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AssigneesUniversity of Houston System, Ampeers LLC
InventorsVenkat SELVAMANICKAM, Yi LI, Eduard GALSTYAN, Cyrus FUNKHOUSER
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A superconductor tape stack can have good current sharing characteristics and low contact resistivity. An electrically conductive material can be used to couple superconductor tapes to each other. In an embodiment, the superconductor tape stack can include double-sided superconductor tapes in a 2X configuration. In other embodiments, the superconductor tape stack can include single-sided superconductor tapes in a F2B configuration. One or more enhancements may be used to help reduce the contact resistivity. The enhancements can include slotted tapes, a conductive buffer layer stack, a relatively low resistivity substrate, a thinner substrate, a thicker stabilizer layer along sidewalls of the tapes, and combinations thereof. A superconductor tape may also have one or more of the enhancements described with respect to the superconductor tape stack. A magnetic coil can have a winding that includes the superconductor tape stack or the superconductor tape.
A superconductor tape stack, comprising a first superconductor tape and a second superconductor tape, wherein the first superconductor tape and the second superconductor tape are arranged in a face-to-back configuration within the superconductor tape stack, and the superconductor tape stack has a contact resistivity of at most 700 nΩcm2.
A superconductor tape stack, comprising a first superconductor tape and a second superconductor tape, wherein each of the first superconductor tape and the second superconductor tape includes a substrate and a superconductor film adjacent to the substrate, the first superconductor tape and the second superconductor tape are arranged in a face-to-back configuration within the superconductor tape stack, and the substrate of the first superconductor tape, the second superconductor tape, or each of the first superconductor tape and the second superconductor tape has a resistivity of at most 50 μΩcm.
A superconductor tape stack, comprising a first superconductor tape and a second superconductor tape, wherein each of the first superconductor tape and the second superconductor tape includes a substrate and a buffer layer stack along a side of the substrate, the first superconductor tape and the second superconductor tape are arranged in a face-to-back configuration within the superconductor tape stack, and the buffer layer stack of the first superconductor tape, the second superconductor tape, or each of the first superconductor tape and the second superconductor tape has a resistivity of at most 1×108 μΩcm.
A superconductor tape stack, comprising a first superconductor tape and a second superconductor tape, wherein:
A superconductor tape stack, comprising a first superconductor tape and a second superconductor tape, wherein:
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