ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,688,449, issued on July 21, was assigned to Silicon Quantum Computing Pty Ltd. (Kensington, Australia).
"Advanced quantum processor architecture" was invented by Prasanna Pakkiam (Kensington, Australia) and Michelle Yvonne Simmons (Kensington, Australia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "One-dimensional and two-dimensional arrays of qubits are disclosed. The one-dimensional array includes two or more double-quantum dots embedded in silicon, the two or more double-quantum dots arranged in an Echelon formation, such that the distance between the two or more double-quantum dots is approximately 40 nm and the distance between the two quantum dot...