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Granted Patent B2
US 12,048,254 · App. 17/071,528 · Granted Jul 23, 2024

Sacrificial material facilitating protection of a substrate in a qubit device

Inventors: Vivekananda P. Adiga (Ossining, NY); Martin O. Sandberg (Ossining, NY); Jeng-Bang Yau (Yorktown Heights, NY); David L. Rath (Stormville, NY); John Bruley (Poughkeepsie, NY); Cihan Kurter (White Plains, NY); Kenneth P. Rodbell (Sandy Hook, CT); Hongwen Yan (Somers, NY)
Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
H10N60/0912H10N60/805H10N60/83H10N60/85
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Patent No.
US 12,048,254
App. No.
17/071,528
Granted
Jul 23, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

Devices, systems, methods, and/or computer-implemented methods that can facilitate protection of a substrate in a qubit device using sacrificial material are provided. According to an embodiment, a device can comprise a superconducting lead provided on a pillar of a sacrificial material provided on a substrate. The device can further comprise a collapsed superconducting junction provided on the substrate and coupled to the superconducting lead.

Claims (12)

1. A device, comprising:

a first superconducting lead, wherein a bottom surface of the first superconducting lead is in contact with a top surface a first capacitor pad;

a second superconducting lead, wherein a bottom surface of the second superconducting lead is in contact with a top surface on a second capacitor pad, wherein the first capacitor pad and the second capacitor pad are superconducting; and

a superconducting junction formed from the first superconducting lead and the second superconducting lead, wherein the superconducting junction forms an electrical connection between the top surface of the first capacitor pad and the top surface of the second capacitor pad.

2. The device of claim 1 , wherein the superconducting junction is selected from a group consisting of a Josephson junction and a superconducting Josephson junction.

3. The device of claim 1 , wherein the superconducting junction extends above the first capacitor pad.

4. The device of claim 1 , wherein a second material is located between a portion of the first superconducting lead and a substrate.

5. The device of claim 4 , wherein the second material comprises a material that can serve as a quasiparticle trap.

6. The device of claim 4 , wherein the second material comprises a dielectric material.

7. The device of claim 1 , wherein a bottom surface of the superconducting junction is in contact with a substrate.

8. The device of claim 1 , wherein a bottom surface of the superconducting junction is separated from a substrate.

9. The device of claim 1 , wherein a second material is located beneath the first capacitor pad.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 15, 2020
From: ADIGA, VIVEKANANDA P.; SANDBERG, MARTIN O.; YAU, JENG-BANG; RATH, DAVID L.; BRULEY, JOHN; KURTER, CIHAN; RODBELL, KENNETH P.; YAN, HONGWEN
To: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
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Continuity (1)
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