Patent ID: 6377047
Filing Date: 2002-04-23
Classification: G01R,Y10T

Abstract:
A superconducting resonance birdcage coil comprising:a pair of electrically conductive ring elements separated in a longitudinal direction; and a plurality of elongated members made with a superconducting material and extending in said longitudinal direction and intcrconnecting said ring elements at junctions spaced therebetween along eripheral surfaces of said ring elements, each said elongated member comprising a substrate having two mutually opposed surfaces with a portion of a high temperature superconductor (HTS) layer formed on at least one said surface thereof in a wavy temperature super conductor (HTS) layer formed on at least one said surface thereof in a wavy pattern grown thereon, said HTS layer and said ring elements sandwiching said substrate at each of said junctions to form a built-in capacitor with a predetermined capacitance made with spuerconducting material for providing resonance.