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Design and Operation of Wafer-Scale Packages Containing >500 Superconducting Qubits

Quantum Physics 2026-02-16 v1 Applied Physics Instrumentation and Detectors

Abstract

Packages capable of supporting large arrays of high-coherence superconducting qubits are vital for the realisation of fault-tolerant quantum computers and the necessary high-throughput metrology required to optimise fabrication and manufacturing processes. We present a wafer-scale packaging architecture supporting over 500 qubits on a single 3-inch die. The package is engineered to suppress parasitic RF modes, and to mitigate material loss through simulation-informed design while managing differential thermal contraction to ensure robust operation at millikelvin temperatures. System-level heat-load calculations from a large wiring payload show this package may be operated in commercial dilution refrigerators. Measurements of the qubits loaded into the package show median T1T_1, T2e100 μT_{2e} \sim 100~\mus (\sim100 qubits) alongside readout with median fidelity of 97.5% (54 qubits) and a median qubit temperature of 36 mK (54 qubits). These results validate the performance of these packages and demonstrate that large-scale integration can be achieved without compromising device performance. Finally, we highlight the utility of these packages as a tool for high throughput feedback on qubit figures of merit over large sample sizes, allowing identification of performance outliers in the tails of the coherence distribution, a critical capability for informing fabrication and manufacture of high-quality quantum qubits and quantum processors.

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@article{arxiv.2602.12773,
  title  = {Design and Operation of Wafer-Scale Packages Containing >500 Superconducting Qubits},
  author = {Oscar W. Kennedy and Waqas Ahmad and Robert Armstrong and Amir Awawdeh and Anirban Bose and Kevin G. Crawford and Sergey Danilin and William D. David and Hamid El Maazouz and Darren J. Hayton and George B. Long and Alexey Lyapin and Scott A. Manifold and Kowsar Shahbazi and Ryan Wesley and Evan Wong and Connor D. Shelly},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2602.12773},
  year   = {2026}
}

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12 page main text containing 7 figures. 7 page SI with 6 figures