Superconductor technology: apparatus, material, process inventions 07/08

20080176749 - High performance devices enabled by epitaxial, preferentially oriented, nanodots and/or nanorods: Novel articles and methods to fabricate same with self-assembled nanodots and/or nanorods of a single or multicomponent material within another single or multicomponent material for use in electrical, electronic, magnetic, electromagnetic, superconducting and electrooptical devices is disclosed. Self-assembled nanodots and/or nanorods are ordered arrays wherein ordering occurs due to strain... Agent: Dr. Amit Goyal

20080176750 - Systems, devices, and methods for interconnected processor topology: An analog processor, for example a quantum processor may include a plurality of elongated qubits that are disposed with respect to one another such that each qubit may selectively be directly coupled to each of the other qubits via a single coupling device. Such may provide a fully interconnected topology.... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group Pllc

20080176751 - Systems, methods, and apparatus for electrical filters: An electrical filter includes a circuit board with an insulative substrate of alternating wide and narrow portions between input and output ends. Capacitors received in through-holes in the wide portions are electrically coupled to signal traces on a signal surface and ground traces on a ground surface of the circuit... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group Pllc

20080176752 - Laser trimming to tune the resonance frequency of a spiral resonator, the characteristics of a high temperature superconductor filter comprised of spiral resonators, or the resonance frequency of a planar coil: This invention provides a laser trimming method for tuning the frequency of a spiral resonator, and for improving the characteristics of a high temperature superconductor filter comprised of high temperature superconductor spiral resonators, by tuning the individual high temperature superconductor spiral resonators. This invention also provides a method for tuning... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20080171663 - Refrigerant liquid level measuring device, refrigerant liquid level measuring method, and superconducting magnet device: A refrigerant liquid level measuring device that measures a refrigerant liquid level in a short period is provided. A series sensor arrangement includes a plurality of sensor elements electrically connected in series. The sensor elements each have a superconducting wire and a normal conductor heater electrically connected to the wire,... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080167190 - Dual-mode superconductive resonator filter: A superconductive device that includes a ground film made of the superconductive material, wherein part of the ground film has an opening pattern.... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20080167191 - Superconducting filter device and filter characteristic tuning method: A superconducting filter device includes a dielectric base, a resonator pattern formed of a superconducting material on the dielectric base, an anisotropic dielectric or magnetic body positioned over the resonator pattern, and an angle adjusting mechanism for changing a horizontal angle of the anisotropic dielectric or magnetic body with respect... Agent: Kratz, Quintos & Hanson, LLP

20080167192 - Nb3sn superconducting wire and precursor therefor: A precursor for fabricating a Nb3Sn superconducting wire by an internal Sn process includes one or a plurality of stabilizing copper portions collectively disposed in the center, each stabilizing copper portion being provided with a diffusion barrier layer in the periphery thereof, and a superconducting matrix portion disposed so as... Agent: Reed Smith LLP

20080161189 - Superconducting electrical machines: A superconducting electrical machine has rotor and stator assemblies. A first rotor assembly is located to rotate within a stator assembly and is spaced from the stator assembly by an air gap. A second rotor assembly is located to rotate outside the stator assembly and is also spaced from the... Agent: Kirchstein Ottinger Israel & Schhiffmiller

20080161190 - Biomagnetic field measurement apparatus: The biomagnetic field measurement apparatus according to the present invention has advantages that since SQUID sensors are arranged in a row and a magnetocardiogram is measured by moving the bed in a predetermined space, it is not necessary for the high-priced SQUID sensors to be provided a lot in comparison... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.c.