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Granted Patent B2
US 10,840,296 · App. 16/673,309 · Granted Nov 17, 2020

Three-dimensional integration for qubits on crystalline dielectric

Inventors: Sami Rosenblatt (White Plains, NY); Rasit Onur Topaloglu (Poughkeepsie, NY); Markus Brink (White Plains, NY)
Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
H01L27/18G06N10/00H01L39/2493H01L39/025H01L39/223
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Patent No.
US 10,840,296
App. No.
16/673,309
Granted
Nov 17, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

Techniques related to a three-dimensional integration for qubits on crystalline dielectric and method of fabricating the same are provided. A superconductor structure can comprise a first wafer comprising a first crystalline silicon layer attached to a first patterned superconducting layer, and a second wafer comprising a second crystalline silicon layer attached to a second patterned superconducting layer. The second patterned superconducting layer of the second wafer can be attached to the first patterned superconducting layer of the first wafer. A buried layer can comprise the first patterned superconducting layer and the second patterned superconducting layer. The buried layer can comprise one or more circuits. The superconductor structure can also comprise a transmon qubit that can comprise a Josephson junction and one or more capacitor pads comprising superconducting material. The Josephson junction can comprise a first superconductor contact, a tunnel barrier layer, and a second superconductor contact.

Claims (39)

1. A superconductor structure, comprising:

a buried layer between two wafers comprising crystalline silicon, the buried layer comprising:

a first patterned superconducting layer,

a second patterned superconducting layer attached to the first patterned superconducting layer, wherein a first pattern of the first patterned superconducting layer mirrors a second pattern of the second patterned superconducting layer, and the first pattern having a matching mirrored alignment with the second pattern, and

a circuit based on the first pattern and the second pattern; and

a transmon qubit, on a wafer of the two wafers, comprising a Josephson junction.

2. The superconductor structure of claim 1 , wherein the transmon bit further comprises one or more capacitor pads comprising superconducting material.

3. The superconductor structure of claim 2 , wherein the one or more capacitor pads are located on a surface the wafer.

4. The superconductor structure of claim 2 , wherein the one or more capacitor pads are filled vias within a crystalline silicon layer of the wafer.

5. The superconductor structure of claim 1 , wherein the Josephson junction is a planar Josephson junction.

6. The superconductor structure of claim 1 , wherein the Josephson junction is a vertical Josephson junction.

7. The superconductor structure of claim 1 , wherein the transmon qubit is a first transmon qubit, the superconductor structure further comprising a second transmon qubit on the wafer, wherein the Josephson junction of the first transmon qubit is a planar Josephson junction and the second transmon qubit comprises a vertical Josephson junction.

8. The superconductor structure of claim 1 , further comprising:

a surface superconducting layer on at least a portion of the wafer; and

a through silicon via between the surface superconducting layer and the buried layer.

9. The superconductor structure of claim 1 , further comprising:

a surface superconducting layer on at least a portion of the wafer; and

a partial via in a crystalline silicon layer, the partial via comprises a capacitive connection with the buried layer.

10. A method, comprising:

forming a first patterned superconducting layer on a first wafer of a superconductor structure, wherein the first patterned superconducting layer has a first pattern;

forming a second patterned superconducting layer on a second wafer of the superconductor structure, wherein the second patterned superconducting layer has having a second pattern, and the first pattern mirrors the second pattern, and the first wafer and the second wafer comprise crystalline silicon;

creating a buried layer based on attaching the first patterned superconducting layer and the second patterned superconducting layer, wherein the first pattern has a matching mirrored alignment with the second pattern; and

forming a transmon qubit, on the first wafer, comprising a Josephson junction.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the forming the transmon qubit comprises forming one or more capacitor pads comprising superconducting material.

12. The method of claim 10 , wherein the comprises forming the one or more capacitor pads comprising forming the one or more capacitor pads on a surface the first wafer of the superconductor structure.

13. The method of claim 10 , wherein the Josephson junction is a planar Josephson junction.

14. The method of claim 10 , wherein the Josephson junction is a vertical Josephson junction.

15. The method of claim 10 , wherein the transmon qubit is a first transmon qubit, further comprising forming a second transmon qubit on the first wafer of the superconductor structure, wherein the Josephson junction of the first transmon qubit is a planar Josephson junction and the second transmon qubit comprises a vertical Josephson junction.

16. A quantum information device, comprising:

a superconductor structure comprising:

a buried layer between two wafers comprising crystalline silicon, the buried layer comprising:

a first patterned superconducting layer,

a second patterned superconducting layer attached to the first patterned superconducting layer, wherein a first pattern of the first patterned superconducting layer mirrors a second pattern of the second patterned superconducting layer, and the first pattern having a matching mirrored alignment with the second pattern, and

a circuit based on the first pattern and the second pattern; and

a transmon qubit, on a wafer of the two wafers, comprising a Josephson junction.

17. The quantum information device of claim 16 , wherein the transmon obit further comprises one or more capacitor pads comprising superconducting material.

18. The quantum information device of claim 16 , wherein the Josephson junction is a planar Josephson junction.

19. The quantum information device of claim 16 , wherein the Josephson junction is a vertical Josephson junction.

20. The quantum information device of claim 16 , wherein the transmon qubit is a first transmon qubit, the superconductor structure further comprising a second transmon qubit on the wafer, wherein the Josephson junction of the first transmon qubit is a planar Josephson junction and the second transmon qubit comprises a vertical Josephson junction.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 4, 2019
From: ROSENBLATT, SAMI; TOPALOGLU, RASIT ONUR; BRINK, MARKUS
To: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 050908/0546 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation 15989925 · May 25, 2018
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