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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6926921 | Imprint lithography for superconductor devices One aspect of this disclosure relates to a method of building a superconductor device on a substrate, comprising depositing an imprint layer on at least a portion of the substrate. The imprint layer is imprinted to provide an imprinted portion of the imprint layer a... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6515788 | Light modulation system including a superconductive plate assembly for use in a data transmission scheme and method A method and apparatus for modulating light, wherein a light source provides light of a certain wavelength to be modulated by a layer of superconducting material which forms part of a specifically configured plate assembly. The superconducting layer is pl... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6388268 | Semiconducting YBCO device and superconducting YBCO device locally converted by AFM tip and manufacturing methods therefor A semiconducting yttrium-barium-copper-oxygen(YBCO) device which locally converts a semiconducting YBCO film to a nonconducting YBCO film by a conductive atomic force microscope (AFM), a superconducting YBCO device which locally converts a superconducting... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6372368 | Superconducting regular current interval voltage step element and superconducting device An oxide superconducting element is formed on a substrate 10 by a layered structure 30 formed of oxide superconducting thin-film and a non-superconducting thin-film layers. The element is a superconducting regular current interval voltage step element. Th... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6337149 | Superconductor coplanar waveguide A lanthanum aluminate (LaAlO3) substrate on which thin films of layered perovskite copper oxide superconductors are formed. Lanthanum aluminate, with a pseudo-cubic perovskite crystal structure, has a crystal structure and lattice constant that... | 01/08/2002 |
| 6324413 | Superconductor Josephson junction A lanthanum aluminate (LaAlO3) substrate on which thin films of layered perovskite copper oxide superconductors are formed. Lanthanum aluminate, with a pseudo-cubic perovskite crystal structure, has a crystal structure and lattice constant that... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6305069 | Method of preparing oxide superconductive wire Provided are an oxide superconducting wire which maintains a high critical current density and has a small current drift with small ac loss when the same carries an alternating current and a method of preparing the same, and a cable conductor which is for... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6226538 | Magnetic sensor with squid and having superconducting coils formed on sapphire substrate This magnetic sensor comprises a flux transformer 2 having a superconducting thin film 2f formed on a sapphire substrate 2s, and a SQUID 1 disposed on the flux transformer 2 opposite thereto. In this magnetic sensor, since the sapphire substrate 2s, which... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6188919 | Using ion implantation to create normal layers in superconducting-normal-superconducting Josephson junctions A SNS Josephson junction (10) is provided for use in a superconducting integrated circuit. The SNS junction (10) includes a first high temperature superconducting (HTS) layer (14) deposited and patterned on a substrate (18), such that the first HTS layer ... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6066600 | Method of making high-Tc SSNS and SNS Josephson junction A high temperature superconductor junction and a method of forming the junction are disclosed. The junction 40 comprises a first high-Tc superconductive layer (first base electrode layer) 46 on a substrate 42 and a dielectric layer 48 on the fi... | 05/23/2000 |
| 6011981 | Oxide superconductor multilayered film and oxide superconductor josephson device An oxide superconducting multilayered thin film structure having a laminated layer structure of oxide superconductor thin film layers and non-superconductor thin film layers constituted by a combination of material groups for making strain free interfaces... | 01/04/2000 |
| 6004907 | Method of fabricating a superconducting junction using cubic YBa2 Cu3 O x thin film as a barrier layer The present invention forms a superconducting junction using a cubic YBa2 Cu3 Ox thin film as a barrier layer. The present invention forms a first YBCO superconducting thin film, a SrTiO3 insulating layer thin film on the ... | 12/21/1999 |
| 5955743 | Superconductive tunnel elements, tunnel stacks produced therefrom and use thereof The invention relates to a superconductive tunnel element comprising superconductors, barriers and insulators, which tunnel element has the following layer structure: superconductor (S1), insulator (I), superconductor (S2), barrier (B), superconductor (S3... | 09/21/1999 |
| 5945383 | Method producing an SNS superconducting junction with weak link barrier A method of producing a high temperature superconductor Josephson element and an improved SNS weak link barrier element is provided. A YBaCuO superconducting electrode film is deposited on a substrate at a temperature of approximately 800° C. A weak link... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5916848 | Self-aligned thin barrier high temperature superconductor edge junction An edge junction 10 with reduced parasitic inductance. The edge junction 10 has a laminar structure 22 including: a substrate 14; a first superconductive layer 12 deposited on a substrate 14; a first dielectric layer 16 deposited on the first superconduct... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5906963 | Superconductor Josephson junction comprising lanthanum aluminate A lanthanum aluminate (LaAlO3) substrate on which thin films of layered perovskite copper oxide superconductors are formed. Lanthanum aluminate, with a pseudo-cubic perovskite crystal structure, has a crystal structure and lattice constant that... | 05/25/1999 |
| 5891828 | Method of producing superconducting PrBa2 Cu3 Oy single crystal and PrBa2 Cu3 Oy superconducting device PrBa2 Cu3 OY exhibiting superconductivity is provided by a method including the steps of preparing a solvent consisting of a mixture of praseodymium oxide, at least one of barium oxide and barium carbonate, and copper oxid... | 04/06/1999 |
| 5883051 | High Tc superconducting Josephson junction element A superconducting Josephson junction element including a first, a-axis oriented, superconductive metal oxide crystal grain having a first area of a {001} plane, and a second, c-axis oriented, superconductive metal oxide crystal grain having a second area ... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5880069 | Process of making high Tc Josephson junction device A desired pattern is formed on a non-superconducting oxide film after the non-superconducting oxide film has been formed on a magnesia substrate. A superconducting oxide film is formed over the exposed parts of the substrate and the non-superconducting ox... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5877122 | Josephson element having a NdBa2 Cu3 O7-y superconductor thin-film wiring pattern An oxide superconductor element, produced by forming a damaged region on a substrate surface by the Ga+ focusing ion beam method and then depositing an oxide superconductor thin-film over it, is characterized in that a NdBa2 Cu... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5873985 | Process of making squid device having tilt-boundary junction An oxide film having a desired pattern is first formed on a magnesia substrate. A superconducting oxide film is then formed on the exposed portion of the magnesia substrate and also on the oxide film. Thus, a tilt-boundary junction is formed in the bounda... | 02/23/1999 |
| 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 |
| 5849673 | Method of forming a superconductor coplanar waveguide A lanthanum aluminate (LaAlO3) substrate on which thin films of layered perovskite copper oxide superconductors are formed. Lanthanum aluminate, with a pseudo-cubic perovskite crystal structure, has a crystal structure and lattice constant that... | 12/15/1998 |
| 5821200 | Lattice matching device and method for fabricating the same A lattice matching device includes a substrate having thereon monocrystal regions having different lattice mismatches with respect to a LnBa2 Cu3 Ox superconductor. A superconducting thin film is formed on the substrate, w... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5789346 | Method for manufacturing an oxide superconductor device Method for manufacturing a superconducting device including forming on a surface of a substrate a non-superconducting oxide layer, a first oxide superconductor thin film, etching the first oxide superconductor thin film so as to form a concave portion, im... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5776863 | In-situ fabrication of a superconductor hetero-epitaxial Josephson junction A method of in-situ fabrication of a Josephson junction having a laminar structure, the method comprising the steps of: (1) etching a planar substrate to yield a first planar segment, a second planar segment and a ramp segment, the ramp segment connecting... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5750474 | Method for manufacturing a superconductor-insulator-superconductor Josephson tunnel junction A superconductor-insulator-superconductor Josephson tunnel junction, comprising: a single crystalline substrate having a perovskite crystal structure; a template layer formed of a b-axis oriented PBCO thin film on the substrate; and a trilayer structure c... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5739084 | Method for manufacturing a superconducting device having a reduced thickness of oxide superconducting layer A method for fabricating a superconducting device with a substrate, a first oxide superconductor thin film, a barrier layer, a diffusion layer, and a second oxide superconductor thin film. The first oxide superconductor thin film with a very thin thicknes... | 04/14/1998 |
| 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 |
| 5721196 | Stacked tunneling and stepped grain boundary Josephson junction A Josephson junction device comprises a single crystalline substrate including a principal surface, an oxide layer formed on the principal surface of the substrate having a step on its surface and an oxide superconductor thin film formed on the surface of... | 02/24/1998 |
| 5721195 | Dual mode planar superconductive resonator and filter including a Josephson junction for varying mode coupling The planar superconducting resonator includes a substrate (1), a symmetrically shaped stripline (2) applied to the substrate (1) in which two orthogonal electromagnetic modes are excitable and including a symmetry perturbation for coupling the two orthogo... | 02/24/1998 |
| 5719105 | Superconducting element A superconducting element is disclosed which includes a substrate and a superconducting layer provided on the substrate and formed of an oxide having the following chemical formula: RBa2 (Cu1-x Mx)3 O7 whe... | 02/17/1998 |
| 5696392 | Barrier layers for oxide superconductor devices and circuits A conductor suitable for use in oxide-based electronic devices and circuits is disclosed. Metallic oxides having the general composition AMO3, where A is a rare or alkaline earth or an alloy of rare or alkaline earth elements, and M is a transi... | 12/09/1997 |
| 5691280 | Method of producing a high Tc superconducting film free of second phase defects A thin film which is substantially free of measurable surface defects due to second-phase inclusions is disclosed. The film is composed of multilayered strata of a first metal oxide interspersed with single molecular layers of a second metal oxide, where ... | 11/25/1997 |
| 5683968 | Method for manufacturing a superconducting device A superconducting device or a super-FET has a pair of superconducting electrode regions (20b, 20c) consisting of a thin film (20) oxide superconductor being deposited on a substrate (5) and a weak/ink region (20a), the superconducting electrode regions (2... | 11/04/1997 |
| 5677264 | Process for forming A-axis oriented superconducting junction The present invention discloses a process for forming an a-axis superconducting junction by adjusting the deposition temperature of an oxide normal conductor layer/and oxide superconductor layer/an oxide insulating layer/an oxide normal conductor layer/an... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5661112 | Superconductor Excellent films of a high Tc superconductor are easily produced on metal coated substrates at a temperature below 700° C. These metal buffer films are made of Pt, Au, Ag, Pd, Ni or Ti. The film superconductivity is significantly improved by the metal buf... | 08/26/1997 |
| 5656575 | Method and apparatus for fabricating weak link junctions on vicinally cut substrates The present invention provides a superconducting device having a weak link junction with an angle at the grain boundary between the two superconductor crystals being variable. The angle at the junction is substantially equivalent to a vicinal angle for th... | 08/12/1997 |
