US 11,991,934 B1
Quantum processor design to increase control footprint
Evan Jeffrey, Santa Barbara, CA (US); and Julian Shaw Kelly, Santa Barbara, CA (US)
Assigned to Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed by Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed on Dec. 23, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/088,144.
Application 18/088,144 is a continuation of application No. 16/933,513, filed on Jul. 20, 2020, granted, now 11,538,976.
Application 16/933,513 is a continuation of application No. 16/247,377, filed on Jan. 14, 2019, granted, now 10,720,563, issued on Jul. 21, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/760,485, filed on Nov. 13, 2018.
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H01L 23/00 (2006.01); B82Y 10/00 (2011.01); G06F 30/392 (2020.01); G06N 10/00 (2022.01); H10N 60/81 (2023.01); H10N 69/00 (2023.01)
CPC H10N 60/815 (2023.02) [B82Y 10/00 (2013.01); G06F 30/392 (2020.01); G06N 10/00 (2019.01); H01L 24/16 (2013.01); H01L 24/17 (2013.01); H10N 69/00 (2023.02); H01L 2224/14179 (2013.01); H01L 2224/16148 (2013.01); H01L 2224/17179 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device comprising:
a plurality of quantum computing elements, wherein each quantum computing element of the plurality of quantum computing elements comprises at least three electrically conductive islands,
wherein the plurality of quantum computing elements together define an enclosed region, and
wherein, for each quantum computing element of the plurality of quantum computing elements, at least one electrically conductive island of the quantum computing element lacks a direct electrical connection to each other electrically conductive island of the quantum computing element.