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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7432229 | Superconductors on iridium substrates and buffer layers Laminated, biaxially textured superconductors include Ir-based buffer layers and/or substrates. ... | 10/07/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7267866 | Heat control method and heat controller A heat controller for an object, having a composite material formed of a base material radiating a large amount of heat at a high-temperature phase and a phase-change substance having insulation properties at a high-temperature phase, having metallic properties at a... | 09/11/2007 |
| 6982240 | Method for making a superconductor device A superconducting device operable at temperatures in excess of 30° K. and a method for making the device are described. A representative device is an essentially coplanar SQUID device formed in a single layer of high Tc superconducting material, the SQUI... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6949490 | High-TC superconducting ceramic oxide products and macroscopic and microscopic methods of making the same High-Tc superconducting ceramic oxide products and macroscopic and microscopic methods for making such high-Tc superconducting products. Completely sealed high-Tc superconducting ceramic oxide provides are made by a macroscopic process including the steps of pressin... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6740624 | Spraying method to form a thick coating and products obtained A method and an apparatus for spraying materials onto a substrate to produce a coating thereon is described which allows very thick layers of complex metal oxides to be produced. The apparatus and method are particularly suitable for producing superconducting coatin... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6713738 | Methods for temperature control in microwave processing Methods for temperature control in microwave processing of materials, for example microwave sintering, annealing and other forms of microwave heating, are disclosed in which the material is formed into a selected shape and size such that at least a part of the mater... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6265353 | Device and method for producing a multilayered material In a method for producing laminate, a buffer layer is applied to a substrate, with the buffer layer material being evaporated from the buffer layer material dispensing devices at an angle 댑.noteq.0 at the normal to the substrate surface ... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6214772 | Process for preparing polycrystalline thin film, process for preparing oxide superconductor, and apparatus therefor A method is presented for making a polycrystalline thin film (B) by depositing particles emitted from a target (36) on a substrate base (A) to form the film (B) constituted by the target material while concurrently irradiating the depositing particles wit... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6174783 | Semiconductor device having a improved trench structure manufacturing method thereof, and semiconductor device manufacturing apparatus The front surface of a semiconductor substrate is formed with a trench. An insulating film is formed on the front surface of the semiconductor substrate including the trench while the bottom of the trench is kept at a higher temperature than the surface o... | 01/16/2001 |
| 6172008 | Process for preparing high crystallinity oxide thin film A process for preparing an oxide thin film which has a crystalline, clean and smooth surface on a substrate. The process is conducted by using an apparatus comprising a vacuum chamber in which an oxidizing gas of O2 including O3 can ... | 01/09/2001 |
| 6153561 | Method for oxygenating oxide superconductive materials The present invention includes a method of oxygenating an oxide superconductive material having an initial oxygen content, the method comprising the steps: (a) obtaining an oxide superconductive material, the material having an initial oxygen content; and... | 11/28/2000 |
| 5972430 | Digital chemical vapor deposition (CVD) method for forming a multi-component oxide layer A chemical vapor deposition (CVD) method for forming a multi-component oxide layer. There is first provided a chemical vapor deposition (CVD) reactor chamber. There is then positioned within the chemical vapor deposition (CVD) reactor chamber a substrate.... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5912210 | Enhancement of persistent currents in high TC superconductors There is disclosed herein an invention for increasing the current carrying capability of high-Tc superconductor materials. The inventive method includes irradiating such superconductors with light particles, such as neutrons, protons and thermal neutrons,... | 06/15/1999 |
| 5908813 | Method making integrated circuit metallization with superconductor BEOL wiring The present invention discloses an integrated circuit that is wired with a high-temperature superconductive material that is superconductive at temperatures of about 70° K and above, and methods of making the integrated circuit. The front-end manufacture... | 06/01/1999 |
| 5900391 | High temperature superconducting thin film deposition method Herein disclosed is a method for depositing a high Tc superconducting thin film. The superconducting thin film is deposited on one surface of a substrate. The substrate is exposed to an electromagnetic wave to heat the substrate during the process for dep... | 05/04/1999 |
| 5731270 | Oxide superconductor and method and apparatus for fabricating the same An oxide is formed which will form an oxide superconductor containing a Cu-O atomic layer. The oxide is hydrogenated. The oxide is oxidized after it is hydrogenated. The hydrogenation and the oxidization are executed simultaneously with or after the oxide... | 03/24/1998 |
| 5716908 | Process for controlling crystalline orientation of oxide superconductive film A process for controlling crystalline orientation of an oxide superconductive film includes a first-heat-treatment step, and a second-heat-treatment step. In the first-heat-treatment step, an oxide superconductive film is heated and held in non-oxidizing ... | 02/10/1998 |
| 5683967 | Method for increasing the critical current density in type II superconducting materials Method for increasing the critical current density in Type II superconducting materials. The generation of a regular pattern of defects for pinning vortices, where the density of pinning sites is matched to the density of vortices produced by a chosen mag... | 11/04/1997 |
| 5648320 | Method of manufacturing ceramic superconductor circuit board Circuit board devices are provided based on use of high temperature superconducting ceramic polymers comprising high temperature superconducting ceramic powders distributed in electrically insulative organic polymers which are thermosetting by reaction of... | 07/15/1997 |
| 5597782 | Method for microwave processing of high temperature superconductors A method for improving the phase purity of a multiphase ceramic high temperature superconductor by selective microwave heating of undesired phases in a multiphase material to cause a phase transformation of the undesired phase to the desired phase. The se... | 01/28/1997 |
| 5594257 | Superconducting device having a superconducting channel formed of oxide superconductor material and method for manufacturing the same A superconducting device comprises a substrate having a principal surface, a non-superconducting oxide layer having a similar crystal structure to that of an oxide superconductor formed on the principal surface, which can compensates the lattice mismatch ... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5556831 | Method of treating a part made of a superconductive ceramic of the (Ln).sub. Ba2 Cu3 O7-δ type A method of treating a part made of a superconductive ceramic of the (Ln)1 Ba2 Cu3 O7-δ type, where Ln is chosen from the rare earth elements other than cerium and terbium, the method being designed to reduce t... | 09/17/1996 |
| 5554584 | Superconductive photoconductive substance of the Ca-Sr-Bi-Cu-O group system and a method of producing the same The disclosed oxide has a general chemical formula of CaX-x)-Srx -Bi.sub.(Y-y)-Cuy -Ox X being 2 to 3, 0ࣘx | 09/10/1996 |
| 5527767 | Method for annealing thin film superconductors There is disclosed a method for annealing oxide thin film superconductors having layered structures including at least Cu--O layers in which each oxide thin film superconductor is heated partially by a heating means and the heating portion is moved at a p... | 06/18/1996 |
| 5512540 | Method of manufacturing superconducting patterns A manufacturing method of a superconducting pattern is described. A superconducting ceramic film is deposited on a non-conductive surface and partly spoiled in order to form a barrier film by which two superconducting regions is separated. The spoiling is... | 04/30/1996 |
| 5468723 | Method for forming a superconducting weak link device A superconducting device has a structure of superconductor--normal--conductor (semiconductor)--superconductor. The superconducting regions and the normal-conductor region can be made of the same elements but having different relative proportions of the el... | 11/21/1995 |
| 5453306 | Process for depositing oxide film on metallic substrate by heat plasma flash evaporation method The generation of a reaction product is suppressed between a metallic substrate and plasma in depositing a ceramic intermediate layer on the metallic substrate in a process for depositing an oxide film on the metallic substrate by thermal plasma flash eva... | 09/26/1995 |
| 5447906 | Thin film high TC oxide superconductors and vapor deposition methods for making the same Superconducting transition metal oxide films are provided which exhibit very high onsets of superconductivity and superconductivity at temperatures in excess of 40° K. These films are produced by vapor deposition processes using pure metal sources for th... | 09/05/1995 |
| 5447909 | Metalorganic chemical vapor deposition of superconducting oxide films A superconducting thin oxide film is formed by the steps of mixing a gas of the organometal compound of the alkali earth metal, a gas of at least one organometal compound of the element of the group IIIa and/or a halogenide thereof, and a gas of at least ... | 09/05/1995 |
| 5439877 | Process for depositing high temperature superconducting oxide thin films In-situ process are provided for 1) depositing on a substrate a crystalline thin film of a high temperature superconducting oxide by exposing the back surface of the substrate, i.e., the surface of the substrate opposite the surface on which the thin film... | 08/08/1995 |
| 5432149 | In-situ tunable Josephson weak links A weak link is patterned from a high-temperature superconducting film using standard lithographic techniques. Once the area in which the weak link is to be located is defined, the remainder of the film is covered with an oxygen-impermeable material. The o... | 07/11/1995 |
| 5432151 | Process for ion-assisted laser deposition of biaxially textured layer on substrate A process for depositing a biaxially aligned intermediate layer over a non-single crystal substrate is disclosed which permits the subsequent deposition thereon of a biaxially oriented superconducting film. The process comprises depositing on a substrate ... | 07/11/1995 |
| 5380702 | Method for texturing high temperature superconductors A method for improving the phase purity of a multiphase ceramic high temperature superconductor by selective microwave heating of undesired phases in a multiphase material to cause a phase transformation of the undesired phase to the desired phase. The se... | 01/10/1995 |
| 5376628 | Method of improving or producing oxide superconductor Herein is disclosed a method of improving or producing an oxide superconductor. An oxide superconductor or starting material of oxide superconductor as an object material is irradiated with active oxygen species. The irradiation process is carried out whi... | 12/27/1994 |
| 5374613 | Method for manufacturing an oxide superconductor thin film A method for manufacturing an oxide superconductor thin film is disclosed, which comprises the steps of: (1) preparing a substrate; depositing an oxide superconductor thin film on said substrate by directing a beam containing constituent elements of an ox... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5304539 | Method for fabricating integrated microelectronic assembly comprising photoconductor with oxide superconducting leads A beam (e.g. a focused laser beam) is utilized to irradiate the entire lateral width of a limited-extent portion of an elongated superconducting thin-film lead. The irradiated portion is converted to be non-superconducting and photoconductive. The convert... | 04/19/1994 |
| 5300483 | Process for preparing shaped superconductor materials via nonequilibrium precursors A method is provided for preparing a precursor of a superconductor containing atoms of oxygen, atoms of copper and atoms of at least two other metals and sufficient atoms of oxygen so that up to, but no more than, one atom of copper is in the trivalent st... | 04/05/1994 |
| 5284824 | Method for manufacturing an oxide superconductor thin film A method for manufacturing an oxide superconductor film is disclosed, which comprises the steps of: preparing a substrate; depositing an oxide superconductor film on said substrate by chemical vapor deposition (CVD); and supplying excited oxygen to or nea... | 02/08/1994 |
| 5258364 | Method of shaping superconducting oxide material A method of forming a superconducting oxide material comprises the steps of forming of a superconducting oxide material into a thin film on a film-forming surface portion, creating a plasma to form an activated oxygen atmosphere, subjecting the thin film ... | 11/02/1993 |
