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Microsoft patents pentagon-shaped layouts for Majorana qubits

Microsoft describes a physical arrangement for a type of quantum computer component called Majorana qubits. The design uses a specific geometric pattern known as a pentagonal tiling to organize the qubits and the connections between them.

Why it mattersThis is a highly specialized technical design for building quantum hardware, likely of interest only to researchers in quantum computing.

In the filing’s own words

Physical layouts of Majorana -based qubits for implementations of pentagonal tilings are described. An example quantum device comprises a set of tetrons for enabling Majorana -based qubits. The set of tetrons is arranged in a lattice to allow pentagonal tilings associated with the set of tetrons. The vertices of the pentagonal tilings relate to the qubits and single qubit operations, and the edges of the pentagonal tilings (connecting different vertices) relate to 2-qubit operations acting on a pair of qubits connected by a given edge. As an example, the 1-qubit Pauli measurements relate to the operations performed on the vertices associated with the pentagonal tilings and the 2-qubit measurements relate to the operations performed along the edges of the pentagonal tilings.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1.- 20. (canceled)

Facts

Company
Microsoft (Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC)
Official title
PHYSICAL LAYOUTS OF MAJORANA-BASED QUBITS FOR IMPLEMENTATIONS OF PENTAGONAL TILINGS
Publication number
US20260300794A1
Application number
19702408
Filed
Jun 9, 2026
Published
Oct 1, 2026
Inventors
3
Claims
20

Classified under

G06N 10/40 Physics & computingG06N 10/70 Physics & computing
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