Superconductor technology: apparatus, material, process inventions 12/07

20070298971 - Superconducting coil testing: A method of testing a superconducting coil path formed in a layer of superconducting material. The material is provided on a former (6) having a substantially curved surface. The method comprises the step of scanning the layer to detect defects in the layer.... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20070298972 - A dry non-plasma treatment system and method of using: A dry non-plasma treatment system and method for removing oxide material is described. The treatment system is configured to provide chemical treatment of one or more substrates, wherein each substrate is exposed to a gaseous chemistry, including HF and optionally NH3, under controlled conditions including source temperature and gas pressure.... Agent: Dla Piper US LLP

20070287634 - Waveguide-based mems tunable filters and phase shifters: An actively tunable waveguide-based iris filter having a first part including a first portion of a deformable iris filter cavity having an inlet and an outlet; a second part operatively coupled with the first part and including a second portion of the deformable iris filter cavity having a deformable membrane... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070287635 - Method for producing superconducting wire: A superconducting wire includes a filament portion which contains a Bi-2223 phase and a sheath portion covering the filament portion. A method for producing the superconducting wire includes a filling step, a drawing step, a rolling step, and a sintering step. The filament portion is absent of the Bi-2223 phase... Agent: Foley & Lardner

20070281861 - Superconducting device and method of manufacturing the same: The present invention provides a superconducting device including a substrate, a first superconducting pattern formed on the substrate, an insulating pattern formed on the first superconducting pattern, and a second superconducting pattern formed at the uppermost level in the multilayered superconducting pattern. A barrier layer of a Josephson junction is... Agent: Kratz, Quintos & Hanson, LLP

20070281862 - Process for the preparation of low contact resistant contact on a high transition temperature superconductors: Disclosed is a three layer process for making contact points to a high transition temperature superconductor (HTSC), particularly to (Bi,Pb)2 Sr2Ca2 Cu3O19+1 with and without silver in the superconductor. The contact structure is a three layer configuration with a perforated silver foil (3) sandwiched between two metal spray gun deposited... Agent: Ladas & Parry