Patent ID: 7743485

Claim:
A method of manufacturing a superconducting cable comprising: employing a superconducting layer in at least one cable core, the superconducting layer in the at least one cable core having a first, current limiting superconducting cable portion and a second, normal superconducting cable portion, the first portion having a critical current value different from a critical current value of the second portion, each of the first portion and the second portion having a plurality of clad wires comprising a superconductive material; wherein making the superconducting layer comprises making the critical current value of the first portion to be smaller than that of the second portion and assembling the first portion and the second, normal portion; and housing the first portion inside a splitter configured to separate cable cores; wherein the clad wires of the first portion are fewer in number than the clad wires of the second portion so that the amount of the superconductive material in the first portion is reduced compared to the second portion, and wherein assembling the first portion and the second portion comprises coupling the clad wires of the first portion with the clad wires of the second portion.