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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7781376 | High temperature superconducting wires and coils A superconducting wire includes first and second superconducting layers disposed on one or more substrates in stacked relationship, the first superconducting layer comprising a high temperature superconducting oxide of a first composition and the second superconduct... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7622424 | Thick superconductor films with improved performance A method for producing a thick film includes disposing a precursor solution onto a substrate to form a precursor film. The precursor solution contains precursor components to a rare-earth/alkaline-earth-metal/transition-metal oxide including a salt of a rare earth e... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7431868 | Method of manufacturing a metal substrate for an oxide superconducting wire A metal substrate for an oxide superconducting wire, which comprises a polycrystalline metal substrate with a rolled aggregate structure having a {100} plane which is parallel to the rolled surface and a axis which is parallel to the rolling direction, and an ... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7279823 | Piezoelectric actuator and liquid jet head A piezoelectric actuator comprising an optimum layer structure when (100) orientation strontium ruthenate is used as a bottom electrode is provided. This piezoelectric actuator comprises a diaphragm 30 that is constituted by (100) orientation yttria-stabilize... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7247603 | Charge dissipative dielectric for cryogenic devices A Superconducting Quantum Interference Device (SQUID) is disclosed comprising a pair of resistively shunted Josephson junctions connected in parallel within a superconducting loop and biased by an external direct current (dc) source. The SQUID comprises a semiconduc... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7226893 | Superconductive articles having density characteristics A superconductive article is disclosed, having a substrate a buffer layer overlying the substrate, and a superconductive layer overlying the buffer layer. According to embodiments, the article may have low density characteristics, associated with the article as a wh... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7164269 | Nuclear magnetic resonance probe coil A solenoid-type probe coil wherein superconductive thin film is used, whose quality factor is high, and which is put in an uniform magnetic field and occupies a small space is provided. For that purpose, the coil is made by piling up, in generally parallel, two or m... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7046719 | Soft handoff between cellular systems employing different encoding rates A receiver (200) is provided receiving signals from differing base stations (BTSA and BTSB). The signal from BTSA is encoded using a first rate convolutional encoder while the signal transmitted from BTSB is encoded... | 05/16/2006 |
| 6943656 | Superconductor cables and magnetic devices Superconducting cables and magnetic devices are disclosed. ... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6933566 | Method of forming lattice-matched structure on silicon and structure formed thereby A method (and resultant structure) of forming a semiconductor structure, includes processing an oxide to have a crystalline arrangement, and depositing an amorphous semiconductor layer on the oxide by one of evaporation and chemical vapor deposition (CVD). ... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6787798 | Method and system for storing information using nano-pinned dipole magnetic vortices in superconducting materials A method includes providing a superconducting material having pinning sites that can pin magnetic vortices within the superconducting material. The method also includes pinning one or more magnetic vortices at one or more of the pinning sites. An information storage... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6774463 | Superconductor gate semiconductor channel field effect transistor In a Field Effect Transistor (FET) with a semiconductor channel the use of a high Tc oxide superconductor material in the gate electrode provides both control of parasitic resistance and capacitance and a proper work function when operated at a temperatur... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6745059 | Superconductor cables and magnetic devices Superconducting cables and magnetic devices are disclosed. ... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6517944 | Multi-layer passivation barrier for a superconducting element A multi-layer passivation barrier (24) for, and a method of, passivating a superconducting layer (22) of a microelectronic device (20). The passivation barrier includes a passivating layer (32) and a barrier buffering layer (30). The passivating layer pro... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6383989 | Architecture for high critical current superconducting tapes Improvements in critical current capacity for superconducting film structures are disclosed and include the use of, e.g., multilayer YBCO structures where individual YBCO layers are separated by a layer of an insulating material such as CeO2 an... | 05/07/2002 |
| 6345189 | Assembly of carrier and superconductive film A flux-pinning system comprised of a high temperature superconductor film on a carrier wherein the film is provided with a multiplicity of holes of a radius of 50 to 2000 nm serves as the basis for an electronic component which can be utilized in high fre... | 02/05/2002 |
| 6345190 | Assembly of carrier and superconductive film A flux-pinning system comprised of a high temperature superconductor film on a carrier wherein the film is provided with a multiplicity of holes of a radius of 50 to 2000 nm serves as the basis for an electronic component which can be utilized in high fre... | 02/05/2002 |
| 6337307 | Oxide superconducting conductor with intermediate layer having aligned crystal orientation An oxide superconducting element wire (20) comprises a base material (1), an intermediate layer (2), and an oxide superconducting thin film (3). The base material (1) being long and flexible has a cross-section in a circular or a regular polygonal form pe... | 01/08/2002 |
| 6275716 | High critical temperature superconductors in the system La3-ZMezBa3Ca1-vNcvCu7O16+x where Me=a rare earth or alkaline metal ion and Nc is a Mg, Cd ion Compounds of the of the general formula La3-z Mez Ba3 Ca1-v Ncv Cu7 O16+x, wherein Me can be a rare earth metal or an alkaline metal ion selected from the group consisting of ytt... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6251530 | Thin-film of a high-temperature superconductor compound and method A thin-film of a high temperature superconducting compound having the formula M1-x CuO2-y, where M is Ca, Sr, or Ba, or combinations thereof, x is 0.05 to 0.3, and x>y. The thin film has a Tc (zero resistivity) of about 40... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6175749 | Assembly of carrier and superconductive film A flux-pinning system comprised of a high temperataure superconductor film on a carrier wherein the film is provided with a multiplicity of holes of a radius of 50 to 2000 nm serves as the basis for an electronic component which can be utilized in high fr... | 01/16/2001 |
| 5866252 | Super conducting metal-ceramic composite This invention permits superconducting ceramics, as well as other ceramic materials, to be spray deposited onto indefinitely large sheets of metallic substrate from a carboxylic acid salt solution. Elemental metal precursors of the superconductor are intr... | 02/02/1999 |
| 5861361 | Superconducting field effect device having a superconducting channel and method for manufacturing the same A FET type superconducting device comprises a thin superconducting channel, a superconducting source region and a superconducting drain region formed of an oxide superconductor over a principal surface of the substrate, and a gate electrode on a gate insu... | 01/19/1999 |
| 5849669 | High temperature superconducting Josephson device and method for manufacturing the same A high critical temperature superconducting Josephson device includes a bicrystal substrate formed of a first single crystal substrate and a second single crystal substrate, with end faces of the first and second single crystal substrates having different... | 12/15/1998 |
| 5760463 | Superconducting layer in contact with group III-V semiconductor layer for wiring structure A superconductor device which includes a first wiring part and a second wiring part which together form a superconductive wiring. The first wiring part is arranged onto a substrate and is made of a superconductor material. The second wiring part is made o... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5747418 | Superconducting thermoelectric generator An apparatus and method for producing electricity from heat. The present invention is a thermoelectric generator that uses materials with substantially no electrical resistance, often called superconductors, to efficiently convert heat into electrical ene... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5736488 | Multilayered composites and process of manufacture This invention relates to multilayered superconductive composites, particularly to composites based on thallium-containing superconducting oxides, and their process of manufacture.... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5717222 | Superconducting device having an extremely thin superconducting channel formed of oxide superconductor material and method for manufacturing the same A superconducting device includes a substrate, a projecting insulating region formed in a principal surface of the substrate, and a first thin film portion of an oxide superconductor formed on the projecting insulating region. Second and third thin film p... | 02/10/1998 |
| 5712227 | Substrate having a superconductor layer A substrate having a superconducting thin film of compound oxide thereon. An intermediate layer consists of at least one layer of copper-containing oxide is interposed between the substrate and the superconducting thin film.... | 01/27/1998 |
| 5621223 | Superconducting device having a reduced thickness of oxide superconducting layer and method for manufacturing the same A superconducting device includes first and second oxide superconducting regions of a relatively thick thickness, formed directly on a principal surface of a substrate to be separate from each other, and a third oxide superconducting region of an extremel... | 04/15/1997 |
| 5593951 | Epitaxy of high TC superconductors on silicon An epitaxial structure comprising a silicon containing substrate and a high Tc copper-oxide-based superconducting layer, which may include an intermediate layer between the silicon substrate and the superconductor layer. Epitaxial deposition is... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5571777 | Superconducting thin film having at least one isolated superconducting region formed of oxide superconductor material and method for manufacturing the same A superconducting thin film formed on a semiconductor substrate, which comprises at least one superconducting region formed of an oxide superconductor on the principal surface of the semiconductor substrate and at least one isolation region formed of an o... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5523284 | Process for preparing a bulk textured superconductive material In accordance this invention, there is provided a process for making a bulk superconductive material. In the first step of this process, a diffusion couple is formed from superconductor oxide and impurity oxide. Thereafter, the diffusion couple is heated ... | 06/04/1996 |
| 5498595 | Method of activation of superconductors and devices produced thereby A method for activating superconducting material comprises generating a species of oxygen ions, heating the material and introducing the oxygen ions to said material by the application of a low-gradient drift field between the source of oxygen ions and a ... | 03/12/1996 |
| 5464812 | Thin film of oxide superconductor possessing locally different crystal orientations and processes for preparing the same A thin film of oxide superconductor consisting of more than two portions (10, 11, 12) each possessing a predetermined crystal orientation and deposited on a common surface of a substrate (2). At least one selected portion (10) of the thin film of oxide su... | 11/07/1995 |
| 5455451 | Superconductized semiconductor device using penetrating Cooper pairs Superconductized electronic devices, such as a Josephson junction device, or superconductized optical devices represented by a light emitting and receiving devices of semiconductor laser are available using semiconductor materials which normally have no s... | 10/03/1995 |
| 5446015 | Superconducting device having a reduced thickness of oxide superconducting layer For manufacturing a superconducting device, a first oxide superconductor thin film having a very thin thickness is formed on a principal surface of a substrate, and a stacked structure of a gate insulator and a gate electrode is formed on a portion of the... | 08/29/1995 |
| 5444040 | Superconductive oxide single crystal and manufacturing method thereof A method of manufacturing a single crystal of a superconductive oxide by a travelling solvent floating zone method (TSFZ Method). In this manufacturing method, a sintered feed rod of an oxide belonging to a tetragonal system, exhibiting anisotropic proper... | 08/22/1995 |
| 5430013 | Superconducting thin film formed of oxide superconductor material, superconducting current path and superconducting device utilizing the superconducting thin film A superconducting thin film formed on a substrate, comprising an a-axis orientated oxide superconductor layer, a c-axis orientated oxide superconductor layer and an oxide semiconductor layer inserted between the a-axis orientated oxide superconductor laye... | 07/04/1995 |
| 5416062 | Thin film superconductor with an interlayer on a silicon substrate A thin film of oxide superconductor deposited on a single crystal substrate of silicon wafer. A buffer layer of (100) or (110) oriented Ln2 O3, in which Ln stands for Y or lanthanide elements is interposed between the thin film of ox... | 05/16/1995 |
