IP Library Granted Patent US 12,475,396
Granted Patent B2
US 12,475,396 · App. 17/932,269 · Granted Nov 18, 2025

Qubit and readout overlap optimization via dipole orientation

Inventors: Thomas George McConkey (Long Island City, NY); April Carniol (Ossining, NY); Srikanth Srinivasan (Mount Kisco, NY); Joseph Robert Suttle (Chappaqua, NY)
Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
G06N10/40
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Patent No.
US 12,475,396
App. No.
17/932,269
Granted
Nov 18, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A device includes a first set of circuit components implementing a qubit and a second set of circuit components implementing a readout resonator for reading out a state of the qubit. A first footprint of the first set of circuit components overlaps a second footprint of the second set of circuit components. The first footprint is oriented relative to the second footprint based on a first electric dipole of the first set of circuit components and a second electric dipole of the second set of circuit components.

Claims (31)

1 . A device comprising:

a first set of circuit components implementing a qubit; and

a second set of circuit components coupled to the first set of circuit components, the second set of circuit components implementing a readout resonator for reading out a state of the qubit,

wherein:

a first footprint of the first set of circuit components overlaps a second footprint of the second set of circuit components, and

the first footprint is oriented relative to the second footprint based on a first electric dipole of the first set of circuit components and a second electric dipole of the second set of circuit components.

2 . The device of claim 1 , further comprising a substrate and an interposer, wherein the first footprint is on a first surface of the substrate and the second footprint is on a first surface of an interposer.

3 . The device of claim 1 , further comprises a substrate, wherein:

the first footprint is on a first surface of the substrate, and

the second footprint is on a second surface of the substrate.

4 . The device of claim 1 , wherein the first electric dipole of the qubit and the second electric dipole of the readout resonator are orthogonal.

5 . The device of claim 4 , wherein the first and second footprints are oriented to substantially minimize a coupling effect between the qubit and the readout resonator.

6 . The device of claim 1 , wherein the first and second footprints are oriented to enhance a coupling effect between the qubit and the readout resonator.

7 . The device of claim 6 , wherein the coupling effect between the qubit and the readout resonator is sufficient to provide a state of the qubit to the readout resonator.

8 . The device of claim 6 , wherein the first electric dipole of the qubit and the second electric dipole of the readout resonator are parallel.

9 . A method comprising:

implementing a qubit at a first set of circuit components;

implementing a readout resonator at a second set of circuit components for reading out a state of the qubit;

overlapping a first footprint of the first set of circuit components with a second footprint of the second set of circuit components; and

orienting the first footprint relative to the second footprint based on a first electric dipole of the first set of circuit components and a second electric dipole of the second set of circuit components.

10 . The method of claim 9 , further comprising providing a substrate and an interposer, wherein the first footprint is on a first surface of the substrate and the second footprint is on a first surface of the interposer.

11 . The method of claim 9 , further comprising:

providing a substrate:

arranging the first footprint on a first surface of the substrate; and

arranging the second footprint on a second surface of the substrate.

12 . The method of claim 9 , further comprising substantially minimizing a coupling effect between the qubit and the readout resonator by orienting the first and second footprints.

13 . The method of claim 9 , further comprising arranging the first electric dipole of the qubit and the second electric dipole of the readout resonator to be orthogonal.

14 . The method of claim 9 , further comprising enhancing coupling effect between the qubit and the readout resonator by orienting the first and second footprints.

15 . The method of claim 14 , further comprising using the coupling effect between the qubit and the readout resonator to read the state of the qubit.

16 . The method of claim 14 , wherein the qubit and the readout resonator do not share physical electrical contact.

17 . The method of claim 14 , wherein the first electric dipole of the qubit and the second electric dipole of the readout resonator are parallel.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 16, 2022
From: MCCONKEY, THOMAS GEORGE; CARNIOL, APRIL; SRINIVASAN, SRIKANTH; SUTTLE, JOSEPH ROBERT
To: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 061126/0387 →
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