IQM Releases an Open Source Superconducting Quantum Chip Design Tool

The tool, called KQCircuits is an open source Python library jointly developed by Aalto University and IQM that provides a graphics based tool that helps one to design their own quantum processing chip. It appears to be similar to a tool that IBM announced called Qiskit Metal that we described in an article last March. The program allows a user to create their own circuit elements, assemble the circuit elements into a complete design, generate mask layouts, and export files so the design can be simulated either in SPICE (an analog electronic circuit simulator) or finite element modelling (FEM) software such as Ansyss HFSS, Anyss Q3D, and Sonnet. Additional information about KQCircuits can be found in a press release here, a overview web page here, a documentation package here, and a demonstration video here.

Example of a Chip Layout in KQCircuits, Credit: IQM

June 17, 2021