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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7301425 | Pancake type bifilar winding module using high-tc superconducting wire and bobbin for winding therefor The present invention discloses a pancake-type bifilar winding module using a superconducting wire and a winding bobbin therefor. The pancake-type bifilar winding module includes (a) a bobbin having (i) a cylindrical main body having a wire insertion groove for wind... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7042320 | Method for mechanical stabilization of tube-shaped superconducting ceramics and mechanically stabilized tube-shaped superconducting composite A method for mechanical stabilisation of a superconducting composite having a tube-shaped superconducting ceramic and a reinforcing pipe introduced into each other by pre-stressing the tube-shaped superconducting ceramic by applying compressive force on one end of t... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7040002 | Method for terminating a conductor of a superconducting cable A method of terminating at least one conductor of a superconducting cable comprising a plurality of superconducting tapes, comprising the steps of associating an electrically conductive connector radially at the at least one conductor, embedding and end of the super... | 05/09/2006 |
| 6889068 | Heat cutoff signal transmission unit and superconducting signal transmission apparatus A superconducting signal transmission apparatus provided with a vacuum container 11, a superconducting electronic device 12 provided in the vacuum container 11, an input side transmission line 13 and output side transmission line 14 | 05/03/2005 |
| 6678540 | Transmission line single flux quantum chip-to -chip communication with flip-chip bump transitions A superconductor on-chip microstrip line (2, 4) to off-chip microstrip line (7) transition of low characteristic impedance (15, 20, 22) is realized that obtains a bandwidth of 200 GHz for MCM application while employing solder bump (15, 17) technology to ... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6657526 | Power lead for superconductive magnet There is provided a power lead for a superconductive magnet capable of controlling the invasion of heat to liquid helium for storing superconductive coils therein and of sufficiently feeding power to the superconductive coils. The power lead for a superco... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6590471 | Push on connector for cryocable and mating weldable hermetic feedthrough An electrical interconnect provides a path between cryogenic or cryocooled circuitry and ambient temperatures. As a system, a cryocable 10 is combined with a trough-line contact or transition 20. In the preferred embodiment, the cryocable 10 comprises a c... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6359540 | Superconducting leads A superconducting lead comprises a supporting board (1) with at least one superconducting tape (3) adhered to it and extending from one terminal area of the lead to another. Respective metal end-fittings soldered to the superconducting tape (3) at each of... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6154103 | Push on connector for cryocable and mating weldable hermetic feedthrough An electrical interconnect provides a path between cryogenic or cryocooled circuitry and ambient temperatures. As a system, a cryocable 10 is combined with a trough-line contact or transition 20. In the preferred embodiment, the cryocable 10 comprises a c... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6069395 | Current leads adapted for use with superconducting coil and formed of functionally gradient material Current leads are used for connecting a power supply placed in a room-temature environment and a superconducting coil placed in an ultralow-temperature environment. The current leads includes a first current lead and a second current lead. The first curr... | 05/30/2000 |
| 6034324 | Modular high temperature superconducting down lead with safety lead A self-protected modular high temperature superconducting (HTS) down-lead that is capable of carrying large currents from a room temperature power source to a superconducting device operating at cryogenic temperatures. This down-lead incorporates a safety... | 03/07/2000 |
| 5884485 | Power lead for electrically connecting a superconducting coil to a power supply A power lead for electrically connecting a superconducting coil with a power supply, comprising thermoelectric cooling means, said means including at least an N-type thermoelectric member and a P-type thermoelectric member, being electrically connected to... | 03/23/1999 |
| 5877124 | Superconducting ceramic pattern and its manufacturing method A superconducting oxide ceramic pattern is described. The pattern is comprised of a high Tc superconducting region and a low Tc superconducting region which exhibits a resistivity at the liquid nitrogen temperature while the high Tc region is superconduci... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5861788 | Superconducting coil In application to a superconducting magnet which is cooled by a cryogenic refrigerator, provided is a superconducting coil which can maintain a cooled state and enables a stable operation and continuous driving even if a ramping speed is increased. First ... | 01/19/1999 |
| 5856768 | Transition and interconnect structure for a cryocable An electrical interconnect provides a path between cryogenic or cryocooled circuitry and ambient temperatures. As a system, a cryocable 10 is combined with a trough-line contact or transition 20. In the preferred embodiment, the cryocable 10 comprises a c... | 01/05/1999 |
| 5802855 | Power lead for electrically connecting a superconducting coil to a power supply A power lead for electrically connecting a superconducting coil with a power supply, comprising thermoelectric cooling means, said means including at least an N-type thermoelectric member and a P-type thermoelectric member, being electrically connected to... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5728599 | Printable superconductive leadframes for semiconductor device assembly Process for manufacturing a high interconnection density, fine-line, superconductive printed leadframes using thick-film screen-printing techniques, or other printing techniques. Generally, a superconductive leadframe pattern is printed on a backing subst... | 03/17/1998 |
| 5593918 | Techniques for forming superconductive lines Various techniques for forming superconductive lines are described whereby superconductive lines can be formed by stamping, etching, polishing, or by rendering selected areas of a superconductive film (layer) non-superconductive. The superconductive mater... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5590536 | Bypass cryogenic current leads employing high temperature superconductors A cryogenic bypass current lead to bypass quenched magnets in a string of magnets in a superconducting super collider comprises a HTSC section interposed between a lower conductive body terminal and the conductive of the lead is described.... | 01/07/1997 |
| 5506199 | Method of making electrical contacts on bi-based oxide superconductors The invention relates to solid bodies made of high-temperature superconducting material to which contact is made by solid, compact metallic conductors. To produce said solid bodies, high-temperature superconducting material is either melted completely or ... | 04/09/1996 |
| 5399547 | Method for increasing the critical current density of high transition temperature superconductors The present invention provides a methodology for increasing the critical current density carried by high transition temperature; superconductive materials. The methodology is employed using any Noble metal to form an electrically conductive coating; and i... | 03/21/1995 |
| 5359149 | Superconductive device for helping shield magnetic field A superconductive device for helping shield magnetic field comprises at least two members; a layer containing superconductive oxide over each of the members; connecting component for connecting the members to form a substrate; and connecting element for c... | 10/25/1994 |
| 5357059 | Construction of electrical connection to oxide superconductor An electrical connection between an electric conductor and an oxide superconductor is effected without the intermediary of a thin insulating layer that is formed by leaving the oxide superconductor in the atmosphere. This electrical connection is formed b... | 10/18/1994 |
| 5308831 | Method of making a connection between a high critical temperature superconductive ceramic and a superconductor based on niobium-titanium A method of connecting a high critical temperature superconductive ceramic part and a low critical temperature superconductor such as a multifilament strand of niobium-titanium, in which method a silver contact is prepared on said ceramic part, wherein sa... | 05/03/1994 |
| 5296459 | Method for making an electrically conductive contact for joining high T.sub . The present invention provides a methodology for forming an electrically conductive contact on the external surface of superconductive materials. The methodology is employed using any Noble metal to form the conductive contact; and is used with any superc... | 03/22/1994 |
| 5290760 | Method of manufacturing an electrical contact for a superconductive ceramic A method of manufacturing an electrical contact between a current lead and a part made of a superconductive ceramic of the type RBa2 Cu3 Oy, where R designates a lanthanide chosen from Y, La, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb... | 03/01/1994 |
| 5278136 | Method for making a superconducting field-effect transistor with inverted MISFET structure This field-effect transistor comprises a conductive substrate (2) serving as the gate electrode, an insulating barrier layer (3), and a superconducting channel layer (1) on top of the barrier layer (3). The superconductor layer (1) carries a pair of mutua... | 01/11/1994 |
| 5248663 | Method of forming oxide superconductor patterns A method of forming a superconductor pattern in which at lest a pair of electrodes is formed on a substrate in spaced, facing relationship nd an oxide superconductor thin film having a unit lattice which assumes a laminar structure then is formed on the s... | 09/28/1993 |
| 5227361 | Oxide superconducting lead for interconnecting device component with a semiconductor substrate via at least one buffer layer A superconducting device comprises a substrate having an electric connecting section and a copper oxide superconducting material thereon, and an electric interconnecting means for the electric connecting section and the superconducting material formed fro... | 07/13/1993 |
| 5221660 | Semiconductor substrate having a superconducting thin film A semiconductor substrate having a silicon substrate and a superconducting thin film layer composed of compound oxide such as Ln1 Ba2 Cu3 O7-δ (Ln is lanthanide) and stratified on the silicon substrate, charact... | 06/22/1993 |
| 5212150 | Oxide superconducting lead for interconnecting device component with a semiconductor substrate via at least one buffer layer A superconducting device comprises a substrate having an electric connecting section and a copper oxide superconducting material thereon, and an electric interconnecting means for the electric connecting section and the superconducting material formed fro... | 05/18/1993 |
| 5179071 | High Tc superconductor contact unit having low interface resistivity A high-Tc superconductor contact unit having low interface resistivity is disclosed, as is a method for making the unit. An inert metal is deposited on the surface of the superconductor, which surface is preferably non-degraded, to form a unit ... | 01/12/1993 |
| 5179075 | Method of making a low electrical resistance connection between a metal and a high Tc superconducting ceramic A method of making at least one low electrical resistance connection between a metal and a high Tc superconducting ceramic part, said part being made from a ceramic powder which is placed in a mold, compressed, and sintered, wherein at least on... | 01/12/1993 |
| 5149686 | High Tc superconducting unit having low contact surface resistivity A high-Tc superconducting unit is disclosed having low contact resistivity between a substantially non-degraded surface of the superconductor and a surface of a contact pad in engagement with the substantially non-degraded surface of the superc... | 09/22/1992 |
| 5135908 | Method of patterning superconducting films In a method of patterning superconducting thin films such as YBaCuO, based on the inhibition of superconductivity by intermixing an impurity, such as silicon, with superconductor material, a thin film of silicon is formed on a magnesium oxide substrate an... | 08/04/1992 |
| 5099162 | Coil of superconducting material for electric appliance and motor utilizing said coil Coils for electric appliances such as motor or generator are made with a superconducting material, and the width of the coil and the gap between the coils are so adjusted that the passage of magnetic flux generated by a magnetic flux generating member in ... | 03/24/1992 |
| 5079223 | Method of bonding metals to ceramics A method of forming a composite by providing a ceramic capable of having zero electrical resistance and complete diamagnetism at superconducting temperatures, bonding a thin layer of Ag, Au or alloys thereof with the ceramic. Thereafter, there is bonded a... | 01/07/1992 |
| 5051396 | Method of manufacturing superconducting patterns by adding impurities A manufacturing method of Josephson devices 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 perform... | 09/24/1991 |
| 5015620 | High-Tc superconductor contact unit having low interface resistivity, and method of making A high-Tc superconductor contact unit having low interface resistivity is disclosed, as is a method for making the unit. An inert metal is deposited on the surface of the superconductor, which surface is preferably non-degraded, to form a unit ... | 05/14/1991 |
| 4990489 | Read only memory device including a superconductive electrode A read only memory device includes a first electrode and a second electrode arranged in an overlapping relation with the first electrode so as to be geometrically in connection at an intersection therewith corresponding to a storage location for one type ... | 02/05/1991 |
