Cryogenic device with multiple transmission lines and microwave attenuators

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10790432-B2
Application number	US-201816047516-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 27, 2018
Priority date	Jul 27, 2018
Publication date	Sep 29, 2020
Grant date	Sep 29, 2020

Abstract

Techniques for implementing multiple microwave attenuators on a high thermal conductivity substrate for cryogenic applications to reduce heat and thermal noise during quantum computing are provided. In one embodiment, a device for using in cryogenic environment is provided that comprises a substrate having a thermal conductivity above a defined threshold, a plurality of transmission lines fabricated on the substrate and arranged with a separation gap between the plurality of transmission lines to maintain crosstalk below −50 decibels, and one or more microwave attenuators embedded on the plurality of transmission lines.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A device, comprising:
a substrate having a thermal conductivity above a defined threshold;
a plurality of transmission lines fabricated on the substrate and arranged with a separation gap between the plurality of transmission lines to maintain crosstalk below about −50 decibels;
one or more microwave attenuators embedded on the plurality of transmission lines; and
one or more connectors positioned around at least a portion of the substrate and connected to the plurality of transmission lines, wherein a connector of the one or more connectors has a density greater than 1 connection per 5 millimeter (mm).

2. The device of claim 1 , wherein the substrate is composed of a material selected from the group consisting of: Sapphire and Silicon and Gallium Arsenide.

3. The device of claim 1 , wherein at least one transmission line of the plurality of transmission lines is a coplanar waveguide.

4. The device of claim 1 , wherein at least one transmission line of the plurality of transmission lines is comprised of a microstrip geometry.

5. The device of claim 1 , wherein at least one transmission line of the plurality of transmission lines is comprised of a stripline geometry.

6. The device of claim 1 , further comprising:
a metal alloy coupled to at least one of the one or more microwave attenuators on the plurality of transmission lines.

7. The device of claim 1 , further comprising:
a resistive element coupled between at least one of the one or more microwave attenuators and the plurality of transmission lines.

8. The device of claim 1 , wherein the one or more microwave attenuators comprises a metal alloy composed of a material selected from the group consisting of Nichrome, Constantan, and Manganin.

9. A structure, comprising:
a substrate comprising a material selected from a group consisting of Sapphire, Silicon and Gallium Arsenide;
a plurality of transmission lines fabricated on the substrate and arranged such that crosstalk between the plurality of transmission lines is below −50 decibels;
one or more microwave attenuators embedded in a transmission line of the plurality of transmission lines, wherein an attenuation value of a microwave attenuator of the one or more microwave attenuators are set to a desired attenuation level; and
one or more connectors connected to the plurality of transmission lines and positioned around at least a portion of the substrate and connected to the plurality of transmission lines, wherein a connector of the one or more connectors have a density greater than 1 connection per 5 millimeters (mm).

10. The structure of claim 9 , wherein the microwave attenuator comprises a metal alloy composed of a material selected from the group consisting of Nichrome, Constantan, and Manganin.

11. The structure of claim 9 , wherein at least one transmission line of the plurality of transmission lines is a coplanar waveguide.

12. A method, comprising:
forming a plurality of transmission lines on a substrate comprised of a material having a thermal conductivity greater than a defined value, wherein the plurality of transmission lines are arranged with a separation gap between the plurality of transmission lines to maintain crosstalk below −50 decibels;
embedding microwave attenuators on respective ones of the plurality of transmission lines; and
coupling, one or more connectors around the substrate, wherein a connector of the one or more connectors has a density greater than 1 connection per 5 millimeters (mm), and wherein the one or connectors is connected to the plurality of transmission lines.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the forming the plurality of transmission lines on the substrate comprises forming the plurality of transmission lines on the substrate composed of a material selected from the group consisting of Sapphire and Silicon and Gallium Arsenide.

14. The method of claim 12 , wherein the forming the plurality of transmission lines comprises forming the plurality of transmission lines such that at least one transmission line of the plurality of transmission lines is a coplanar waveguide.

15. The method of claim 12 , wherein the forming the plurality of transmission lines comprises forming the plurality of transmission lines such that at least one transmission line of the plurality of transmission lines is comprised of a microstrip geometry.

16. The method of claim 12 , wherein the forming the plurality of transmission lines comprises forming the plurality of transmission lines such that at least one transmission line of the plurality of transmission lines is comprised of a stripline geometry.

17. The method of claim 12 , further comprising:
providing a metal alloy on one or more of the microwave attenuators.

18. The method of claim 12 , further comprising:
coupling a resistive element between at least one of the microwave attenuators and the plurality of transmission lines, wherein the resistive element exhibits resistivity from room temperature to a cryogenic temperature without a superconducting transition.

19. The method of claim 12 , wherein the microwave attenuators is formed from a metal alloy composed of a material selected from the group consisting of Nichrome, Constantan, and Manganin.

20. A method, comprising:
forming a substrate comprising material selected from a group consisting of Sapphire, Silicon and Gallium Arsenide;
forming a plurality of coplanar waveguides on the substrate and arranged with a defined separation gap between the plurality of coplanar waveguides to achieve crosstalk of less than minus 50 decibels;
embedding one or more microwave attenuators on a transmission line of the plurality of coplanar waveguides, wherein dimensions of a microwave attenuator of the one or more microwave attenuators are based on a defined attenuation level; and
one or more connectors positioned around at least a portion of the substrate, wherein a connector of the one or more connectors has a density greater than 1 connection per 5 millimeter (mm), and wherein the one or connectors is connected to the transmission line.

21. The method of claim 20 , further comprising:
coupling a metal alloy between at least one of the one or more microwave attenuators and at least one of the plurality of coplanar waveguides; and
coupling the at least one of the one or more microwave attenuators to the substrate via a resistive material.

22. A method, comprising:
forming a substrate having a thermal conductivity greater than 100 watts per meter-Kelvin;
forming a plurality of coplanar waveguides on the substrate and arranged with a defined separation gap between the plurality of coplanar waveguides to achieve crosstalk of less than minus 50 decibels; and
forming one or more connectors positioned around at least a portion of the substrate and connected to a plurality of transmission lines, wherein a connector of the one or more connectors have a density greater than 1 connection per 5 mm.

Assignees

• IBM

Inventors

• Olivadese Salvatore Bernardo
• Rozen James Robert
• Gumann Patryk
• Sandberg Martin O

Classifications

• H01P1/227 Primary

  Strip line attenuators (H01P1/23 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H01P3/081

  Microstriplines · CPC title

• H01P11/003

  Manufacturing lines with conductors on a substrate, e.g. strip lines, slot lines · CPC title

• H01P3/003

  Coplanar lines · CPC title

• H03H3/00

  Apparatus or processes specially adapted for the manufacture of impedance networks, resonating circuits, resonators · CPC title