IP Library Granted Patent US 12,293,140
Granted Patent B2
US 12,293,140 · App. 17/657,543 · Granted May 6, 2025

Feed-forward design of three-dimensional quantum chips

Inventors: Nicholas Anthony Lanzillo (Wynantskill, NY); Marco Facchini (New York, NY); Zlatko Kristev Minev (White Plains, NY); Thomas George McConkey (Long Island, NY); Priti Ashvin Shah (Basking Ridge, NJ)
Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
G06F30/392G06N10/40G06F2119/08
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Patent No.
US 12,293,140
App. No.
17/657,543
Granted
May 6, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Systems, computer-implemented methods, and computer program products to facilitate feed-forward design of three-dimensional quantum chips are provided. According to an embodiment, a system can comprise a processor that executed computer executable components stored in memory. The computer executable components can comprise an analysis component that performs an analysis of a first layout of a first quantum chip. The computer executable components further comprise a modification component that modifies a second layout of a second quantum chip based on the analysis of the first layout.

Claims (34)

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

performing, by a system operatively coupled to a processor, analysis of a first design representation of a first layout of a first quantum chip that is to be connected to a second quantum chip to form a three-dimensional quantum chip, wherein performing the analysis comprises simulating the first design representation of the first quantum chip based on the first layout to extract quantum values of the first quantum chip; and

modifying, by the system, a second design representation of a second layout of the second quantum chip based on the analysis of the first design representation of the first layout of the first quantum chip to optimize the three-dimensional quantum chip according to a defined criterion associated with performances of the first quantum chip and the second quantum chip, wherein the modifying the second layout of the second quantum chip comprises simulating the second design representation of the second quantum chip based on the second layout to extract quantum values of the second quantum chip.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the first quantum chip and the second quantum chip are electrically connected.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the simulation of the first design representation or the simulation of the second design representation comprises energy participation ratio analysis.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the simulation of the first design representation or the simulation of the second design representation comprises lumped oscillator model analysis.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 further comprising:

performing, by the system, a second analysis of the second design representation of the second layout of the second quantum chip, wherein the second analysis comprises the simulation of the second design representation; and

modifying, by the system, the first design representation of the first layout of the first quantum chip based on the analysis of the second design representation of the second layout of the second quantum chip to optimize the three-dimensional quantum chip according to the defined criterion.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the second layout of the second quantum chip is modified after fabrication of the first quantum chip.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein a modification of the second quantum chip is based on a predicted non-ideality of the first quantum chip.

8. A system comprising:

a memory that stores computer executable components;

a processor that the executes at least one of the computer executable components that:

performs an analysis of a first design representation of a first layout of a first quantum chip that is to be connected to a second quantum chip to form a three-dimensional quantum chip, wherein performing the analysis comprises simulating the first design representation of the first quantum chip based on the first layout to extract quantum values of the first quantum chip; and

modifies a second design representation of a second layout of the second quantum chip based on the analysis of the first design representation of the first layout of the first quantum chip to optimize the three-dimensional quantum chip according to a defined criterion associated with reducing detrimental associated with performances of the first quantum chip and the second quantum chip, wherein the modifying the second layout of the second quantum chip comprises simulating the second design representation of the second quantum chip based on the second layout to extract quantum values of the second quantum chip.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the first quantum chip and the second quantum chip are electrically connected.

10. The system of claim 8 , wherein at least one of the simulation of the first design representation or the simulation of the second design representation comprises energy participation ratio analysis.

11. The system of claim 8 , wherein at least one of the simulation of the first design representation or the simulation of the second design representation comprises lumped oscillator model analysis.

12. The system of claim 8 , wherein the at least one of the computer executable components further:

performs a second analysis of the second design representation of the second layout of the second quantum chip, wherein the second analysis comprises the simulation of the second design representation; and

modifies the first design representation of the first layout of the first quantum chip based on the analysis of the second design representation of the second layout of the second quantum chip to optimize the three-dimensional quantum chip according to the defined criterion.

13. The system of claim 8 , wherein the second layout of the second quantum chip is modified after fabrication of the first quantum chip.

14. The system of claim 8 , wherein a modification of the second quantum chip is based on a predicted non-ideality of the first quantum chip.

15. A computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a processor to cause the processor to:

perform, by the processor, analysis of a first design representation of a first layout of a first quantum chip that is to be connected to a second quantum chip to form a multiple quantum chip arrangement, wherein performing the analysis comprises simulating the first design representation of the first quantum chip based on the first layout to extract quantum values of the first quantum chip; and

modifying, by the processor, a second design representation of a second layout of the second quantum chip based on the analysis of the first design representation of the first layout of the first quantum chip to optimize the multiple quantum chip arrangement according to a defined criterion associated with performances of the first quantum chip and the second quantum chip, wherein the modifying the second layout of the second quantum chip comprises simulating the second design representation of the second quantum chip based on the second layout to extract quantum values of the second quantum chip.

16. The computer program product of claim 15 , wherein the first quantum chip and the second quantum chip are electrically connected.

17. The computer program product of claim 15 , wherein at least one of the simulation of the first design representation or the simulation of the second design representation comprises energy participation ratio analysis.

18. The computer program product of claim 15 , wherein at least one of the simulation of the first design representation or the simulation of the second design representation comprises lumped oscillator model analysis.

19. The computer program product of claim 15 , wherein the program instructions are further executable by the processor to cause the processor to:

perform, by the processor, a second analysis of the second design representation of the second layout of the second quantum chip, wherein the second analysis comprises the simulation of the second design representation; and

modify, by the processor, the first design representation of the first layout of the first quantum chip based on the analysis of the second design representation of the second layout of the second quantum chip to optimize the multiple quantum chip arrangement according to the defined criterion.

20. The computer-program product of claim 15 , wherein the second layout of the second quantum chip is modified after fabrication of the first quantum chip.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 31, 2022
From: LANZILLO, NICHOLAS ANTHONY; FACCHINI, MARCO; MINEV, ZLATKO KRISTEV; MCCONKEY, THOMAS GEORGE; SHAH, PRITI ASHVIN
To: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 059464/0269 →
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