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System And Method For Controlling Superconducting Qubits

A system and method for controlling qubits to perform quantum computation is provided. In some aspects, the system includes at least one superconducting quantum processor comprising a multi-qubit arch...
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Maxim Vavilov, Konstantin Nesterov, Vladimir Manucharyan, Ivan Pechenezhskiy, Chen Wang | P180273US01

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Wavefront Detector for Advanced Imaging

A wavefront sensor system suitable for integration into an integrated circuit light detector may provide for wave angle sensors having varying functional relationships between the wave angle and signa...
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Zongfu Yu, Soongyu Yi, Dianjing Liu | P180193US01

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Adaptive Computer Cache Architecture

A high-bandwidth adaptive cache reduces unnecessary cache accesses by providing a laundry counter indicating whether a given adaptive cache region has any dirty frames to allow write-back without a pr...
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David Wood, Mark Hill, Jason Lowe-Power | P170370US01

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High-Speed, Fixed-Function, Computer Accelerator

A hardware accelerator for computers combines a stand-alone, high-speed, fixed program dataflow functional element with a stream processor, the latter of which may autonomously access memory in predef...
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Karthikeyan Sankaralingam, Anthony Nowatzki, Vinay Gangadhar | P170388US01

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2-Bit Phase Quantization Phased Array Element

A phase shift element includes a first dielectric layer, a conductive layer, a second dielectric layer, a conducting pattern layer, switches, and vertical interconnect accesses (vias). Each conductor ...
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Nader Behdad, John Booske, Hung Luyen | P200055US01

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2-Bit Phase Quantization Waveguide

A waveguide includes a first double-ridge waveguide, a second double-ridge waveguide, and a polarization rotator. The first double-ridge waveguide provides a phase of an input electrical field rotated...
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Nader Behdad, John Booske, Hung Luyen, Zongtang Zhang | P190281US01

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Anisotropic Strain-Driven Magnetoelectric Devices

Magnetoelectric devices based on piezoelectric/magnetostrictive bilayers are provided. Also provided are methods of using the devices to modulate or to sense the magnetization of the magnetostrictive ...
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Chang-Beom Eom, Mark Rzchowski, Julian Irwin, Shane Lindemann | P190085US01

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Controlling Superconducting Quantum Circuits

In the exciting field of quantum computation, the performance of quantum bits (‘qubits’) is advancing rapidly. Among several implementations currently being pursued, superconductor-based circuits ...
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Robert McDermott, Maxim Vavilov | P140260US01

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Simplified Optical Traps for Quantum Computing

Quantum computing is expected to revolutionize the field of computation and provide major improvements for optimization, modeling and cryptography. Over the course of decades, different methods to mak...
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Mark Saffman | P190053US01

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Memory Processing Unit Boosts Performance, Cuts Energy Usage

A significant amount of time and power is spent waiting for processors to retrieve instructions and data from distant levels of memory. One approach to mitigate access latency (delay) is to use a thre...
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Karthikeyan Sankaralingam, Jaikrishnan Menon, Lorenzo De Carli | P140414US01

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Virtual Touch Screens: New Input for Smaller Devices

As mobile devices become smaller, touch screen inputs have remain largely unchanged. But the use of the display as an input surface can become a problem as the user’s finger obstructs increasingly l...
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Xinyu Zhang, Chi Zhang, Joshua Tabor, Jialiang Zhang | P160021US01

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