IP Library Granted Patent US 12,047,063
Granted Patent B2
US 12,047,063 · App. 18/047,792 · Granted Jul 23, 2024

Current biased tunable qubit

Inventor: Timothy Phung (Milpitas, CA)
Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
H03K17/92G06F30/394G06N10/00H10N69/00
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Patent No.
US 12,047,063
App. No.
18/047,792
Granted
Jul 23, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

Techniques for designing, creating, and utilizing a current biased tunable qubit are presented. A qubit device can comprise a first Josephson junction (JJ) located along a first current path of the device, and a second JJ and third JJ coupled in series along a second current path in parallel with the first current path, wherein the second and third JJs facilitate controlling frequency of the device. The first JJ can be larger in area than each of the second and third JJs, wherein a current splitting ratio between the first current path and second current path can be increased thereby. The device can comprise a capacitor with a first terminal associated with the second and third JJs, and a second terminal associated with ground. Alternatively, a high kinetic inductance wire can be used in the first current path, instead of the JJ.

Claims (47)

1. A device, comprising:

a first Josephson junction located along a first current path of the device; and

a second Josephson junction and a third Josephson junction coupled in series along a second current path of the device in parallel with the first current path;

a first inductive component located along the first current path;

a second inductive component located along the second current path; and

a capacitor component comprising a first terminal and a second terminal, wherein the first terminal is associated with the second Josephson junction and the third Josephson junction, and wherein the second terminal is associated with a ground of the device.

2. The device of claim 1 , wherein the device is a qubit device.

3. The device of claim 1 , wherein the device is a transmon qubit device.

4. The device of claim 1 , wherein the second Josephson junction and the third Josephson junction facilitate controlling a frequency of the device.

5. The device of claim 4 , wherein the frequency of the device is controlled based on an amount of current applied to the device and an arrangement of the second Josephson junction and the third Josephson junction in relation to the first Josephson junction.

6. The device of claim 1 , further comprising:

a current generator component that generates a current;

a low pass filter component that applies a low pass filter to the current, wherein at least a portion of a filtered current output from the low pass filter component is supplied to the first current path and the second current path, and wherein the low pass filter is associated with a defined threshold frequency that indicates a cutoff frequency of the low pass filter; and

a current splitter component that diverts another portion of the filtered current output to a ground of the device.

7. A method, comprising:

forming a device comprising:

forming a first Josephson junction along a first current path of the device; and

forming a second Josephson junction and a third Josephson junction that are coupled in series along a second current path of the device in parallel with the first current path, wherein the first current path is associated with a first wire having a first inductance level, and wherein the second current path is associated with a second wire having a second inductance level.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the device is a qubit device.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the qubit device is a transmon qubit device.

10. The method of claim 7 , further comprising:

tuning a frequency of the device based on a level of current applied to the device and an arrangement of the second Josephson junction and the third Josephson junction in relation to the first Josephson junction.

11. The method of claim 7 , further comprising:

forming a capacitor comprising a first terminal and a second terminal, wherein the first terminal is associated with the second current path, and wherein the second terminal is associated with a ground of the device.

12. The method of claim 7 , further comprising:

forming a low pass filter coupled to the first current path and the second current path.

13. A device, comprising:

a first Josephson junction located along a first current path of the device; and

a second Josephson junction and a third Josephson junction coupled in series along a second current path of the device in parallel with the first current path;

a current generator component that generates a current;

a low pass filter component that applies a low pass filter to the current, wherein at least a portion of a filtered current output from the low pass filter component is supplied to the first current path and the second current path, and wherein the low pass filter is associated with a defined threshold frequency that indicates a cutoff frequency of the low pass filter; and

a current splitter component that diverts another portion of the filtered current output to a ground of the device.

14. The device of claim 13 , wherein the device is a qubit device.

15. The device of claim 13 , wherein the device is a transmon qubit device.

16. The device of claim 13 , wherein the second Josephson junction and the third Josephson junction facilitate controlling a frequency of the device.

17. The device of claim 16 , wherein the frequency of the device is controlled based on an amount of current applied to the device and an arrangement of the second Josephson junction and the third Josephson junction in relation to the first Josephson junction.

18. The device of claim 13 , further comprising:

a first inductive component located along the first current path;

a second inductive component located along the second current path; and

a capacitor component comprising a first terminal and a second terminal, wherein the first terminal is associated with the second Josephson junction and the third Josephson junction, and wherein the second terminal is associated with a ground of the device.

19. A method, comprising:

forming a device comprising:

forming a first Josephson junction along a first current path of the device;

forming a second Josephson junction and a third Josephson junction that are coupled in series along a second current path of the device in parallel with the first current path; and

forming a low pass filter coupled to the first current path and the second current path.

20. The method of claim 19 , further comprising:

forming a capacitor comprising a first terminal and a second terminal, wherein the first terminal is associated with the second current path, and wherein the second terminal is associated with a ground of the device.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 19, 2022
From: PHUNG, TIMOTHY
To: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 061469/0723 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation 17031369 · Sep 24, 2020
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