Superconducting devices with ferromagnetic barrier junctions

    公开(公告)号:US11264089B1

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-01

    申请号:US17001461

    申请日:2020-08-24

    申请人: SeeQC Inc.

    摘要: A superconducting memory cell includes a magnetic Josephson junction (MJJ) with a ferromagnetic material, having at least two switchable states of magnetization. The binary state of the MJJ manifests itself as a pulse appearing, or not appearing, on the output. A superconducting memory includes an array of memory cells. Each memory cell includes a comparator with at least one MJJ. Selected X and Y-directional write lines in their combination are capable of switching the magnetization of the MJJ. A superconducting device includes a first and a second junction in a stacked configuration. The first junction has an insulating layer barrier, and the second junction has an insulating layer sandwiched in-between two ferromagnetic layers as barrier. An electrical signal inputted across the first junction is amplified across the second junction.

    SUPERCONDUCTING TRAVELING-WAVE PARAMETRIC AMPLIFIER

    公开(公告)号:US20200350880A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-11-05

    申请号:US16402148

    申请日:2019-05-02

    申请人: SeeQC, Inc.

    摘要: A system and method are disclosed for a superconducting traveling-wave parametric amplifier (TWPA) with improved control and performance. In a preferred embodiment, the amplifier comprises an integrated array of symmetric rf-SQUIDs in a transmission line structure. A device was fabricated using niobium superconducting integrated circuits, and confirmed predicted performance, with a maximum gain up to 17 dB and a bandwidth of 4 GHz. A similar device can be applied as a low-noise, low-dissipation microwave amplifier for output from a superconducting quantum computer, or as a preamplifier, switch, or frequency converter for a sensitive microwave receiver, or as an output amplifier for a frequency-multiplexed superconducting detector array.

    SYSTEM AND METHOD OF FLUX BIAS FOR SUPERCONDUCTING QUANTUM CIRCUITS

    公开(公告)号:US20220399145A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-12-15

    申请号:US17838207

    申请日:2022-06-11

    申请人: SeeQC Inc.

    IPC分类号: H01F6/00

    摘要: Quantum computing systems require methods to control energies of qubits and couplers for quantum operations. Flux biasing of qubits and quantum couplers is provided for a superconducting quantum computer using single-flux-quantum (SFQ) technology. This method is applicable to a wide range of superconducting qubit structures and couplers, including transmons, fluxoniums, flux qubits, phase qubits and other superconducting qubits. This method enables arbitrary-amplitude time-varying flux biasing of qubits and couplers, due to a sequence of high-speed SFQ pulses. Several preferred embodiments are disclosed which provide high-fidelity control of fast single-qubit and multi-qubit operations.

    SUPERCONDUCTING TRAVELING-WAVE PARAMETRIC AMPLIFIER

    公开(公告)号:US20210265964A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-08-26

    申请号:US17246535

    申请日:2021-04-30

    申请人: SeeQC, Inc.

    摘要: A system and method are disclosed for a superconducting traveling-wave parametric amplifier (TWPA) with improved control and performance. In a preferred embodiment, the amplifier comprises an integrated array of symmetric rf-SQUIDs in a transmission line structure. A device was fabricated using niobium superconducting integrated circuits, and confirmed predicted performance, with a maximum gain up to 17 dB and a bandwidth of 4 GHz. A similar device can be applied as a low-noise, low-dissipation microwave amplifier for output from a superconducting quantum computer, or as a preamplifier, switch, or frequency converter for a sensitive microwave receiver, or as an output amplifier for a frequency-multiplexed superconducting detector array.

    SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SUPERCONDUCTING MULTI-CHIP MODULE

    公开(公告)号:US20210408355A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-12-30

    申请号:US17472821

    申请日:2021-09-13

    申请人: SeeQC, Inc.

    摘要: A method for bonding two superconducting integrated circuits (“chips”), such that the bonds electrically interconnect the chips. A plurality of indium-coated metallic posts may be deposited on each chip. The indium bumps are aligned and compressed with moderate pressure at a temperature at which the indium is deformable but not molten, forming fully superconducting connections between the two chips when the indium is cooled down to the superconducting state. An anti-diffusion layer may be applied below the indium bumps to block reaction with underlying layers. The method is scalable to a large number of small contacts on the wafer scale, and may be used to manufacture a multi-chip module comprising a plurality of chips on a common carrier. Superconducting classical and quantum computers and superconducting sensor arrays may be packaged.

    LOW-POWER BIASING NETWORKS FOR SUPERCONDUCTING INTEGRATED CIRCUITS

    公开(公告)号:US20210226635A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-07-22

    申请号:US17170887

    申请日:2021-02-08

    申请人: SeeQC, Inc.

    摘要: A superconducting integrated circuit, comprising a plurality of superconducting circuit elements, each having a variation in operating voltage over time; a common power line; and a plurality of bias circuits, each connected to the common power line, and to a respective superconducting circuit element, wherein each respective bias circuit is superconducting during at least one time portion of the operation of a respective superconducting circuit element, and is configured to supply the variation in operating voltage over time to the respective superconducting circuit element.

    Superconducting traveling-wave parametric amplifier

    公开(公告)号:US10998869B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-05-04

    申请号:US16402148

    申请日:2019-05-02

    申请人: SeeQC, Inc.

    摘要: A system and method are disclosed for a superconducting traveling-wave parametric amplifier (TWPA) with improved control and performance. In a preferred embodiment, the amplifier comprises an integrated array of symmetric rf-SQUIDs in a transmission line structure. A device was fabricated using niobium superconducting integrated circuits, and confirmed predicted performance, with a maximum gain up to 17 dB and a bandwidth of 4 GHz. A similar device can be applied as a low-noise, low-dissipation microwave amplifier for output from a superconducting quantum computer, or as a preamplifier, switch, or frequency converter for a sensitive microwave receiver, or as an output amplifier for a frequency-multiplexed superconducting detector array.