Devices for Controlling Trapped Atoms and Methods for Manufacturing Thereof
AssigneeInfineon Technologies Austria AG
InventorsNina Agnieszka Megier, Yves Colombe, Silke Katharina Auchter
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Abstract
A device for controlling trapped atoms includes a structured electrode layer. The structured electrode layer forms multiple electrodes of an atom trap configured to trap atoms in a processing zone above the structured electrode layer. The device further includes at least four wires arranged in one or more metal layers beneath the structured electrode layer. The wires surround the processing zone and each of the wires includes a first portion configured to carry an electrical current in a direction towards the processing zone and a second portion configured to carry the electrical current in a direction away from the processing zone.
Claims16
A device for controlling trapped atoms, the device comprising:
- a structured electrode layer that forms multiple electrodes of an atom trap configured to trap atoms in a processing zone above the structured electrode layer;
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- at least four wires arranged in one or more metal layers beneath the structured electrode layer,
- wherein the at least four wires surround the processing zone,
- wherein each of the at least four wires comprises a first portion configured to carry an electrical current in a direction towards the processing zone and a second portion configured to carry the electrical current in a direction away from the processing zone.
A method for manufacturing a device for controlling trapped atoms, the method comprising:
- forming at least four wires in one or more metal layers;
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- forming multiple electrodes of an atom trap in a structured electrode layer above the at least four wires, wherein the atom trap is configured to trap atoms in a processing zone above the structured electrode layer,
- wherein the at least four wires surround the processing zone,
- wherein each of the at least four wires comprises a first portion configured to carry an electrical current in a direction towards the processing zone and a second portion configured to carry the electrical current in a direction away from the processing zone.
A device for controlling trapped atoms, wherein the device is at least partially formed by a plurality of adjacent unit cells, wherein each of the unit cells comprises:
- at least four wires connected in series, wherein each of the at least four wires is associated with a different processing zone for processing trapped atoms and comprises a first portion configured to carry an electrical current in a direction towards the respective processing zone and a second portion configured to carry the electrical current in a direction away from the respective processing zone;
- a first via connection connected to a first end portion of the at least four wires;
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- a second via connection connected to a second end portion of the at least four wires, wherein each of the first via connection and the second via connection extends in a direction perpendicular to the at least four wires.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.