IP Library Granted Patent US 12,443,873
Granted Patent B2
US 12,443,873 · App. 18/753,916 · Granted Oct 14, 2025

Frequency pattern for reducing parasitic interactions in a qubit grid

Inventors: John Martinis (Santa Barbara, CA); Rami Barends (San Diego, CA); Austin Greig Fowler (Reseda, CA)
Assignee: Google LLC
G06N10/70G06F15/80G06N10/20
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Patent No.
US 12,443,873
App. No.
18/753,916
Granted
Oct 14, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Methods, systems, and apparatus for operating a system of qubits. In one aspect, a method includes operating a first qubit from a first plurality of qubits at a first qubit frequency from a first qubit frequency region, and operating a second qubit from the first plurality of qubits at a second qubit frequency from a second first qubit frequency region, the second qubit frequency and the second first qubit frequency region being different to the first qubit frequency and the first qubit frequency region, respectively, wherein the second qubit is diagonal to the first qubit in a two-dimensional grid of qubits.

Claims (40)

1. A method comprising:

operating a first qubit in a system of qubits at a first qubit frequency within a first qubit frequency region, wherein the first qubit frequency region covers a first range of frequencies;

operating a second qubit in the system of qubits at a second qubit frequency within a second qubit frequency region, wherein the second qubit frequency region covers a second range of frequencies, the second qubit frequency and the second qubit frequency region being different from the first qubit frequency and the first qubit frequency region; and

operating a third qubit in the system of qubits at a third qubit frequency from the second qubit frequency region, the third qubit frequency being different from the first qubit frequency and the second qubit frequency, wherein

the third qubit is different from the second qubit and the third qubit frequency differs from the second qubit frequency by a frequency that is larger than a coupling strength between neighboring qubits in the system of qubits.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the coupling strength between neighboring qubits in the system of qubits is equal to 1 MHz.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the third qubit frequency differs from the second qubit frequency by 10 MHz.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein

the first qubit frequency is a first data qubit frequency,

the second qubit frequency is a second data qubit frequency,

the first qubit is a first data qubit, the second qubit is a second data qubit,

the first qubit frequency region comprises a first data qubit frequency region, and

the second qubit frequency region comprises a second data qubit frequency region.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first qubit frequency region and second qubit frequency region comprise at least one region of the following regions:

an idling frequency region,

an echo operation frequency region,

a single qubit gate frequency region, or

an interaction frequency region.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second qubit frequency region comprises a width of 10 MHz.

7. An apparatus comprising:

a system of qubits, wherein the system of qubits comprises:

a first qubit at a first qubit frequency within a first qubit frequency region, wherein the first qubit frequency region covers a first range of frequencies;

a second qubit at a second qubit frequency within a second qubit frequency region, wherein the second qubit frequency region covers a second range of frequencies, the second qubit frequency and the second qubit frequency region being different from the first qubit frequency and the first qubit frequency region; and

a third qubit at a third qubit frequency from the second qubit frequency region, the third qubit frequency being different from the first qubit frequency and the second qubit frequency, wherein the third qubit is different from the second qubit and the third qubit frequency differs from the second qubit frequency by a frequency that is larger than a coupling strength between neighboring qubits in the system of qubits.

8. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the apparatus further comprises a qubit controller module configured to operate the system of qubits, wherein the qubit controller module comprises an excitation pulse generator and one or more excitation drivelines, and wherein the qubit controller module operates a qubit at a qubit frequency from a qubit frequency region by controlling the qubit via excitation pulses on the excitation driveline.

9. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the one or more excitation drivelines comprise a global excitation driveline.

10. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the coupling strength between neighboring qubits in the system of qubits is equal to 1 MHz.

11. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the third qubit frequency differs from the second qubit frequency by 10 MHz.

12. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the

the first qubit frequency is a first data qubit frequency,

the second qubit frequency is a second data qubit frequency,

the first qubit is a first data qubit, the second qubit is a second data qubit,

the first qubit frequency region comprises a first data qubit frequency region, and

the second qubit frequency region comprises a second data qubit frequency region.

13. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the first qubit frequency region and second qubit frequency region comprise at least one region of the following regions:

an idling frequency region,

an echo operation frequency region,

a single qubit gate frequency region, or

a interaction frequency region.

14. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the second qubit frequency region comprises a width of 10 MHz.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 25, 2024
From: MARTINIS, JOHN; BARENDS, RAMI; FOWLER, AUSTIN GREIG
To: GOOGLE INC.
Reel/Frame 068088/0748 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 25, 2024
From: GOOGLE INC.
To: GOOGLE LLC
Reel/Frame 068171/0900 →
Continuity (4)
Continuation 18202190 · May 25, 2023
Continuation 17350545 · Jun 17, 2021
Continuation 16636528
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