Patent ID: 8391937

Claim:
A radio frequency cavity device comprising a rigid structure and a plurality of flexible tiles, said rigid structure having an interior space and an inside surface bounding the interior space, each said flexible tile including a flexible substrate and a superconductor thin film deposited upon said substrate, each said flexible tile being coupled with said rigid structure, said coupling of each said flexible tile with said rigid structure including adherence of said flexible tile to said rigid structure, said adherence including pressing of said flexible tile upon a said portion of said inside surface, each said flexible tile being adhered so that its said substrate conformingly adjoins a said portion of said inside surface and so that its said superconductor thin film is exposed to said interior space, at least one said portion of said inside surface being curved, at least one said flexible tile being adhered so that its said substrate conformingly adjoins a curved said portion of said inside surface, wherein said superconductor thin film of each said flexible tile that is adhered so that its said substrate conformingly adjoins a curved said portion is composed of magnesium diboride, and wherein each said flexible tile that is adhered so that its said substrate conformingly adjoins a curved said portion is flexible to a radius of curvature of greater than or equal to 0.5 centimeters whereby said superconductor thin film is capable of flexing in concert with its said substrate so as to at least substantially retain its superconductor character, at least two said flexible tiles being characterized by different forms with respect to at least one of size and shape.