Patent classifications
H01L23/445
Memory system with minimized heat generation which includes memory that operates at cryogenic temperature
A memory system includes a voltage generator disposed in a high temperature region, and suitable for generating a first voltage; a memory disposed in a low temperature region, and suitable for using a second voltage; and a voltage converter disposed between the high temperature region and the low temperature region, suitable for converting the first voltage into the second voltage, and including a core made from a material having lower heat conductivity than a metal.
CRYOGENIC REFRIGERATION FOR LOW TEMPERATURE DEVICES
An active cooling structure, comprising a non-superconducting layer, a superconducting layer, and an array of Superconductor-Insulator-Normal Metal (NIS) tunnel junctions. The non-superconducting layer may comprise a plurality of non-superconducting traces. The superconducting layer may comprise a plurality of superconducting traces. The array of Superconductor-Insulator-Normal Metal (NIS) tunnel junctions may be located between the plurality of non-superconducting traces and the plurality of superconducting traces.
Integrated quantum circuit assemblies for cooling apparatus
Embodiments of the present disclosure describe integrated quantum circuit assemblies that include quantum circuit components pre-packaged, or integrated, with some other electronic components and mechanical attachment means for easy inclusion within a cooling apparatus. An example integrated quantum circuit assembly includes a package and mechanical attachment means for securing the package within a cryogenic chamber of a cooling apparatus. The package includes a plurality of components, such as a quantum circuit component, an attenuator, and a directional coupler, which are integral to the package. Such an integrated assembly may significantly speed up installation and may help develop systems for rapidly bringing up quantum computers.
ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH A CARD-LEVEL THERMAL REGULATOR MECHANISM AND ASSOCIATED SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS
A semiconductor device includes functional circuits electrically coupled to each other and each coupled to a different thermal circuit. The different thermal circuits are configured to maintain different operating temperatures targeted for each corresponding functional circuit. One of the thermal circuits may use a cryogenic liquid to cool the corresponding functional circuit.
SUPERCONDUCTING FLEXIBLE INTERCONNECTING CABLE CONNECTOR
A superconducting flexible interconnecting cable connector for supercomputing systems is provided. The cable connector includes a base with a recessed area defined therein to receive superconducting flexible interconnecting cables and superconducting connecting chips to electrically connect the superconducting flexible interconnecting cables to each other. A cover is provided to cover the superconducting flexible interconnecting cables and the superconducting connecting chips when the cover is in a closed position. A compression device compresses the superconducting connecting chips together to secure the superconducting flexible interconnecting cables and the superconducting connecting chips inside the recessed area of the base when the cover is in the closed position.
CRYOGENIC PACKAGING FOR THERMALIZATION OF LOW TEMPERATURE DEVICES
A thermalization structure is formed using a cover configured with a set of pillars, the cover being a part of a cryogenic enclosure of a low temperature device (LTD). A chip including the LTD is configured with a set of cavities, a cavity in the set of cavities having a cavity profile. A pillar from the set of pillars and corresponding to the cavity has a pillar profile such that the pillar profile causes the pillar to couple with the cavity of the cavity profile within a gap tolerance to thermally couple the chip to the cover for heat dissipation in a cryogenic operation of the chip.
INTEGRATED QUANTUM CIRCUIT ASSEMBLIES FOR COOLING APPARATUS
Embodiments of the present disclosure describe integrated quantum circuit assemblies that include quantum circuit components pre-packaged, or integrated, with some other electronic components and mechanical attachment means for easy inclusion within a cooling apparatus. An example integrated quantum circuit assembly includes a package and mechanical attachment means for securing the package within a cryogenic chamber of a cooling apparatus. The package includes a plurality of components, such as a quantum circuit component, an attenuator, and a directional coupler, which are integral to the package. Such an integrated assembly may significantly speed up installation and may help develop systems for rapidly bringing up quantum computers.
SUPERCONDUCTING COMPUTING SYSTEM IN A LIQUID HYDROGEN ENVIRONMENT
Superconducting computing system housed in a liquid hydrogen environment and related aspects are described. An example superconducting computing system includes a housing, arranged inside a liquid hydrogen environment, where a lower pressure is maintained inside the housing than a pressure outside the housing. The superconducting computing system further includes a substrate, arranged inside the housing, having a surface, where a plurality of components attached to the surface is configured to provide at least one of a computing or a storage functionality, and the substrate further comprises a plurality of circuit traces for interconnecting at least a subset of the plurality of the components. The housing is configured such that each of the plurality of components is configured to operate at a first temperature, where the first temperature is below 4.2 Kelvin, despite the liquid hydrogen environment having a second temperature greater than 4.2 Kelvin.
Thermalization structure for cryogenic temperature devices
A thermalization structure is formed using a foil and a low temperature device (LTD). The foil includes a first layer of a first material. The LTD includes a surface from which heat is transferred away from the LTD. A coupling is formed between the foil and the surface of the LTD, where the coupling includes a bond formed between the foil and the surface such that forming the bond forms a set of ridges in the foil, a ridge in the set of ridges operating to dissipate the heat.
Electronic device with a card-level thermal regulator mechanism and associated systems, devices, and methods
A semiconductor device includes a substrate; a first functional circuit attached to the substrate; a first thermal circuit attached to the substrate, configured to utilize cryogenic liquid to cool the first functional circuit; a second functional circuit attached to the substrate; and a second thermal circuit attached to the substrate, configured to cool the second functional circuit without using the cryogenic liquid.