Electrical and Computer Engineering ETDs

Publication Date

Summer 7-28-2026

Abstract

RFSoCs are gaining adoption in many labs for quantum control systems thanks to their compactness and affordability. Making full use of the many components on an RFSoC evaluation board is a challenging engineering problem that must be solved to realize scalable control systems. In this dissertation, I evaluate the performance of various RFSoC components in the context of quantum information science. I present two custom FPGA engines that accelerate and parallelize arbitrary waveform generation. The first engine can be instantiated many times to power low-speed DACs for ion-shuttling trap electrodes. The second engine synthesizes CPMG-XY8n dynamical decoupling pulse sequences on the fly with 203.4ps precision. Both engines consume significantly fewer FPGA resources than conventional alternatives and greatly improve RFSoC viability for quantum control systems.

Keywords

RFSoC, quantum control system, trapped ions, nitrogen vacancy

Document Type

Dissertation

Language

English

Degree Name

Computer Engineering

Level of Degree

Doctoral

Department Name

Electrical and Computer Engineering

First Committee Member (Chair)

Jim Plusquellic

Second Committee Member

Milad Marvian

Third Committee Member

Francisco Salces Carcoba

Fourth Committee Member

Andy Mounce

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