Patent ID: 9159897
Filing Date: 2015-10-13
Classification: H01L

Abstract:
1. A superconducting structure, comprising: a plurality of linked band-segments, said plurality of linked band-segments having a total length extending in an x-direction, each linked band-segment having a substrate and a first superconducting layer deposited onto said substrate, wherein linked band-segments which are adjacent to each other in said x-direction are each separated from another by a linked band-segment gap having a linked band-segment gap size in said x-direction; and a plurality of additional band-segments extending in said x-direction, wherein additional band-segments which are adjacent to each other in said x-direction are each separated from another by an additional band-segment gap having an additional band-segment gap size in said x-direction which is substantially equal to said linked band-segment gap size, each additional band segment having a second superconducting layer, wherein each of said linked band-segments is joined to two said additional band-segments in such a way that said second superconducting layers of said two additional band-segments and said first superconducting layer of said linked band-segment face each other, wherein said plurality of additional band-segments substantially overlap said total length of said plurality of linked band-segments but are displaced in said x-direction relative to said linked band-segments such that each linked band-segment gap is disposed proximate to a central region of an adjacent additional band-segment and each additional band-segment gap is disposed proximate to a central region of an adjacent linked band-segment, said linked band-segments and said additional band-segments thereby being disposed, structured and dimensioned such that electrical current which is initially transported in said x-direction within a first additional band-segment is subjected to a transverse current flow in a z-direction, perpendicular to said x-direction, and into a first linked band-segment, said transverse current flow having a first maximum proximate to and downstream of a first linked band-segment gap that neighbors and is upstream of said first linked band-segment and a second maximum proximate to and upstream of a first additional band-segment gap that neighbors and is downstream of said first additional band-segment, said transverse current flow having a first minimum proximate to and downstream of said first additional band-segment gap and a second minimum proximate to and upstream of a second linked band-segment gap that neighbors and is downstream of said first linked band-segment.