Low-cost Fabrication Method for Charge and Current Based Quantum Computing Networks
A low-cost fabrication method uses classical computing to automate and optimize the design of electrostatic gate configurations for reliable semiconductor-based quantum computing networks.
Researchers at Purdue University have developed a low-cost fabrication method for semiconductor-based quantum computing networks. Quantum computer fabrication requires careful design and accurate fabrication to ensure ideal control of the quantum bit states. This technology aids the efforts of engineers by leveraging classical computers to algorithmically search for electrostatic gate configurations with the best control over the quantum bits. Each network requires a unique gate configuration, but new machine searches are not required to reproduce a previous network.
Technology Validation: This technology is in the conceptual stages.
Advantages:
-Simpler design and fabrication of quantum computers
-Low-cost fabrication of quantum computing networks
-Optimizes for control of quantum bit states
Applications:
-Fabrication of quantum computing networks
TRL: 2
Intellectual Property:
Provisional-Patent, 2022-05-06, United States | Provisional-Patent, 2023-05-12, United States | PCT-Patent, 2024-05-10, WO | NATL-Patent, 2025-11-05, United States
Keywords: low-cost fabrication, semiconductor-based quantum computing, quantum computing networks, quantum bit states, classical computers, electrostatic gate configurations, quantum computer design, quantum computer fabrication, algorithmically search, quantum technology, Electrical Engineering, Quantum Computing, qubits, Semiconductors