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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8003571 | Buffer layers for coated conductors A composite structure is provided including a base substrate, an IBAD oriented material upon the base substrate, and a cubic metal oxide material selected from the group consisting of rare earth zirconates and rare earth hafnates upon the IBAD oriented material. Add... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7985712 | Rare earth oxide superconductor and process for producing the same RE superconductive layer excelling in Jc and Tc is formed on an interlayer capable of preventing cracking and diffusion of substrate-constituting Ni element into YBCO layer and excelling in crystallinity and surface smoothness. The interlayer is formed by coating a ... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7888290 | Material exhibiting superconductivity characteristics and method of manufacture thereof The invention herein is directed towards a material exhibiting superconductivity characteristics which includes a laser processed region of a metal oxide crystal. The material has a transition temperature greater than a transition temperature of the metal oxide crys... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7884050 | Band-shaped high-temperature superconductor (HTSL) and method of producing A band-shaped high-temperature superconductor (HTSL) with high critical current density can be produced economically in a wet-chemical process. In the process, a first precursor solution is applied to a carrier, dried, and annealed. Additional precursor solutions ma... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7816303 | Architecture for high temperature superconductor wire A laminated superconductor wire includes a superconductor wire assembly, which includes a first superconductor insert comprising a first high temperature superconductor layer overlaying a first substrate and a second superconductor insert comprising a second high te... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7795181 | Oxide high-temperature superconductor and its production method An oxide high temperature superconductor and method of making which includes a first buffer layer composed of CeO3 formed on a sapphire R (1, −1, 0, 2) face substrate for reducing lattice mismatch between the sapphire R (1, −1, 0, 2) face substrate an... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7781377 | Anti-epitaxial film in a superconducting article and related articles, devices and systems A superconducting article is provided that includes a substrate, an anti-epitaxial film over the substrate, a buffer film having biaxial crystal texture over the anti-epitaxial film, and a superconductor layer over the second buffer film. Also provided is a supercon... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7772158 | Device for resistively limiting current, comprising a strip-shaped high-to-super conductor path The resistive current-limiting device contains a strip-shaped superconductor having a conductive structure which is made of a metallic substrate strip, an insulating, oxidic buffer layer, a super-conductive layer made of a type AB2Cu3Ox oxidically high-Tc... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7737085 | Coated conductors Articles are provided including a base substrate having a layer of an IBAD oriented material thereon, and, a layer of barium-containing material selected from the group consisting of barium zirconate, barium hafnate, barium titanate, barium strontium titanate, bariu... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7683010 | Doped LZO buffer layers for laminated conductors A laminated conductor includes a metallic substrate having a surface, a biaxially textured buffer layer supported by the surface of the substrate, the biaxially textured buffer layer comprising LZO and a dopant for mitigating metal diffusion through the LZO, and a b... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7662749 | Rare earth-containing tape-shaped oxide superconductor On a first intermediate layer provided on a substrate and having an excellent surface smoothness, are formed a second intermediate layer and an YBCO superconductor layer having excellent properties. An YBCO superconductor (10) having a critical current densit... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7642222 | Method for improving performance of high temperature superconductors within a magnetic field The present invention provides articles including a base substrate including a layer of an oriented cubic oxide material having a rock-salt-like structure layer thereon; and, a buffer layer upon the oriented cubic oxide material having a rock-salt-like structure lay... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7569521 | Method of producing biaxially textured substrates and related articles, devices and systems A biaxially textured article includes a substrate, a first buffer layer disposed on the substrate, the first buffer layer having uniaxial crystal texture characterized by out-of-plane texture with no significant in-plane crystallographic texture. A metal comprising ... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7553799 | Chemical solution deposition method of fabricating highly aligned MgO templates A superconducting article includes a substrate having an untextured metal surface; an untextured barrier layer of La2Zr2O7 or Gd2Zr2O7 supported by and in contact with the surface of the substrate; a ... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7432229 | Superconductors on iridium substrates and buffer layers Laminated, biaxially textured superconductors include Ir-based buffer layers and/or substrates. ... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7312182 | Rare earth metal compounds for use in high critical temperature thin film super-conductors Rare earth metal containing compounds of the formula Sr2LuSbO6 and Sr2LaSbO6 have been prepared as high critical temperature thin film superconductor structures, and can be used in other ferroelectrics, pyroelectrics, piez... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7258927 | High rate buffer layer for IBAD MgO coated conductors Articles are provided including a base substrate having a layer of an oriented material thereon, and, a layer of hafnium oxide upon the layer of an oriented material. The layer of hafnium oxide can further include a secondary oxide such as cerium oxide, yttrium oxid... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7247551 | Substrate for electronic device, method for manufacturing substrate for electronic device, and electronic device The invention provides a substrate for an electronic device including a conductive oxide layer which is formed by epitaxial growth with cubic crystal (100) orientation or pseudo-cubic crystal (100) orientation and which contains a metal oxide having a perovskite str... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7231239 | Super conducting cable conductor with rebco-coated conductor elements The present invention relates to a superconducting cable conductor which contains a carrying element, on which is wound at least one layer comprising two or more superconducting conductor elements, the individual conductor elements of each layer being arranged next ... | 06/12/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7226894 | Superconducting wire, method of manufacture thereof and the articles derived therefrom Disclosed herein is method for making a wire comprising contacting a first end of a first superconducting wire with a second end of a second superconducting wire, wherein the superconducting wire comprises a superconducting filament having a superconducting composit... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7220315 | Method of producing polycrystalline thin film and method of producing an oxide superconducting element A production method for a polycrystalline thin film, depositing polycrystalline thin film on a polycrystalline substrate. The temperature of the polycrystalline substrate is set within a range from 150° C. to 250° C., the ion beam energy of the ion beam is adjuste... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7162287 | Oxide high-temperature superconducting wire and method of producing the same This invention relates to an oxide superconducting wire comprising oxide superconducting filaments, a high-density ceramic layer uniformly surrounding each of the filaments, and a silver sheath that directly covers the ceramic layer. The ceramic layer becomes non-su... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7162286 | Superconducting articles, and methods for forming and using same A superconducting tape is disclosed, including a substrate having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, the substrate including a plurality of indicia provided on the first surface spaced apart along a length of the substrate; and a superc... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7149560 | Superconducting cable and superconducting cable line A superconducting cable includes a first conductor layer formed of superconducting wires, and an insulating layer formed at the outer periphery of the first conductor layer. The first conductor layer is an assembly of a plurality of superconducting wires obtained by... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7129196 | Buffer layer for thin film structures A composite structure including a base substrate and a layer of a mixture of strontium titanate and strontium ruthenate is provided. A superconducting article can include a composite structure including an outermost layer of magnesium oxide, a buffer layer of stront... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7109151 | Superconducting articles, and methods for forming and using same A superconducting tape is disclosed, including a substrate, a buffer layer overlying the substrate, a superconductor layer overlying the buffer layer, and stabilizer layers overlying opposite sides of the tape. Also disclosed are components incorporating superconduc... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7071149 | Method of producing biaxially textured buffer layers and related articles, devices and systems A superconductor article includes a substrate and a first buffer film disposed on the substrate. The first buffer film includes a polycrystalline material. An IBAD (ion-beam assisted deposition) second buffer film is disposed on the first buffer film, the second buf... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7067458 | Multi-layered unit including electrode and dielectric layer A multi-layered unit according to the present invention includes a support substrate formed of fused quartz, an electrode layer formed on the support substrate, made of BSCCO (bismuth strontium calcium copper oxide) having a stoichiometric composition represented by... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7025826 | Methods for surface-biaxially-texturing amorphous films Methods for biaxially-texturing a surface-region of an amorphous material are disclosed, comprising depositing an amorphous material onto a substrate, and supplying active oxygen near the substrate during ion beam bombardment of the amorphous material to create an a... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6946428 | Magnesium -boride superconducting wires fabricated using thin high temperature fibers This invention uses a novel approach for the fabrication of low temperature superconducting (LTS) magnesium di-boride (MgB2) wire or cable. This approach employs the use of a “high temperature fiber or tape” as a high performance substrate material. H... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6943136 | Superconducting structure A superconductive structure including a dielectric oxide substrate, a thin buffer layer of a superconducting material thereon; and, a layer of a rare earth-barium-copper oxide superconducting film thereon the thin layer of yttrium-barium-copper oxide, the rare earth... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6933065 | High temperature superconducting thick films An article including a substrate, a layer of an inert oxide material upon the surface of the substrate, (generally the inert oxide material layer has a smooth surface, i.e., a RMS roughness of less than about 2 nm), a layer of an amorphous oxide or oxynitride materi... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6921741 | Substrate structure for growth of highly oriented and/or epitaxial layers thereon A composite substrate structure including a substrate, a layer of a crystalline metal oxide or crystalline metal oxynitride material upon the substrate, a layer of an oriented cubic oxide material having a rock-salt-like structure upon the crystalline metal oxide or... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6884527 | Biaxially textured composite substrates An article including a substrate, a layer of a metal phosphate material such as an aluminum phosphate material upon the surface of the substrate, and a layer of an oriented cubic oxide material having a rock-salt-like structure upon the metal phosphate material laye... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6849580 | Method of producing biaxially textured buffer layers and related articles, devices and systems A superconductor article includes a substrate and a first buffer film disposed on the substrate. The first buffer film has a uniaxial crystal texture characterized (i) texture in a first crystallographic direction that extends out-of-plane of the first buffer film w... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6845254 | Nb3Ga multifilamentary superconducting wire and process for preparing the same By rapidly heating a precursor wire having a multifilamentary structure in which multiple composite cores in which a composite compound of an Nb—Ga compound and Nb is embedded in Nb are embedded in Nb, Ta, Nb-base alloy or Ta-base alloy as a matrix material to a t... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6845255 | Superconducting tapes A composite superconducting tape which includes at least one constituent superconducting tape that may be a multiplicity of stacked and bonded tapes including a pair of exposed opposite major faces, and at least one outer layer of metal tape overlying and bonded to ... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6828507 | Enhanced high temperature coated superconductors joined at a cap layer This invention relates to a practical superconducting conductor based upon biaxially textured high temperature superconducting coatings. In particular, methods for producing flexible and bend strain-resistant articles and articles produced in accordance therewith ar... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6800591 | Buffer layers on metal alloy substrates for superconducting tapes An article including a substrate, at least one intermediate layer upon the surface of the substrate, a layer of an oriented cubic oxide material having a rock-salt-like structure upon the at least one intermediate layer, and a layer of a SrRuO3 buffer mat... | 10/05/2004 |
