H03K19/00346

Reducing spontaneous emission in circuit quantum electrodynamics by a combined readout and filter technique

A mechanism relates a superconductor circuit. A Δ circuit includes a first node connecting a Purcell capacitor to a qubit coupling capacitor, a second node connecting the Purcell capacitor to a readout coupling capacitor, and a third node connecting the qubit coupling capacitor to the readout coupling capacitor. A qubit is connected to the first node and has a qubit frequency. A readout resonator connects to the third node combining with the Purcell capacitor to form a filter. Capacitance of the Purcell capacitor is determined as a factor of the qubit frequency of the qubit and blocks emissions of the qubit at the qubit frequency. Capacitance of the Purcell capacitor causes destructive interference, between a first path containing Purcell capacitor and a second path containing both the qubit coupling capacitor and readout coupling capacitor, in order to block emissions of the qubit at the qubit frequency to the external environment.

SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS
20170222632 · 2017-08-03 ·

A semiconductor device provides a plurality of circuit units arranged in parallel. Each of the plurality of circuit units includes a first signal line that transmits a first signal, which is an analog signal; a sending unit that sends a second signal; a receiving unit that receives the second signal; and a second signal line that transmits the second signal from the sending unit to the receiving unit. The distance between the first and second signal lines is shorter than the pitches at which the plurality of circuit units is arranged. The second signal is a pulse signal.

Qubit leakage error reduction

It is an objective to provide an arrangement for reducing qubit leakage errors in a quantum computing system. According to an embodiment, an arrangement for reducing qubit leakage errors includes a first qubit and a second qubit selectively couplable to each other. The arrangement also includes an energy dissipation structure that is selectively couplable to the first qubit. The energy dissipation structure is configured to dissipate energy transferred from the first qubit. The arrangement further includes a control unit configured to perform a first quantum operation to transfer a property of a quantum state from the first qubit to the second qubit, couple the first qubit to the energy dissipation structure for a time interval, and perform a second quantum operation to transfer the property of the quantum state from the second qubit to the first qubit after the time interval.

Method and system for calculating timing variations considering simultaneous switching noise

A computer implemented method for determining a timing variation for an edge of a waveform under simultaneous switching noise (SSN) conditions is provided. The method includes characterizing an impact of mutual inductive relationships on a pin while the pin is at a quiet state and characterizing a signal edge applied to the pin. The signal edge can be characterized by the slew rate in one embodiment. A voltage change related to a curve characterizing the impact of mutual inductive relationships is identified and the voltage change is applied to a curve characterizing an impact of SSN on the signal edge. The method includes calculating a timing variation correlated to the voltage change applied to the curve characterizing the impact of SSN on the signal edge and presenting the calculated timing variation.

Programmable pad capacitance for supporting bidirectional signaling from unterminated endpoints

A die is provided having an unterminated endpoint that capacitively loads its input impedance with a capacitance from capacitor while acting as a receiving endpoint and that isolates its output impedance from the capacitance while acting as a transmitting endpoint.

Apparatus for communicating another device
09760112 · 2017-09-12 · ·

A semiconductor chip comprising: an internal clock circuit for generating an internal clock signal; a first phase shift device for shifting the phase of an external clock signal and outputting a phase shifting clock signal; a multiplexer, for selectively outputting one of the internal clock signal and the phase shifting clock signal to be a first clock signal; a second phase shift device, for shifting the phase of the first clock signal and outputting a second clock signal; an first output pad, for outputting the first clock signal; and a controllable pad. The controllable pad is controlled to selectively act as an input pad for receiving the external signal and transmitting the external clock signal to the first phase shift device, or act as a second output pad for transmitting the second clock signal.

GLITCH SUPPRESSION APPARATUS AND METHOD
20220229752 · 2022-07-21 ·

An apparatus includes a main core processor configured to receive a first signal through a first main buffer, a second signal through a second main buffer, a third signal through a third main buffer and a fourth signal through a fourth main buffer, a shadow core processor configured to receive the first signal through a first shadow buffer, the second signal through a second shadow buffer, the third signal through a third shadow buffer and the fourth signal through a fourth shadow buffer, and a first glitch suppression buffer coupled to a common node of an input of the first main buffer and an input of the first shadow buffer.

GLITCH POWER ANALYSIS AND OPTIMIZATION ENGINE
20210384901 · 2021-12-09 ·

A switching activity report of simulated switching activities of a semiconductor circuit is accessed. A plurality of glitch bottleneck ratios corresponding to a plurality of pins in the semiconductor circuit are determined, comprising by: setting an initial bottleneck ratio on a leaf output pin; and backward traversing the semiconductor circuit to determine a plurality of glitch bottleneck ratios of pins in a fan-in cone of the leaf output pin.

A plurality of total glitch powers associated with the plurality of pins is determined, a total glitch power of the plurality of total glitch powers being determined based on a glitch bottleneck ratio and a glitch power of a corresponding pin. One or more critical bottleneck pins among the plurality of pins are identified based on the plurality of total glitch powers. One or more gates associated with the one or more critical bottleneck pins are adjusted to reduce corresponding one or more total glitch powers of the one or more gates.

DEGLITCHING CIRCUIT
20220209756 · 2022-06-30 ·

A circuit includes a first delay filter, a first comparator, an inverter, a second delay filter, a second comparator, an OR gate, and a latch. A first delay filter input is coupled to an inverter input. The first comparator has a first comparator input coupled to a first delay filter output and a second comparator input. The second delay filter has an input coupled to an inverter output. The second comparator has a third comparator input coupled to a second delay filter output, and a fourth comparator input coupled to the second comparator input. The OR gate has an input coupled to a first comparator output and another input coupled to a second comparator output. The latch has a clock input coupled to an OR gate output and a latch input coupled to the inverter input. A latch output provides a deglitched signal.

INTEGRATED CIRCUIT WITH AN INPUT MULTIPLEXER SYSTEM

An integrated circuit includes a multiplexer circuit configured to provide an output signal on a conductive line, a programmable gain amplifier having a non-inverting input connected to the conductive line to receive the output signal from the multiplexer, a slew rate adjust circuit connected at a first node on the conductive line between the multiplexer circuit and the programmable gain amplifier, a first switch including a first terminal connected to the first node and a second terminal connected to the input of the programmable gain amplifier, and a low pass filter connected between the first and second terminals of the first switch.