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US 12,293,253 · App. 16/997,311 · Granted May 6, 2025

Multipole filter on a quantum device with multiplexing and signal separation

Inventors: Srikanth Srinivasan (Mount Kisco, NY); John Blair (Katonah, NY); George Andrew Keefe (Cortlandt Manor, NY); Thomas George McConkey (White Plains, NY); Dongbing Shao (Briarcliff Manor, NY); Firat Solgun (Ossining, NY)
Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
G06N10/00H01P1/203
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Patent No.
US 12,293,253
App. No.
16/997,311
Granted
May 6, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Devices and/or computer-implemented methods to facilitate a multipole filter on a quantum device with multiplexing capability and signal separation to mitigate crosstalk are provided. According to an embodiment, a device can comprise an interposer substrate comprising a readout resonator. The device can further comprise a qubit chip substrate comprising a qubit coupled to the readout resonator and to a multipole filter.

Claims (48)

1. A device, comprising:

an interposer substrate comprising a readout resonator coupled to a drive line formed on the interposer substrate via a first capacitor; and

a qubit chip substrate comprising:

a qubit coupled to the readout resonator; and

a multipole filter comprising:

a bandpass filter coupled to a readout line formed on the interposer substrate, and coupled to the readout resonator via a second capacitor; and

a bandstop filter coupled to the bandpass filter, and coupled to ground via a third capacitor.

2. The device of claim 1 , wherein the qubit is coupled to the readout resonator via a fourth capacitor.

3. The device of claim 2 , wherein the bandpass filter operates at an operating frequency of the readout resonator, and the bandstop filter operates at an operating frequency of the qubit.

4. The device of claim 3 , wherein the readout resonator is a first readout resonator, the qubit is a first qubit, the bandstop filter is a first bandstop filter, and the drive line is a first drive line, and wherein:

the interposer substrate further comprises a second readout resonator coupled to a second drive line formed on the interposer substrate via a fifth capacitor,

the qubit chip substrate further comprises a second qubit coupled to the second readout resonator via a sixth capacitor, and

the multipole filter further comprises a second bandstop filter coupled to ground via a seventh capacitor.

5. The device of claim 4 , wherein:

the operating frequency of the readout resonator is higher than respective operating frequencies of the first qubit and the second qubit, and

the second bandstop filter operates at an operating frequency of the second qubit.

6. The device of claim 2 , wherein the operating frequency of the readout resonator operates is higher than an operating frequency of the qubit.

7. The device of claim 4 , wherein:

the first qubit is capacitively coupled to the second qubit.

8. A device, comprising:

an interposer substrate comprising readout resonators, wherein the readout resonators are coupled to respective drive lines formed on the interposer substrate via respective first capacitors; and

a qubit chip substrate comprising:

qubits respectively coupled to the readout resonators; and

a multipole filter comprising:

a bandpass filter coupled to a readout line formed on the interposer substrate, and coupled to the readout resonators via respective second capacitors; and

respective bandstop filters associated with the readout resonators, wherein the respective bandstop filters are coupled to the bandpass filter, and coupled to ground via respective third capacitors.

9. The device of claim 8 , wherein the qubits are respectively coupled to the readout resonators via respective fourth capacitors.

10. The device of claim 9 , wherein the bandpass filter operates at an operating frequency of at least one of the readout resonators, and the bandstop filters respectively operate at respective operating frequencies of corresponding qubits of the qubits.

11. The device of claim 8 , wherein at least two of the qubits are capacitively coupled together.

12. The device of claim 8 , wherein respective operating frequencies of the readout resonators are higher than respective operating frequencies of the qubits.

13. The device of claim 8 , wherein the bandpass filter operates at an operating frequency of at least 7.5 GHz.

14. A circuit, comprising:

a readout resonator coupled to a drive line via a first capacitor;

a qubit coupled to the readout resonator;

a bandpass filter coupled to a readout line, and coupled to the readout resonator via a second capacitor; and

a bandstop filter coupled to the bandpass filter, and coupled to ground via a third capacitor.

15. The circuit of claim 14 , wherein the qubit is coupled to the readout resonator via a fourth capacitor.

16. The circuit of claim 15 , wherein the bandpass filter operates at an operating frequency of the readout resonator, and the bandstop filter operates at an operating frequency of the qubit.

17. The circuit of claim 16 , wherein the readout resonator is a first readout resonator, the qubit is a first qubit, the bandstop filter is a first bandstop filter, and the drive line is a first drive line, and wherein the circuit further comprises:

a second readout resonator coupled to a second drive line via a fifth capacitor;

a second qubit coupled to the second readout resonator via a sixth capacitor, and

a second bandstop filter coupled to ground via a seventh capacitor.

18. The circuit of claim 17 , wherein:

the operating frequency of the readout resonator is higher than respective operating frequencies of the first qubit and the second qubit; and

the second bandstop filter operates at an operating frequency of the second qubit.

19. The circuit of claim 17 , wherein:

the first qubit is capacitively coupled to the second qubit.

20. The circuit of claim 15 , wherein the operating frequency of the readout resonator is higher than an operating frequency of the qubit.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 19, 2020
From: SRINIVASAN, SRIKANTH; BLAIR, JOHN; KEEFE, GEORGE ANDREW; MCCONKEY, THOMAS GEORGE; SHAO, DONGBING; SOLGUN, FIRAT
To: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
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