Superconductor technology: apparatus, material, process inventions 12/06

20060293189 - Machine comprising a rotor and a superconducting rotor winding: The invention relates to a machine comprising a rotor, which is mounted to rotate about a rotational axis and comprises a superconducting rotor winding that is located in at least one cryostat and is cooled by a coolant, in addition to an uncooled rotor body. To facilitate the assembly of... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20060293190 - System and method for routing communication signals via a data distribution network: A distribution system for vehicle information systems and methods for manufacturing and using same. The distribution system supports high-bandwidth communications among system resources via one or more active routing systems. Comprising a plurality of communication ports coupled via a high-speed switching system, each routing system transparently splits incoming communication signals... Agent: Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLPIPProsecution Department

20060293191 - Semiconductor device fabrication method: A semiconductor device fabricating method includes forming a thin film at a top surface of a substrate; polishing a back surface of said substrate; and after the polishing of the back surface, polishing said thin film as formed at the top surface of said substrate.... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20060287200 - Substrate processing system and substrate processing method: A substrate processing system 100 and a substrate processing method process a plurality of substrates in a single-substrate processing mode by the cooperative operation of a first processing system and a second processing system. The substrate processing system 100 suppresses increase in cost and footprint and the reduction of yield... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20060276344 - Chemical solution deposition method of fabricating highly aligned mgo templates: A superconducting article includes a substrate having an untextured metal surface; an untextured barrier layer of La2Zr2O7 or Gd2Zr2O7 supported by and in contact with the surface of the substrate; a biaxially textured buffer layer supported by the untextured barrier layer; and a biaxially textured superconducting layer supported by the...

20060276343 - Superconductive microstrip resonator and filter: The present invention discloses a U-type superconductive microstrip resonator and a filter corresponding to the same. The U-type superconductive microstrip resonator is an asymmetric U-type configuration formed by folding the superconductive microstrip, its total length is a half of the wavelength corresponding to the center frequency of the filter constituted...