capacitor, and parallel-connected second ends of the first squid and the third capacitor are connected to a second end of the second capacitor. According to the present disclosure, parameters of at least one of a plurality of capacitors in a qubit circuit can be adjusted, so that the design of the capacitor is more flexible and less spatially limited, which facilitates design and layout of other circuit structures.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2023Date of Patent: December 3, 2024Assignee: ORIGIN QUANTUM COMPUTING TECHNOLOGY (HEFEI) CO., LTD.Inventors: Weicheng Kong, Song Li, Zhenquan Yang, Junxiu Bu
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Patent number: 12156484Abstract: A fabrication stack comprises at least one Josephson junction, at least one capacitor, and one or more high kinetic inductance wires that comprise NbTiN. The one or more high kinetic inductance wires are configured to electrically couple the at least one Josephson junction to the at least one capacitor to form a superconducting circuit that facilitates switching a state of the Josephson junction via a single flux quantum (SFQ) pulse.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2021Date of Patent: November 26, 2024Assignee: Trading Technologies International, Inc.Inventors: Anna Yurievna Herr, Quentin Paul Herr
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Patent number: 12081185Abstract: According to one embodiment, a coupler includes first to fourth capacitors, first and second inductors, and a first Josephson junction. The first capacitor includes a first capacitor end portion and a first capacitor other-end portion. The first inductor includes a first inductor end portion, and a first inductor other-end portion. The second inductor includes a second inductor end portion, and a second inductor other-end portion. The first Josephson junction includes a first Josephson junction end portion, and a first Josephson junction other-end portion. A space is surrounded with the first inductor, the second inductor, and the first Josephson junction. The third capacitor includes a third capacitor end portion, and a third capacitor other-end portion. The fourth capacitor includes a fourth capacitor end portion, and a fourth capacitor other-end portion.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2023Date of Patent: September 3, 2024Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventor: Hayato Goto
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Patent number: 12040789Abstract: Systems and techniques that facilitate mitigating stray-coupling via multi junction qubits are provided. In various embodiments, a device can comprise a first qubit having a plurality of Josephson junctions respectively between a plurality of capacitor pads. In various aspects, the device can further comprise a plurality of second qubits respectively coupled to different ones of the plurality of capacitor pads, such that no two of the plurality of second qubits can be coupled to a same one of the plurality of capacitor pads.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2022Date of Patent: July 16, 2024Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Aaron Finck, Jiri Stehlik
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Patent number: 12021520Abstract: A resonator, an oscillator, and a quantum computer in which the area occupied by the circuit can be reduced is provided. A resonator (100) includes a loop circuit (110) in which a first superconducting line (101), a first Josephson junction (103), a second superconducting line (102), and a second Josephson junction (104) are connected in a ring shape, and a capacitor (120). The capacitor (120) and the loop circuit (110) are connected in a ring shape.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2020Date of Patent: June 25, 2024Assignee: NEC CORPORATIONInventors: Tsuyoshi Yamamoto, Tomohiro Yamaji, Yoshihito Hashimoto
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Patent number: 12015397Abstract: One or more systems, devices, and/or methods of manufacture and/or use provided herein relate to a quantum computing process to achieve higher connectivity of qubits to more than nearest neighbors and/or to a plurality of nearest neighbors. A system can comprise a tunable first coupler coupled to a first qubit, a tunable second coupler coupled to a second qubit, and a junction coupling the first coupler and the second coupler being both parametrically drivable. The first coupler and the second coupler can comprise superconducting quantum interference devices or Josephson junctions. The junction can comprise a central hub or central node separately coupled to the first coupler and the second coupler. The first coupler and the second coupler can be configured to capacitively or inductively couple the first qubit and the second qubit to one another to perform a control-Z (CZ) gate or an iSWAP gate.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2022Date of Patent: June 18, 2024Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventor: Timothy Phung
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Patent number: 11984886Abstract: A superconducting circuit comprises a first and second magnetic-flux-tunable elements. Each of these has a respective flux-sensitive part. First and second current-driven superconductive on-chip flux bias lines are provided. Each of these passes adjacent to the flux-sensitive part of the respective magnetic-flux-tunable element. A first plurality of superconductive stray current paths exists adjacent to the first magnetic-flux-tunable element. A second plurality of superconductive stray current paths exist adjacent to the second magnetic-flux-tunable element. The superconductive stray current paths distribute stray currents originating from the flux line of the other magnetic-flux-tunable element into a respective plurality of stray currents around the respective magnetic-flux-tunable element. This way the stray currents are kept from changing the electric characteristics of the respective magnetic-flux-tunable element.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2023Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: IQM Finland OyInventors: Caspar Ockeloen-Korppi, Jukka Räbinä, Johannes Heinsoo, Juha Hassel
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Patent number: 11979146Abstract: The invention is generally related to the field of quantum computing and particularly to a tunable resonator-resonator coupling circuit that provides both direct and indirect couplings between linear or nonlinear resonators. The indirect coupling is provided by using a tunable coupling element that comprises two ungrounded superconducting islands. Since the superconducting islands are ungrounded, it is possible to provide different signs of coupling frequencies for the resonators and the superconducting islands, which in turn allows the interaction between the first and second resonators to be controlled more efficiently. Moreover, the design, calibration, and operation of the circuit with such a tunable coupling element are significantly easier and simpler compared to the existing analogues, while providing the same or even better performance. A quantum computing apparatus using one or more such circuits is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2023Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: IQM Finland OyInventors: Johannes Heinsoo, Jani Tuorila
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Patent number: 11955566Abstract: An electronic device for storing, controlling and manipulating electron or hole spin based semiconductor qubits, the device including an electrically insulating layer and on a front face of the insulating layer, a trapping structure for electrons or holes which includes: a channel portion including at least one layer portion of semiconductor material, as well as a plurality of gates distributed for trapping at least one electron or hole in the channel portion, and on the back side of the insulating layer, an electrical track extending parallel to the insulating layer, for generating an oscillating magnetic field acting on the at least one electron or hole trapped in the trapping structure.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2022Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVESInventor: Hélène Jacquinot
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Patent number: 11929711Abstract: A device for generating a qubit control signal includes: a first signal envelope generator circuit including a first multiple of signal sources, in which an output of each signal source of the first multiple of signal sources is combined to provide a first cumulative output; and a first mixer circuit coupled to the first signal envelope generator circuit, in which the first cumulative output is coupled to a first input of the first mixer circuit, and an output of the first mixer circuit includes a first qubit control signal.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2019Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: Google LLCInventor: Joseph Cheney Bardin
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Patent number: 11888471Abstract: One or more systems, devices and/or methods of use provided herein relate to a device that can provide bandwidth and/or saturation power to amplify a plurality of readout frequencies or to convert one or more frequencies. In quantum technology, the one or more systems, devices and/or methods of use provided herein can be employed to simultaneously readout a plurality of qubit resonators. A device can comprise a Josephson parametric converter device comprising a Josephson ring modulator having a pair of nodes, and an impedance matching circuit network operatively connected across the pair of nodes. The device can be separately operable in an amplification mode or in a conversion mode.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2021Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Corrado P Mancini, Baleegh Abdo
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Patent number: 11839165Abstract: A solid state cooler device is disclosed that comprises a first normal metal pad, a first aluminum layer and a second aluminum layer disposed on the first normal metal pad and separated from one another by a gap, a first aluminum oxide layer formed on the first aluminum layer, and a second aluminum oxide layer formed on the second aluminum layer, and a first superconductor pad disposed on the first aluminum oxide layer and a second superconductor pad disposed on the second aluminum oxide layer. The device further comprises a first conductive pad coupled to the first superconductor pad, and a second conductive pad coupled to the second superconductor pad, wherein hot electrons are removed from the first normal metal pad when a bias voltage is applied between the first conductive pad and the second conductive pad.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2023Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: Aaron Ashley Hathaway, John X. Przybysz, Robert Miles Young, Edward R. Engbrecht
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Patent number: 11831291Abstract: One or more systems, devices and/or methods of use provided herein relate to a device that can facilitate selective switching between band pass and band stop filter modes and/or can provide reflectionless or near reflectionless function. A device can comprise a filter circuit coupled between a pair of ports and comprising a direct current superconducting quantum interference device (DC SQUID), wherein the filter circuit is selectively activatable by varying the inductance of the DC SQUID. Applying flux bias to the DC SQUID can allow for the switching between the band pass and band stop filter modes.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2021Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventor: Matthew Beck
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Patent number: 11804275Abstract: Shift register elements of a phase-mode bit-addressable sensing register sample varied AC or DC bias values provided to operational RQL circuitry on the RQL IC via clock resonators or DC bias lines. The shift register can be constructed of phase-mode D flip-flops and JTLs as data and clock lines. A method of using the sensing register includes shifting in a data bit pattern while a bias parameter (e.g., AC amplitude, DC value, or phase) is set to a nominal value; stopping the logical clock that controls the shifting of values through the sensing register, varying the bias parameter value, inputting one assertion SFQ pulse or reciprocal pulse pair into the logical clock, restoring the bias parameter to the nominal value, restarting the logical clock to shift out an output data bit pattern, and observing the output data bit pattern to determine the effect of the bias parameter value change.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2022Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignee: NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: Alexander Louis Braun, Max E. Nielsen, Daniel George Dosch, Kurt Pleim, Haitao O. Dai, Charles Ryan Wallace
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Patent number: 11791818Abstract: Parametrically pumped four-wave mixing is a key building block for many developments in the field of superconducting quantum information processing. However, undesired frequency shifts such as Kerr, cross-Ken and Stark shifts inherent with four-wave mixing, lead to difficulties in tuning up the desired parametric processes and, for certain applications, severely limit the fidelities of the resulting operations. Some embodiments include a Josephson four-wave mixing device consisting of a SQUID transmon coupled to a half-flux biased SNAIL transmon, a.k.a. capacitively shunted flux qubit. When the two transmon have matching frequencies, an interference effect cancels the negative Kerr of the SQUID transmon with the positive Kerr of the SNAIL transmon while preserving parametric four-wave mixing capabilities.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2020Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: Yale UniversityInventors: Shantanu Mundhada, Nicholas Frattini, Shruti Puri, Shyam Shankar, Steven M. Girvin, Michel Devoret
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Patent number: 11770113Abstract: A superconducting circuit comprises a resonator and a Josephson junction. The resonator comprises an inductor and a capacitor. The inductor comprises a first terminal and a second terminal. The second terminal of the inductor is electrically coupled to a first terminal of the capacitor. A second terminal of the capacitor is electrically coupled to a first terminal of the Josephson junction. The terminal shared by the inductor and the capacitor is configured to be electrically coupled to an alternating current (AC) voltage source having a particular frequency and particular phase. The inductance of the inductor and the capacitance of the capacitor are selected to cause the resonator to resonate at a frequency and a phase that substantially match the particular frequency and the particular phase, respectively, of the AC voltage source to facilitate switching a state of the Josephson junction via a single flux quantum (SFQ) pulse.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2021Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: IMEC USA NANOELECTRONICS DESIGN CENTER, Inc.Inventors: Quentin Paul Herr, Anna Yurievna Herr
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Patent number: 11742831Abstract: According to one embodiment, a coupler includes first to fourth capacitors, first and second inductors, and a first Josephson junction. The first capacitor includes a first capacitor end portion and a first capacitor other-end portion. The first inductor includes a first inductor end portion, and a first inductor other-end portion. The second inductor includes a second inductor end portion, and a second inductor other-end portion. The first Josephson junction includes a first Josephson junction end portion, and a first Josephson junction other-end portion. A space is surrounded with the first inductor, the second inductor, and the first Josephson junction. The third capacitor includes a third capacitor end portion, and a third capacitor other-end portion. The fourth capacitor includes a fourth capacitor end portion, and a fourth capacitor other-end portion.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2022Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha ToshibaInventor: Hayato Goto
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Patent number: 11722135Abstract: A superconducting AC switch system includes a switch network configuration comprising a Josephson junction (JJ) coupled to a transmission line having a transmission line impedance, and a magnetic field generator that is configured to switch from inducing a magnetic field in a plane of the JJ, and providing no magnetic field in the plane of the JJ. An AC input signal applied at an input of the switch network configuration is passed through to an output of the switch network configuration in a first magnetic state, and substantially reflected back to the input of the switch network configuration in a second magnetic state. The first magnetic state is one of inducing and not inducing a magnetic field in a plane of the JJ, and the second magnetic state is the other of inducing and not inducing a magnetic field in a plane of the JJ.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2021Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: Aurelius L. Graninger, Aaron A. Pesetski, Joel D. Strand
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Patent number: 11695418Abstract: There is described herein a topologically protected quantum circuit with superconducting qubits and method of operation thereof. The circuit comprises a plurality of physical superconducting qubits and a plurality of coupling devices interleaved between pairs of the physical superconducting qubits. The coupling devices comprise at least one ?-Josephson junction, wherein a Josephson phase ?0 of the ?-Josephson junction is non-zero in a ground state, the coupling devices have a Josephson energy EJ?, the physical superconducting qubits have a Josephson energy EJq, and the circuit operates in a topological regime when E J ? q 2 > - E J ? ? ? cos ? ? 0 > E J ? q 3 .Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2022Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: ANYON SYSTEMS INC.Inventors: Chloé Archambault, Gabriel Ethier-Majcher
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Patent number: 11664804Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for coupling two qubits. A first persistent current qubit is fabricated with a first superconducting loop interrupted by a first Josephson junction isolated by a first inductor and a second inductor from a second Josephson junction. A second persistent current qubit is fabricated with a second superconducting loop interrupted by a third Josephson junction isolated by a third inductor and a fourth inductor from a fourth Josephson junction. Nodes defined by the Josephson junctions of the first qubit and their neighboring inductors are connected to corresponding nodes defined by the third Josephson junction and the third inductor via a first capacitor, with one pair of connections swapped such that the nodes are not connected to their respective corresponding nodes.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2022Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventor: Ryan J. Epstein
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Patent number: 11664801Abstract: A qubit structure includes a first fluxonium qubit having a first Josephson Junction (JJ) in parallel with a first capacitor and a first superconducting inductor. A second fluxonium qubit includes a second JJ in parallel with a second capacitor and a second superconducting inductor, coupled in series with the first fluxonium qubit. A third capacitor is coupled in parallel to the series first and second fluxonium qubits.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2021Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventor: Aaron Finck
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Patent number: 11652480Abstract: Trap circuits for use with superconducting integrated circuits having capacitively-coupled resonant clock networks are described. An example superconducting integrated circuit (IC) includes a clock structure coupled: (1) to a first Josephson junction (JJ) via a first capacitor, where the first capacitor is configured to receive a clock signal via the clock structure and couple a first bias current to the first JJ, and (2) to a second JJ via a second capacitor, where the second capacitor is configured to receive a clock signal via the clock structure and couple a second bias current to the second JJ. The superconducting IC further includes a trap circuit coupled between the first capacitor and the first JJ, where the trap circuit is configured to attenuate any signals generated by a triggering of the first JJ to reduce crosstalk between the first JJ and the second JJ.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2022Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Bouchaib Cherif, Max Earl Nielsen
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Patent number: 11620562Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 23, 2021Date of Patent: April 4, 2023Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Aaron Finck, John Blair, April Carniol
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Patent number: 11556834Abstract: A device includes: a plurality of qubits arranged in a two-dimensional array and a plurality of readout resonators. Each readout resonator of a first readout resonator group is arranged to electromagnetically couple to a respective qubit of a first qubit group. Each readout resonator of a second readout resonator group is arranged to electromagnetically couple to a respective qubit of a second qubit group. A resonance frequency of each readout resonator of the first readout resonator group is within a first resonance frequency band, and a resonance frequency of each readout resonator of the second readout resonator group is within a second resonance frequency band that is different from the first resonance frequency band.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2020Date of Patent: January 17, 2023Assignee: Google LLCInventors: Zijun Chen, Julian Shaw Kelly
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Patent number: 11494683Abstract: Josephson junctions (JJ) may replace primary inductance of transformers to realize galvanic coupling between qubits, advantageously reducing size. A long-range symmetric coupler may include a compound JJ (CJJ) positioned at least approximately at a half-way point along the coupler to advantageously provide a higher energy of a first excited state than that of an asymmetric long-range coupler. Quantum processors may include qubits and couplers with a non-stoquastic Hamiltonian to enhance multi-qubit tunneling during annealing. Qubits may include additional shunt capacitances, e.g., to increase overall quality of a total capacitance and improve quantum coherence. A sign and/or magnitude of an effective tunneling amplitude ?eff of a qubit characterized by a double-well potential energy may advantageously be tuned. Sign-tunable electrostatic coupling of qubits may be implemented, e.g., via resonators, and LC-circuits. YY couplings may be incorporated into a quantum anneaier (e.g., quantum processor).Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2018Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignee: D-WAVE SYSTEMS INC.Inventors: Mohammad H. Amin, Paul I. Bunyk, Trevor M. Lanting, Chunqing Deng, Anatoly Smirnov, Kelly T. R. Boothby, Emile M. Hoskinson, Christopher B. Rich
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Patent number: 11476842Abstract: One example describes a superconducting current source system comprising a linear flux-shuttle. The linear flux-shuttle includes an input and a plurality of Josephson transmission line (JTL) stages. Each of the JTL stages includes at least one Josephson junction, an output inductor, and a clock input. The linear flux-shuttle can be configured to generate a direct current (DC) output current via the output inductor associated with each of the JTL stages in response to the at least one Josephson junction triggering in a sequence in each of the JTL stages along the linear flux-shuttle in response to receiving an input pulse at the input and in response to a clock signal provided to the clock input in each of the JTL stages.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2021Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: Dipankar Bhattacharya, Donald L. Miller, Haitao O. Dai, Quentin P. Herr
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Patent number: 11476836Abstract: According to one embodiment, a coupler includes first to fourth capacitors, first and second inductors, and a first Josephson junction. The first capacitor includes a first capacitor end portion and a first capacitor other-end portion. The first inductor includes a first inductor end portion, and a first inductor other-end portion. The second inductor includes a second inductor end portion, and a second inductor other-end portion. The first Josephson junction includes a first Josephson junction end portion, and a first Josephson junction other-end portion. A space is surrounded with the first inductor, the second inductor, and the first Josephson junction. The third capacitor includes a third capacitor end portion, and a third capacitor other-end portion. The fourth capacitor includes a fourth capacitor end portion, and a fourth capacitor other-end portion.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2022Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBAInventor: Hayato Goto
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Patent number: 11456741Abstract: It is an objective to provide an arrangement for reducing qubit leakage errors in a quantum computing system. According to an embodiment, an arrangement for reducing qubit leakage errors includes a first qubit and a second qubit selectively couplable to each other. The arrangement also includes an energy dissipation structure that is selectively couplable to the first qubit. The energy dissipation structure is configured to dissipate energy transferred from the first qubit. The arrangement further includes a control unit configured to perform a first quantum operation to transfer a property of a quantum state from the first qubit to the second qubit, couple the first qubit to the energy dissipation structure for a time interval, and perform a second quantum operation to transfer the property of the quantum state from the second qubit to the first qubit after the time interval.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2020Date of Patent: September 27, 2022Assignee: IQM Finland OyInventors: Olli Ahonen, Johannes Heinsoo, Mikko Möttönen, Jami Rönkkö, Jaakko Salo, Jani Tuorila
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Patent number: 11431322Abstract: A capacitively-driven tunable coupler includes a coupling capacitor connecting an open end of a quantum object (i.e., an end of the object that cannot have a DC path to a low-voltage rail, such as a ground node, without breaking the functionality of the object) to an RF SQUID having a Josephson element capable of providing variable inductance and therefore variable coupling to another quantum object.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2021Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventor: Zachary Kyle Keane
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Patent number: 11367012Abstract: A tunable resonator is formed by shunting a set of asymmetric DC-SQUIDs with a capacitive device. An asymmetric DC-SQUID includes a first Josephson junction and a second Josephson junction, where the critical currents of the first and second Josephson junctions are different. A coupling is formed between the tunable resonator and a qubit such that the capacitively-shunted asymmetric DC-SQUIDs can dispersively read a quantum state of the qubit. An external magnetic flux is set to a first value and applied to the tunable resonator. A first value of the external magnetic flux causes the tunable resonator to tune to a first frequency within a first frequency difference from a resonance frequency of the qubit, the tunable resonator tuning to the first frequency causes active reset of the qubit.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2020Date of Patent: June 21, 2022Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventor: Baleegh Abdo
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Patent number: 11362656Abstract: A single flux quantum (SFQ) circuit includes a radio frequency (RF) to direct current (DC) conversion stage. A DC to RF current conversion stage is coupled to a single output of the RF to DC conversion stage. The DC to RF current conversion stage includes a plurality of series stacked Josephson Junctions (JJs) having n stages, configured to convert a DC current received from the RF to DC conversion stage and reconvert the DC current to an RF tone.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2021Date of Patent: June 14, 2022Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Matthew Beck, Daniel Joseph Friedman
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Patent number: 11283445Abstract: Trap circuits for use with superconducting integrated circuits having capacitively-coupled resonant clock networks are described. An example superconducting integrated circuit (IC) includes a clock structure coupled: (1) to a first Josephson junction (JJ) via a first capacitor, where the first capacitor is configured to receive a clock signal via the clock structure and couple a first bias current to the first JJ, and (2) to a second JJ via a second capacitor, where the second capacitor is configured to receive a clock signal via the clock structure and couple a second bias current to the second JJ. The superconducting IC further includes a trap circuit coupled between the first capacitor and the first JJ, where the trap circuit is configured to attenuate any signals generated by a triggering of the first JJ to reduce crosstalk between the first JJ and the second JJ.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2021Date of Patent: March 22, 2022Inventors: Bouchaib Cherif, Max Earl Nielsen
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Patent number: 11010683Abstract: Achieving orthogonal control of non-orthogonal qubit parameters of a logical qubit allows for increasing the length of a qubit chain thereby increasing the effective connectivity of the qubit chain. A hybrid qubit is formed by communicatively coupling a dedicated second qubit to a first qubit. By tuning a programmable parameter of the second qubit of a hybrid qubit, an effective programmable parameter of the hybrid qubit is adjusted without affecting another effective programmable parameter of the hybrid qubit thereby achieving orthogonal control of otherwise non-orthogonal qubit parameters. The length of the logical qubit may thus be increased by communicatively coupling a plurality of such hybrid qubits together.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2017Date of Patent: May 18, 2021Assignee: D-WAVE SYSTEMS INC.Inventors: Mohammad H. S. Amin, Trevor Michael Lanting, Colin Enderud
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Patent number: 10958274Abstract: There is described a microwave device and methods of operating same. The device comprises at least one superconducting qubit coupled to a transmission line defining a first port, and a filter. The filter comprises a first resonant element having a first resonance frequency f1, positioned along the transmission line between the first port and the qubit, and a second resonant element having a second resonance frequency f2 different from f1 and positioned along the transmission line between the first resonant element and the qubit.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2020Date of Patent: March 23, 2021Assignee: ANYON SYSTEMS INC.Inventors: Alireza Najafi-Yazdi, Gabriel Ethier-Majcher
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Patent number: 10938346Abstract: A superconducting input and/or output system employs at least one microwave superconducting resonator. The microwave superconducting resonator(s) may be communicatively coupled to a microwave transmission line. Each microwave superconducting resonator may include a first and a second DC SQUID, in series with one another and with an inductance (e.g., inductor), and a capacitance in parallel with the first and second DC SQUIDs and inductance. Respective inductive interfaces are operable to apply flux bias to control the DC SQUIDs. The second DC SQUID may be coupled to a Quantum Flux Parametron (QFP), for example as a final element in a shift register. A superconducting parallel plate capacitor structure and method of fabricating such are also taught.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2016Date of Patent: March 2, 2021Assignee: D-WAVE SYSTEMS INC.Inventors: Andrew J. Berkley, Loren J. Swenson, Mark H. Volkmann, Jed D. Whittaker, Paul I. Bunyk, Peter D. Spear, Christopher B. Rich
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Patent number: 10778229Abstract: A CNOT gate includes a clock line, splitter, and first and second store-and-launch gates (SNLs) to each output a fluxon in accordance with a clock fluxon and polarities of an input fluxon and the clock fluxon. The CNOT gate also includes first and second IDSN gates. When one fluxon input is received, the IDSN gate outputs one fluxon in accordance with a polarity of the fluxon input. When two fluxon inputs are received, the IDSN gate outputs two fluxons in accordance with an inverse polarity of the fluxon inputs. The CNOT gate also includes first and second NOT gates to receive a fluxon output from the first IDSN gate and output a fluxon of opposite polarity, and a third NOT gate to receive a fluxon output from the second IDSN gate and output a fluxon of opposite polarity.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2020Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: U.S. Government as represented by the Director, National Security AgencyInventors: Kevin D. Osborn, Waltraut Wustmann
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Patent number: 10735003Abstract: A qubit includes a superconducting loop interrupted by a plurality of magnetic flux tunneling elements, such as DC SQUIDs, leaving superconducting islands between the elements. An effective transverse magnetic moment is formed by magnetically tuning each element to yield a large tunneling amplitude. The electrical polarization charge on an island is tuned to produce destructive interference between the tunneling amplitudes using the Aharonov-Casher effect, resulting in an effectively zero transverse field. Biasing the charge away from this tuning allows tunneling to resume with a large amplitude. Interrupting the island with a third tunneling path, such as a Josephson junction, permits independently tuning and biasing the two islands that result, enabling effective control of two independent (X and Y) transverse fields.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2019Date of Patent: August 4, 2020Assignee: Mssachusetts Institute of TechnologyInventor: Andrew J. Kerman
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Patent number: 10725141Abstract: First and second superconductive sensors receive an electromagnetic signal. The first and second superconductive sensors are spaced apart such that there is a phase difference between the electromagnetic signal as received at the first and second superconductive sensors. The first and second superconductive sensors output respective first and second voltage signals corresponding to the electromagnetic signal as received by the first and second superconductive sensors. A nonlinear detector detects a voltage difference between the first and second voltage signals and provides an output signal representing the detected voltage difference. The output signal corresponds to the phase difference between the electromagnetic signal as received at the first and second superconductive sensors.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2018Date of Patent: July 28, 2020Assignee: United States of America as represented by Secretary of the NavyInventors: Benjamin J Taylor, Susan Anne Elizabeth Berggren, Anna Leese De Escobar
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Patent number: 10658987Abstract: The embodiments herein describe technologies of an amplifier circuit that is designed for wideband communication with superconductive components in cryogenic applications, including Josephson Junction integrated circuits, operating in a cryogenic temperature domain (e.g., 4K). The amplifier circuit operates in a temperature domain (e.g., 77K) that is higher than the cryogenic temperature domain of the superconductive components.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2018Date of Patent: May 19, 2020Assignee: Rambus Inc.Inventors: Richelle L. Smith, Roxanne Vu, Carl W. Werner
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Patent number: 10535013Abstract: A tunable resonator is formed by shunting a set of asymmetric DC-SQUIDs with a capacitive device. An asymmetric DC-SQUID includes a first Josephson junction and a second Josephson junction, where the critical currents of the first and second Josephson junctions are different. A coupling is formed between the tunable resonator and a qubit such that the capacitively-shunted asymmetric DC-SQUIDs can dispersively read a quantum state of the qubit. An external magnetic flux is set to a first value and applied to the tunable resonator. A first value of the external magnetic flux causes the tunable resonator to tune to a first frequency within a first frequency difference from a resonance frequency of the qubit, the tunable resonator tuning to the first frequency causes active reset of the qubit.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2019Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventor: Baleegh Abdo
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Patent number: 10236869Abstract: One example includes a superconducting transmission driver system. The system includes a latching gate stage comprising at least one Josephson junction configured to switch from an off state to an oscillating voltage state to provide an oscillating voltage at a control node in response to a single flux quantum (SFQ) pulse received at an input. The system further includes a low-pass filter stage coupled to the control node and configured to convert the oscillating voltage to a pulse signal to be transmitted over a transmission line.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2016Date of Patent: March 19, 2019Assignee: NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATIONInventors: Quentin P. Herr, Edward Rudman, Jonathan D. Egan, Vladimir V. Talanov
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Patent number: 10171077Abstract: A technique relates to qubit drive and readout. A first lossless microwave switch is connected to a quantum system. A second lossless microwave switch is connectable to the first lossless microwave switch. A quantum-limited amplifier is connectable to the second lossless microwave switch.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2017Date of Patent: January 1, 2019Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Baleegh Abdo, Jerry M. Chow
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Patent number: 10056885Abstract: A technique relates to operating a multimode Josephson parametric converter as a multimode quantum limited amplifier. The multimode Josephson parametric converter receives multiple quantum signals in parallel at different resonance frequencies. The multimode Josephson parametric converter amplifies simultaneously the multiple quantum signals, according to pump signals applied to the multimode Josephson parametric converter. The multiple quantum signals having been amplified at the different resonance frequencies are reflected, according to the pump signals.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2017Date of Patent: August 21, 2018Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventor: Baleegh Abdo
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Patent number: 9985614Abstract: A technique relates to operating a multimode josephson parametric converter as a multimode quantum limited amplifier. The multimode. Josephson parametric converter receives multiple quantum signals in parallel at different resonance frequencies. The multimode Josephson parametric converter amplifies simultaneously the multiple quantum signals, according to pump signals applied to the multimode Josephson parametric converter. The multiple quantum signals having been amplified at the different resonance frequencies are reflected, according to the pump signals.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2017Date of Patent: May 29, 2018Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventor: Baleegh Abdo
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Patent number: 9729152Abstract: A mechanism relates a superconductor circuit. A ? circuit includes a first node connecting a Purcell capacitor to a qubit coupling capacitor, a second node connecting the Purcell capacitor to a readout coupling capacitor, and a third node connecting the qubit coupling capacitor to the readout coupling capacitor. A qubit is connected to the first node and has a qubit frequency. A readout resonator connects to the third node combining with the Purcell capacitor to form a filter. Capacitance of the Purcell capacitor is determined as a factor of the qubit frequency of the qubit and blocks emissions of the qubit at the qubit frequency. Capacitance of the Purcell capacitor causes destructive interference, between a first path containing Purcell capacitor and a second path containing both the qubit coupling capacitor and readout coupling capacitor, in order to block emissions of the qubit at the qubit frequency to the external environment.Type: GrantFiled: July 25, 2016Date of Patent: August 8, 2017Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONInventors: Nicholas T. Bronn, Jerry M. Chow, Jay M. Gambetta, Nicholas A. Masluk, Matthias Steffen
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Patent number: 9503097Abstract: A circuit includes a magnetic logic unit including input terminals, output terminals, a field line, and magnetic tunnel junctions (MTJs). The field line electrically connects a first and a second input terminal, and is configured to generate a magnetic field based on an input to at least one of the first and the second input terminal. The input is based on a first analog input to the circuit. Each MTJ is electrically connected to a first and a second output terminal, and is configured such that an output of at least one of the first and the second output terminal varies in response to a combined resistance of the MTJs. The resistance of the MTJs varies based on the magnetic field. The circuit is configured to mix the first analog input and a second analog input to generate an analog output based on the output of the second output terminal.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2015Date of Patent: November 22, 2016Assignee: Crocus Technology Inc.Inventors: Douglas J. Lee, Yaron Oren-Pines, Stuart Desmond Rumley, Seyed A. Tabatabaei, Bertrand F. Cambou
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Patent number: 9467126Abstract: One embodiment describes a Josephson current source system. The system includes a flux-shuttle loop comprising a plurality of stages arranged in a series loop. Each of the plurality of stages includes at least one Josephson junction. The flux-shuttle loop can be configured, when activated, to sequentially trigger the at least one Josephson junction in each of the plurality of stages about the flux-shuttle loop in response to an inductively-coupled AC clock signal to generate a DC output current provided through an output inductor. The system also includes a flux injector system that is configured to activate the flux-shuttle loop. The flux injector system is further configured to automatically deactivate the flux-shuttle loop in response to an amplitude of the DC output current increasing to a predetermined deactivation threshold.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2015Date of Patent: October 11, 2016Assignee: Northrop Grumman Systems CorporationInventors: Ofer Naaman, Donald L Miller, Andrew Hostetler Miklich
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Patent number: 9059707Abstract: A quantum information processing system includes a waveguide having an aperture, a non-linear quantum circuit disposed in the waveguide and an electromagnetic control signal source coupled to the aperture.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2013Date of Patent: June 16, 2015Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Jay M. Gambetta, Chad T. Rigetti