Publications by Andrea Ruffino

A Cryo-CMOS Wideband Mode-Switching Class-F VCO With Harmonic-Resonance Self-Alignment

This article presents a cryogenic mode-switching class-F voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) aimed at addressing the demand for wideband, low phase noise (PN) local oscillator signals in cryo-CMOS quantum controllers. First, to resolve the issues of manual ...

2025

Optimizing RF readout for silicon spin qubits in an access array

Edoardo Charbon, Andrea Ruffino

Efficient and scalable qubit readout is a critical requirement for realizing quantum computing. Radio-frequency (RF) readout emerges as a promising candidate due to its high speed and multiplexing capabilities. In this study, we employ a two-dimensional ac ...

2025

A Cryo-CMOS Wideband Quadrature Receiver With Frequency Synthesizer for Scalable Multiplexed Readout of Silicon Spin Qubits

Edoardo Charbon, Andrea Ruffino, Yatao Peng

In this article, a cryo-CMOS receiver integrated with a frequency synthesizer for scalable multiplexed readout of qubits is presented, focusing on radio frequency (RF) reflectometry readout of silicon-based semiconductor spin qubits/quantum dots. The propo ...

IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC2022

A cryo-CMOS chip that integrates silicon quantum dots and multiplexed dispersive readout electronics

Edoardo Charbon, Andrea Ruffino, Yatao Peng

An integrated circuit fabricated using industry-standard 40 nm complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor technology can combine silicon quantum devices, digital addressing and analogue multiplexed dispersive readout electronics. ...

NATURE PORTFOLIO2022

Cryogenic CMOS Integrated Circuits for Scalable Readout of Silicon Quantum Computers

Andrea Ruffino

Quantum computing promises to revolutionize our lives, achieving unprecedented computational powers and unlocking new possibilities in drug discovery, chemical simulations and cryptography. The fundamental unit of computation of a quantum computer is the q ...

EPFL2021

A Fully-Integrated 40-nm 5-6.5 GHz Cryo-CMOS System-on-Chip with I/Q Receiver and Frequency Synthesizer for Scalable Multiplexed Readout of Quantum Dots

Edoardo Charbon, Andrea Ruffino, Yatao Peng

Quantum computing holds the promise to solve many of today's intractable problems. A solid-state quantum computer (QC) is generally made of an array of qubits implemented in one of many solid-state technologies and operating at deep-cryogenic temperatures ...

IEEE2021

A Cryogenic Broadband Sub-1-dB NF CMOS Low Noise Amplifier for Quantum Applications

Edoardo Charbon, Andrea Ruffino, Yatao Peng

A cryogenic broadband low noise amplifier (LNA) for quantum applications based on a standard 40-nm CMOS technology is reported. The LNA specifications are derived from the readout of semiconductor quantum bits at 4.2 K, whose quantum information signals ar ...

2021

A Wideband Low-Power Cryogenic CMOS Circulator for Quantum Applications

Edoardo Charbon, Fabio Sebastiano, Andrea Ruffino, Yatao Peng

Quantum computers require classical electronics to ensure fault-tolerant operation. To address compactness and scalability, it was proposed to implement such electronics as integrated circuits operating at cryogenic temperatures close to those at which qua ...

2020

Characterization and Analysis of On-Chip Microwave Passive Components at Cryogenic Temperatures

Edoardo Charbon, Fabio Sebastiano, Andrea Ruffino

This paper presents the characterization and modeling of microwave passive components in TSMC 40-nm bulk CMOS, including metal-oxide-metal (MoM) capacitors, transformers, and resonators, at deep cryogenic temperatures (4.2 K). To extract the parameters of ...

2020

Quantum Transport in 40-nm MOSFETs a Deep-Cryogenic Temperatures

Edoardo Charbon, Andrea Ruffino, Yatao Peng

In this letter, we characterize the electrical properties of commercial bulk 40-nm MOSFETs at room and deep cryogenic temperatures, with a focus on quantum information processing (QIP) applications. At 50 mK, the devices operate as classical FETs or quantu ...

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers2020

A 6.5-GHz Cryogenic All-Pass Filter Circulator in 40-nm CMOS for Quantum Computing Applications

Edoardo Charbon, Fabio Sebastiano, Andrea Ruffino, Yatao Peng

Cryogenic solid-state quantum processors require classical control and readout electronics; to achieve compactness and scalability, cryogenic integrated circuits have been recently proposed for this goal. Circulators are widely used in readout circuits, ho ...

2019

Analysis on Noise Requirements of RF Front-End Circuits for Spin Qubit Readout

Edoardo Charbon, Andrea Ruffino, Yatao Peng

ICLAB2019

Interfacing Qubits via Cryo-CMOS Front Ends

Edoardo Charbon, Andrea Ruffino, Yatao Peng

This work describes a basic interface between solid-state quantum bits (qubits) and classical environments. We describe a multiplexer, a circulator, and a low noise amplifier, designed for cryogenic temperature operation in a 40 nm CMOS technology node. Th ...

IEEE2018

Cryogenic Characterization of 28 nm Bulk CMOS Technology for Quantum Computing

Christian Enz, Claudio Bruschini, Farzan Jazaeri, Andrea Ruffino, Arnout Lodewijk M Beckers

This paper presents the first experimental investigation and physical discussion of the cryogenic behavior of a commercial 28 nm bulk CMOS technology. Here we extract the fundamental physical parameters of this technology at 300,77 and 4.2 K based on DC me ...

2017