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Granted Patent B2
US 10,833,239 · App. 16/654,069 · Granted Nov 10, 2020

Qubit network non-volatile identification

Inventors: Markus Brink (White Plains, NY); Jared B. Hertzberg (Yorktown Heights, NY); Sami Rosenblatt (White Plains, NY)
Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
H01L39/025G01R33/34023G11C11/44G11C17/16G11C17/18H01L23/544H01L27/18H01L39/045H01L39/06H01L39/223H01L39/2493H03H11/02H04L63/0876B82Y10/00G06N10/00H01L2223/54446
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Patent No.
US 10,833,239
App. No.
16/654,069
Granted
Nov 10, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A technique relates to a superconducting chip. Resonant units have resonant frequencies, and the resonant units are configured as superconducting resonators. Josephson junctions are in the resonant units, and one or more of the Josephson junctions have a shorted tunnel barrier.

Claims (19)

1. A method of identifying a superconducting chip comprising:

receiving resonant frequencies associated with the superconducting chip; and

using the resonant frequencies to identify the superconducting chip based on the resonant frequencies being in different frequency bands, one of the different frequency bands results from having a shorted tunnel barrier in a Josephson junction.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the different frequency bands comprise a first frequency band and a second frequency band.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the resonant frequencies comprise first resonant frequencies and second resonant frequencies.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the first resonant frequencies are different from the second resonant frequencies.

5. The method of claim 3 , wherein:

a first representation correlates to each of the first resonant frequencies; and

a second representation correlates to an expected location for each of the second resonant frequencies, a combination of the first and second representations being configured to identify the superconducting chip.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the first representation is selected from the group consisting of a number, a symbol, and a letter.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the second representation is selected from the group consisting of another number, another symbol, and another letter.

8. A method of identifying a superconducting chip comprising:

receiving resonant frequencies associated with the superconducting chip; and

using the resonant frequencies to identify the superconducting chip based on the resonant frequencies being in two different frequency bands, wherein:

the superconducting chip comprises resonant units having the resonant frequencies, the resonant units comprising Josephson junctions; and

one or more of the Josephson junctions are configured to have a shorted tunnel barrier.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the shorted tunnel barrier causes an increase in the resonant frequencies for the resonant units having the shorted tunnel barrier.

10. The method of claim 8 , wherein some of the Josephson junctions have a tunnel barrier that is not shorted.

11. The method of claim 8 , wherein the Josephson junctions having the shorted tunnel barrier are predefined in advance in order to provide identification of the superconducting chip.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 16, 2019
From: BRINK, MARKUS; HERTZBERG, JARED B.; ROSENBLATT, SAMI
To: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
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Continuity (4)
Continuation 16153866 · Oct 8, 2018
Division 15813247 · Nov 15, 2017
Continuation 15598928 · May 18, 2017
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