QELSTM Circuit Layout for Constant-Depth Qubit Entanglement

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing quantum LSTM models face challenges with increasing circuit depth as the number of qubits increases, leading to hardware noise and trainability issues, while feature dimension reduction methods result in information loss and reduced accuracy.

Innovation Solution

A Quantum Enhanced Long short-term memory (QELSTM) model with feature dimensionality reduction via linear combinations of correlated features, using an optimal CNOT gate design that maintains constant circuit depth by alternating qubit indices, ensuring qubits with highest correlations are adjacent, thus reducing unnecessary connectivity and complexity.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If the number of qubits is increased to process more features, then the model's ability to represent quantum states improves, but the circuit depth increases leading to hardware noise and trainability issues

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvemodel's ability to represent quantum statesVSAvoidcircuit depth and hardware noise
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies segmentation by dividing the feature processing into two stages: classical dimensionality reduction (PCA) to reduce the number of features before quantum processing, and then quantum processing on the reduced feature set. This segmentation allows the system to handle more information overall while keeping the quantum circuit depth manageable, thus resolving the contradiction between representing more quantum states and maintaining circuit reliability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

2Device complexity

If feature dimension reduction is applied to reduce the number of qubits, then circuit depth and complexity are reduced, but information loss occurs and accuracy decreases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecircuit depthVSAvoidfeature information
Core Design Contradiction:
Device complexityVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces PCA as an intermediary classical processing step that transforms the original feature space into a reduced feature space while preserving maximum variance. This intermediary transformation allows information to be preserved in a compressed form before quantum processing, thus reducing circuit complexity without significant information loss.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

3Productivity

If classical LSTM is used for time series forecasting, then the model is computationally manageable, but convergence is slow and accuracy is limited compared to quantum approaches

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveconvergence speedVSAvoidprediction accuracy
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSMeasurement precision

Solution Approach 1:

The patent merges classical and quantum computing approaches by using classical PCA for dimensionality reduction and feature extraction, then feeding the reduced features into a quantum LSTM model for processing. This hybrid merging allows the system to leverage the computational manageability of classical methods while achieving the faster convergence and higher accuracy of quantum methods.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Data Source

PatentEP4668161A1Count prediction using quantum-enhanced-LSTM (qelstm) with feature dimensionality reduction via linear combinations of correlated features
Publication Date: 2025.12.24 TATA CONSULTANCY SERVICES LTD
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AI summary

Managing circuit depth with increasing n qubits is a technical problem to be solved. A method and system for an object count prediction by analyzing time series using Quantum Enhanced LSTM with feature dimensionality reduction via linear combinations of correlated features. Optimal CNOT gate design that follows qubit entanglement structure by alternating between odd and even qubit indices, with each qubit connected to two other adjacent or non-adjacent qubits is disclosed, which. creates constant circuit depth that can limit to predefined number of quantum operations independent of number of the set of qubits in the QELSTM model. Further, the linear combination generates a set of transformed features that are mapped to the qubits of the QELSTM via a mapping technique that enables entanglement of the qubits based on correlation of the transformed features and in accordance with the optimal CNOT gate design so as to maintain the constant circuit depth.