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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8119571 | High performance electrical, magnetic, electromagnetic and electrooptical devices enabled by three dimensionally ordered nanodots and nanorods Novel articles and methods to fabricate same with self-assembled nanodots and/or nanorods of a single or multicomponent material within another single or multicomponent material for use in electrical, electronic, magnetic, electromagnetic and electrooptical devices ... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8105981 | Superconducting member This invention provides a thin superconducting oxide film, which can realize a high critical current, and a superconducting member having a high level of electric power resistance. The superconducting member comprises a sapphire R face substrate, a buffer layer form... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8034745 | High performance devices enabled by epitaxial, preferentially oriented, nanodots and/or nanorods Novel articles and methods to fabricate same with self-assembled nanodots and/or nanorods of a single or multicomponent material within another single or multicomponent material for use in electrical, electronic, magnetic, electromagnetic, superconducting and electr... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8030247 | Synthesizing precursor solution enabling fabricating biaxially textured buffer layers by low temperature annealing Disclosed herein is a precursor solution for forming a biaxially oriented buffer layer through low-temperature heat treatment, by which a highly oriented buffer layer can be formed even when the precursor solution is heat-treated at a low temperature of 1000° C. or... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8008233 | Coated conductor with simplified layer architecture A coated conductor with simplified layer architecture includes a biaxial textured substrate, a template buffer layer composed of a material having the general formula RE2−xB2+xO7 with RE being at least one lanthanoid metal, B being... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7985713 | Superconducting magnesium boride thin-film and process for producing the same A magnesium boride thin film having a B-rich composition represented by the general formula of MgBx (x=1 to 10) and a superconducting transition temperature of 10K or more has superior crystallinity and orientation and is used as a superconducting materia... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7919434 | Oxide superconducting film and method of preparing the same The present invention relates to a method of preparing an oxide superconducting film, the method includes reacting a metal acetate containing metal M selected from the group consisting of lanthanum, neodymium and samarium with fluorocarboxylic acid having not less t... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7910521 | Coated conductor with simplified layer architecture A coated conductor with simplified layer architecture includes a biaxial textured substrate, a template buffer layer composed of a material having the general formula RE2−xB2+xO7 with RE being at least one lanthanoid metal, B being... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7851412 | Wide band gap semiconductor templates The present invention relates to a thin film structure based on an epitaxial (111)-oriented rare earth-Group IVB oxide on the cubic (001) MgO terminated surface and the ion-beam-assisted deposition (“IBAD”) techniques that are amendable to be over coated by semi... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7807608 | Coated conductor and polycrystalline films useful for the production of high temperatures superconductor layers Coated conductors have a substrate, a high temperature superconductor layer and at least one or more buffer layers, wherein at least one of the buffer layers is a template for biaxially orienting the high temperature superconductor layer wherein the template is comp... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7737086 | Method for producing a superconductive electrical conductor A method is provided for producing a superconductive electrical conductor (7) in which a layer of an yttrium-barium-copper oxide (YBCO) is applied as a superconductive material onto a textured metal base directly or after prior application of a buffer layer, ... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7727934 | Architecture for coated conductors Articles are provided including a base substrate having a layer of an oriented cubic oxide material with a rock-salt-like structure layer thereon, and, a layer of epitaxial titanium nitride upon the layer of an oriented cubic oxide material having a rock-salt-like s... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7547661 | Enhanced pinning in mixed rare earth-123 films An superconductive article and method of forming such an article is disclosed, the article including a substrate and a layer of a rare earth barium cuprate film upon the substrate, the rare earth barium cuprate film including two or more rare earth metals capable of... | 06/16/2009 |
| 7507691 | Bismuth based oxide superconductor thin films and method of manufacturing the same A Bi-based oxide superconductor thin film whose c-axis is oriented parallel to the substrate and whose a-axis (or b-axis) is oriented perpendicular to the substrate, is manufactured in order to obtain a high performance layered Josephson junction using a Bi-based ox... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7491678 | Superconducting thin film having columnar pin retaining center using nano-dots A superconducting thin film is disclosed having columnar pinning centers utilizing nano dots, and comprising nano dots (3) which are formed insularly on a substrate (2) and three-dimensionally in shape and composed of a material other than a supercondu... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7432229 | Superconductors on iridium substrates and buffer layers Laminated, biaxially textured superconductors include Ir-based buffer layers and/or substrates. ... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7365271 | Superconducting articles, and methods for forming and using same A superconducting tape includes a substrate, a buffer layer overlying the substrate, a superconductor layer overlying the buffer layer, and an electroplated stabilizer layer overlying the superconductor layer. The tape provides for low AC losses, and is particularly... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7335283 | Production method for composite oxide thin film and device therefor and composite oxide film produced thereby A method and an apparatus which permits making a composite oxide thin film excellent in crystallinity easily and at a low temperature, with the capability of controlling the basic unit cell structure as desired, and without the need for a post annealing, as well as ... | 02/26/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7309511 | Method of manufacturing oxide superconductor thick film The present invention provides an oxide superconductor thick film which is formed on a substrate or a board and has a high Jc and Ic and a method for manufacturing the same. Predetermined amounts of materials containing elements of Bi, Pb, Sr, Ca and Cu are weighed,... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7295085 | Process for making high temperature superconductor devices each having a line oriented in a spiral fashion A process for producing high temperature superconductor (HTS) mini-filters or coils in which the high temperature superconductor films are deposited on a layer of CeO2 on a substrate results in higher yields of mini-filters or coils. ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7247538 | Methods of fabricating floating trap non-volatile semiconductor memory devices including high dielectric constant blocking insulating layers Floating trap non-volatile memory devices and methods are provided. The memory devices include a semiconductor substrate and an adjacent gate electrode. Between the substrate and the gate electrode may be a tunneling insulating layer having a first dielectric consta... | 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 |
| 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 |
| 7194801 | Thin-film battery having ultra-thin electrolyte and associated method A method and system for fabricating solid-state energy-storage devices including fabrication films for devices without an anneal step. A film of an energy-storage device is fabricated by depositing a first material layer to a location on a substrate. Energy is suppl... | 03/27/2007 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7131189 | Continuous processing of thin-film batteries and like devices A system for making a thin-film device includes a substrate-supply station that supplies a substrate having a major surface area. The substrate has a first layer on a first surface area of the substrate's major surface area. Also included is a device for depositing ... | 11/07/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6977806 | Multi-layered unit including electrode and dielectric layer A multi-layered unit according to the present invention includes a support substrate formed of platinum (Pt), a buffer layer formed on the support substrate and formed of a dielectric material containing a bismuth layer structured compound having an excellent orient... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6962613 | Low-temperature fabrication of thin-film energy-storage devices A method and system for fabricating solid-state energy-storage devices including fabrication films for devices without an anneal step, especially a cathode anneal of thin-film batteries. A film of an energy-storage device is fabricated by depositing a first material... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6958900 | 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 and formed of a conductive material, a buffer layer formed on the electrode layer and formed of a dielectr... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6956012 | Method of depositing an electrically conductive oxide buffer layer on a textured substrate and articles formed therefrom An article with an improved buffer layer architecture includes a substrate having a textured metal surface, and an electrically conductive lanthanum metal oxide epitaxial buffer layer on the surface of the substrate. The article can also include an epitaxial superco... | 10/18/2005 |
| 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 |
