IP Library Granted Patent US 12,353,956
Granted Patent B2
US 12,353,956 · App. 17/683,797 · Granted Jul 8, 2025

Active circulator and quantum computer system with active circulator

Inventors: Taehwan Jang (Suwon-si, KR); Jinhyoun Kang (Sejong-si, KR); Hyeokshin Kwon (Seoul, KR); Jaeho Shin (Cheonan-si, KR); Jaehyeong Lee (Gwacheon-si, KR); Insu Jeon (Seoul, KR); Sungho Han (Hwaseong-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
G06N10/40
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Patent No.
US 12,353,956
App. No.
17/683,797
Granted
Jul 8, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An active circulator includes: an active filter; and a power divider serially connected to the active filter, wherein three or more combinations of the active filter and the power divider are connected to form a loop.

Claims (62)

1. An active circulator comprising:

an active filter; and

a power divider serially connected to the active filter,

wherein three or more combinations of the power divider serially connected to the active filter are connected to form a loop.

2. The active circulator of claim 1 ,

wherein the power divider comprises three ports.

3. The active circulator of claim 1 ,

wherein the power divider comprises one combining port and two dividing ports.

4. The active circulator of claim 1 ,

wherein the active filter comprises an operating amplifier and one or more capacitors.

5. The active circulator of claim 1 ,

wherein the active filter comprises an operating amplifier, one or more capacitors, and an attenuator.

6. The active circulator of claim 1 ,

wherein four pairs of the active filter and the power divider are connected in series to form a loop.

7. The active circulator of claim 1 ,

wherein the power divider comprises a Wilkinson power divider comprising three ports.

8. A quantum computer system comprising:

a power source;

a quantum processor unit (QPU) configured to generate a control signal;

the active circulator of claim 1 ; and

a quantum bit (qubit) element configured to selectively receive power from the power source via the active circulator and operate based on the control signal.

9. A quantum computer system comprising:

a power source;

a quantum processor unit (QPU) configured to generate a control signal;

an active circulator comprising three or more pairs of an active filter and a power divider combined in series are connected to form a loop; and

a plurality of quantum bit (qubit) elements configured to selectively receive power from the power source via the active circulator and operate based on the control signal.

10. The quantum computer system of claim 9 ,

wherein the power divider comprises three ports.

11. The quantum computer system of claim 9 ,

wherein the power divider comprises one combining port and two dividing ports.

12. The quantum computer system of claim 9 ,

wherein the active filter comprises an operating amplifier and one or more capacitors.

13. The quantum computer system of claim 9 ,

wherein the active filter comprises an operating amplifier, one or more capacitors, and an attenuator.

14. The quantum computer system of claim 9 ,

wherein four pairs of the active filter and the power divider are connected in series to form a loop.

15. The quantum computer system of claim 9 ,

wherein the power divider comprises a Wilkinson power divider comprising three ports.

16. A computer system comprising:

a power source;

a processor configured to generate a control signal;

an active circulator comprising three or more pairs of an active filter and a power divider combined in series are connected to form a loop; and

a plurality of bit elements configured to selectively receive power from the power source via the active circulator and operate based on the control signal.

17. The computer system of claim 16 ,

wherein the power divider comprises three ports.

18. The computer system of claim 16 ,

wherein the power divider comprises one combining port and two dividing ports.

19. The computer system of claim 16 ,

wherein the active filter comprises an operating amplifier and one or more capacitors.

20. The computer system of claim 16 ,

wherein the active filter comprises an operating amplifier, one or more capacitors, and an attenuator.

21. The computer system of claim 16 ,

wherein four pairs of the active filter and the power divider are connected in series to form a loop.

22. A quantum computer system comprising:

an active circulator comprising three or more combinations of power dividers and active filters alternatively connected in series to form a loop; and

a quantum bit (qubit) element configured to selectively receive power from the active circulator.

23. The quantum computer system of claim 22 , wherein the loop comprising the active filters and the power dividers has a rotational symmetry of an order of three or more.

24. The quantum computer system of claim 22 , wherein

the power dividers comprise a first power divider, a second power divider adjacent to the first power divider in a direction of the loop, and a third power divider adjacent to the first power divider in another direction of the loop, and

in response to an input of the power the first power divider, the active circulator is configured to transmit the power to the second power dividers without transmitting the power to the third power divider.

25. The quantum computer system of claim 22 , further comprising a quantum random access memory (QRAM) comprising a plurality of qubit elements including the qubit element.

26. The quantum computer system of claim 22 , wherein the active filters and the power dividers comprise three or more pairs of an active filter and a power divider connected in series to form the loop.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 1, 2022
From: JANG, TAEHWAN; KANG, JINHYOUN; KWON, HYEOKSHIN; SHIN, JAEHO; LEE, JAEHYEONG; JEON, INSU; HAN, SUNGHO
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2021-0087401 · Jul 2, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230004849A1 · Jan 5, 2023
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