Superconductor technology: apparatus, material, process inventions 04/06

20060089264 - Method of heat treating htc conductors in a large fabricated system: An improvement in the method for preparing a high temperature superconductor (HTc) by subjecting a precursor conductor for the high temperature superconductor to a heat treatment schedule to enable formation of the superconducting phases of the HTc. In the improvement precursor conductor is disposed about a central heating element which...

20060084578 - 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 oxide superconductor. The method of manufacturing an a-axis oriented Bi-based...

20060079402 - Intermetallic compound superconductors and alloy superconductors, and methods of making them: There are provided an intermetallic compound superconductor that is high in superconducting transition temperature, and an alloy superconductor that is high in superconducting transition temperature and excels in malleability and ductility, as well as a method of making such a superconductor with good reproducibility and at a low cost of...

20060079403 - Novel 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 superconducting tapes, methods for manufacturing same, and methods for using same....

20060079404 - Methods of controlling hydrogen fluoride pressure during chemical fabrication processes: The present invention is a method for producing a crystalline end-product. The method comprising exposing a fluoride-containing precursor to a hydrogen fluoride absorber under conditions suitable for the conversion of the precursor into the crystalline end-product....

20060073974 - 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 yielding a superconductive composition where...

20060073975 - Stacked filamentary coated superconductors: An elongated article comprising a first layer of oxide superconductor filaments extending substantially along the length of the elongated article and spaced apart from one another across the width of the elongated substrate; a second layer of oxide superconductor filaments extending substantially along the length of the elongated article and...

20060073976 - Method of gravity distortion and time displacement: A method for employing sinusoidal oscillations of electrical bombardment on the surface of one Kerr type singularity in close proximity to a second Kerr type singularity in such a method to take advantage of the Lense-Thirring effect, to simulate the effect of two point masses on nearly radial orbits in...

20060073977 - Critical current testing techniques for superconducting conductors: A method for testing a superconducting coated conductor is disclosed. The method includes providing a superconducting coated conductor having an dimension ratio of not less than about 102; and measuring a voltage over a plurality of segments of the superconducting article while applying a constant current Icc....

20060073979 - Architecture for high temperature superconductor wire: A laminated superconductor wire includes a superconductor wire assembly, which includes a first superconductor insert comprising a first high temperature superconductor layer overlaying a first substrate and a second superconductor insert comprising a second high temperature superconductor layer overlaying a second substrate. The first and second superconductor inserts are joined...

20060073978 - Method and apparatus for making continuous films of a single crystal material: A method for making continuous film of single crystal material by crystal deposition. The method includes providing a single crystal template ribbon formed as a continuous loop; epitaxially depositing a sacrificial layer on the single crystal template ribbon by passing the single crystal template ribbon through a first process chamber;...