Patent ID: 9405876
Filing Date: 2016-08-02
CPC Classification: B82Y,G06F,G06N

Claim Text:
1. A method of performing a quantum annealing operation using a quantum processor comprising a first annealing signal line, a second annealing signal line, a first set of qubits and at least a second set of qubits, the method comprising: clamping a respective state of each qubit in the first set of qubits by applying a first dynamic annealing signal to each qubit in the first set of qubits, wherein the first annealing signal line communicably couples the first dynamic annealing signal to each qubit in the first set of qubits; and evolving a respective state of each qubit in the second set of qubits by applying a second dynamic annealing signal to each qubit in the second set of qubits, wherein the second annealing signal line communicably couples the second dynamic annealing signal to each qubit in the second set of qubits, and wherein the first dynamic annealing signal that is applied to each qubit in the first set of qubits is evolved to compensate for a change induced in each qubit in the first set of qubits by a coupling to the second dynamic annealing signal that is applied to each qubit in the second set of qubits.