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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8188010 | Composite superconductive wire-material, manufacturing method of composite superconductive wire-material, and superconductive cable A thin film superconductive wire material (16) and an electro conductive tape (15) are immersed in a solder bath (35) containing a solder, which includes Sn(tin) and Bi (bismuth), to bond the thin film superconductive wire material (16) a... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8148301 | Method for polishing tape-shaped substrate for oxide superconductor, oxide superconductor, and base material for oxide superconductor An oxide superconductor member is composed of a tape-shaped substrate, an intermediate layer formed on this substrate and an oxide superconductor thin film layer formed on this intermediate layer. A surface of the tape-shaped substrate is polished by continuously ru... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8143194 | Method for polishing tape-shaped substrate for oxide superconductor, oxide superconductor, and base material for oxide superconductor An oxide superconductor member is composed of a tape-shaped substrate, an intermediate layer formed on this substrate and an oxide superconductor thin film layer formed on this intermediate layer. A surface of the tape-shaped substrate is polished by continuously ru... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8026197 | Method and apparatus for manufacturing superconducting tape through integrated process A method and apparatus for manufacturing superconducting tape through an integrated process, including the steps of: heat-treating a substrate wound on a drum in a reaction chamber; continuously depositing components, constituting a buffer layer, a superconducting l... | 09/27/2011 |
| 7387811 | Method for manufacturing high temperature superconducting conductors using chemical vapor deposition (CVD) A CVD apparatus capable of substantially simultaneously processing multiple portions of at least one substrate or substantially simultaneously processing portions of multiple substrates or substantially simultaneously processing multiple portions of at least one sub... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7361377 | Fluorinated precursors of superconducting ceramics, and methods of making the same This invention provides a method of making a fluorinated precursor of a superconducting ceramic. The method comprises providing a solution comprising a rare earth salt, an alkaline earth metal salt and a copper salt; spraying the solution onto a substrate to provide... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7338683 | Superconductor fabrication processes A method of forming a superconductive device is provided, including providing a substrate having a dimension ratio of not less than about 102, depositing a buffer film to overlie the substrate by ion beam assisted deposition utilizing and ion beam, monito... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7330744 | Metal salt resistive layer on an superconducting element The invention relates to a process for applying a resistive layer on an oxide superconducting element for electrically decoupling superconducting filaments contained in the element, an oxide superconducting element having a resistive layer and use thereof, in partic... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7326434 | Precursor solutions and methods of using same Superconductor precursor solutions are disclosed. The precursor solutions contain, for example, a salt of a rare earth metal, a salt of an alkaline earth metal and a salt of a transition metal. The precursor solutions can optionally include a Lewis base. The precurs... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7252811 | Low temperature synthesis of silicon fibers This invention presents a process to produce bulk quantities of nanowires of a variety of semiconductor materials. Large liquid gallium drops are used as sinks for the gas phase solute, generated in-situ facilitated by microwave plasma. To grow silicon nanowires for... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7247340 | Method of making a superconducting conductor A method of forming a superconducting conductor is disclosed. The method provides translating a substrate tape through a deposition chamber and along a helical path, where the helical path has multiple windings of the substrate tape and each winding of the substrate... | 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 |
| 7138328 | Packaged IC using insulated wire A packaged IC including insulated wire for electrically connecting conductive structures of the packaged IC. In some embodiments, the packaged IC includes an IC die attached to a package substrate, where bond pads of the IC die are electrically connected to bond fin... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7081294 | Thermal shock resistant ceramic composites A ceramic composite is able to whithstand temperatures in excess of 2200 F on a repeated basis without cracking due to thermal shock. The composite has a web of reinforcement fibers; and a matrix that substantially the web after the firing step. The matrix is formed... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7074744 | Apparatus for consecutive deposition of high-temperature superconducting (HTS) buffer layers A method of coating a substrate for a high temperature superconductor material is disclosed, including loading a substrate into a first deposition chamber, routing the substrate in the first deposition chamber such that the substrate forms a helical winding in the f... | 07/11/2006 |
| 6958608 | Nuclear magnetic resonance equipment The invention provides nuclear magnetic resonance equipment realizing improved sensitivity of a probe for receiving a free induction decay (FID) signal in nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy in a high frequency band of 600 MHz or higher. By manufacturing a... | 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 |
| 6951985 | Superconducting electrical cable An apparatus and method for producing elongated strip, wire or cable, a portion or all of which is defined by electrically superconducting material. An elongated wire, strip or cable is controllably coated with one or more materials which define a superconducting la... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6921445 | Method for insulating a high-tc-superconductor and the use of said method A method involves sheathing a superconductor with a thermoplastic insulation material on all sides. The conductor exits a guide channel that extends in the propulsion direction. A melt hose is extruded from the molten insulation material in the propulsion direction ... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6906008 | Apparatus for consecutive deposition of high-temperature superconducting (HTS) buffer layers The present invention is a deposition system for the production of coated substrates that provides a first deposition process that subsequently feeds a second deposition process and where the two deposition processes are occurring concurrently. The consecutive depos... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6863752 | Method of producing a superconducting tape A method and article for producing a high transition temperature superconducting tape or wire with a normal metal sheath and at least two surface layers, an inner electrically insulating layer and an outer low friction layer. The method includes mechanical deformati... | 03/08/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6830775 | Method of manufacturing superconducting quantum interference type magnetic fluxmeter The method of manufacturing a superconducting quantum interference type magnetic fluxmeter including forming an input coil and a pickup coil integrated with the input coil by electrophoretically depositing high-temperature superconducting fine particles on a surface... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6828508 | Oxide high-temperature superconductor wire and method of producing the same A high temperature oxide superconducting wire is provided which is capable of preventing metal located on the outer periphery of the superconducting wire from diffusing into a superconductor to achieve restriction of reduction in the critical current density. The hi... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6800321 | Reduced AC losses in HTS coated conductors Methods for reducing hysteresis losses in superconductor coated ribbons where a flux distribution is set into the superconductor coated ribbon prior to the application of alternating current. ... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6797313 | Superconductor methods and reactors Superconductor reactors, methods and systems are disclosed. ... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6743531 | Oxide superconducting conductor and its production method The object of the present invention is to provide an oxide superconducting conductor having superior strength and superconductor characteristics, and its production method. In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides an oxide supercon... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6743533 | Oxide superconductor, manufacturing method thereof, and base substrate therefor An oxide superconductor of the present invention characterized in that it comprises: a substrate 1 made of metals having a high melting temperature; at least one oxide intermediate layer 2 and 3 which is formed on at least one surface of the sub... | 06/01/2004 |
| 6690957 | High temperature superconductor film, method for forming the same and superconductor element A high temperature superconductor film which is Y--Ba--Cu--O-based and formed on a dielectric substrate 10, and has a Cu composition ratio to the Ba near the upper surface of the film which is higher than a Cu composition ratio to the Ba inside the film. ... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6670308 | Method of depositing epitaxial layers on a substrate An epitaxial article and method for forming the same includes a substrate having a textured surface, and an electrochemically deposited substantially single orientation epitaxial layer disposed on and in contact with the textured surface. The epitaxial ar... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6632539 | Polycrystalline thin film and method for preparing thereof, and superconducting oxide and method for preparation thereof The polycrystalline thin film is made of a composite oxide of a cubic crystal system which has a pyrochlore type crystalline structure of a composition represented as either AZrO or AHfO (A in the formula represents a rare earth element selected from amon... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6602622 | Superconducting parts, manufacturing method thereof and dielectric resonator A dielectric ceramic oxide substrate in combination with superconducting film containing Ba can be used to form a dielectric resonator which has a high no-load Q factor at a high frequency and satisfactory superconducting characteristics.... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6596421 | Elongated superconductor structure with a high-Tc superconductor material and a metallic mount, and method for producing the structure The superconductor structure has a metallic, biaxially textured mount, an intermediate layer system deposited on the mount and including at least two intermediate layers composed of different oxidic materials and, on this, a high-Tc superconduc... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6586370 | Metal boride based superconducting composite The invention provides a superconductor comprising particles made of a metallic boride superconductive material, and a conductive material. The conductive material is selected to be driven to a superconductive state when in proximity to the superconductiv... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6569812 | Method for fabricating an yttrium-based high temperature superconducting tape A polycrystalline silver member is stuck on a given long member made of Hastelloy material or stainless steel material, to make a long base material. Then, an yttrium-based high temperature superconducting film is fabricated in the long base material by a... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6555504 | Oxide superconducting wire having insulating coat and production method thereof An oxide superconducting wire includes oxide superconducting filaments 1, a matrix 2, a covering layer 3, and an insulating layer 4. The matrix 2 is placed so as to enclose the oxide superconducting filaments 1 and is made of silver. The covering layer 3 ... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6479139 | Superconducting substrate structure and a method of producing such structure A superconducting substrate structure with a high temperature superconducting (HTS) ground plane, for epitaxial growth of multilayers thereon is provided. The substrate structure includes a composite substrate structure with a first and a second substrate... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6475958 | High-temperature superconductor arrangement and a method for its production The present invention relates to a high-temperature superconductor arrangement which is protected against hot spots. A contact-making layer 4 is provided between a superconductor layer 1 and an electrical bypass 2, which contact-making layer 4 has anisotr... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6387852 | Method of applying high temperature compatible insulation to superconductors There is described a method of applying insulative coating on high temperature superconductors and low temperature superconductors from sol-gel solutions prepared from Zr, or Zr with one of Mg, Y, Ce, In and Sn based precursor materials. The solution is p... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6365554 | Separating layer for heat treating superconducting wire An oxide superconductor wire is prepared by preparing a length of precursor wire for processing into an oxide superconductor wire and coating the precursor wire with an isolating layer. The coated wire is wound onto a reel in a spiraling manner, such that... | 04/02/2002 |
