With continuous breakthroughs in quantum science and technology in recent years, the development of quantum computers is moving from pure scientific research to engineering realization. Meanwhile, the underlying physical structures also develop from the initial single qubit to multiple qubits or medium-scale qubit registers. Since qubits are operated by many sophisticated instruments under strict environmental conditions, people need a scalable solution to support many qubits working at the same time, so as to achieve high computing speed for a practical quantum computer. ... Read more

Solid-state qubits integrated on semiconductor substrates currently require at least one wire from every qubit to the control electronics, leading to a so-called wiring bottleneck for scaling. Demultiplexing via on-chip circuitry offers an effective strategy to overcome this bottleneck. In the case of gate-defined quantum dot arrays, specific static voltages need to be applied to many gates simultaneously to realize electron confinement. When a charge-locking structure is placed between the quantum device and the demultiplexer, the voltage can be maintained locally. In this study, we implement a switched-capacitor circuit for charge-locking and use it to float the plunger gate of a single quantum dot. Parallel plate capacitors, transistors, and quantum dot devices are monolithically fabricated on a Si/SiGe-based substrate to avoid complex off-chip routing. We experimentally study the effects of the capacitor and transistor size on the voltage accuracy of the floating node. Furthermore, we demonstrate that the electrochemical potential of the quantum dot can follow a 100 Hz pulse signal while the dot is partially floating, which is essential for applying this strategy in qubit experiments. ... Read more