Patent ID: 8252724

Claim:
A fault current limiter with a superconducting device, the fault current limiter comprising: a sequence of superconducting elements, each superconducting element having an electrically conducting substrate, a superconducting film, and an electrically Insulating intermediate layer disposed between said substrate and said superconducting film, wherein superconducting films of adjacent superconducting elements of said sequence are electrically connected, said electrically conducting substrate of each superconducting element of said sequence being electrically insulated from each electrically conducting substrate of adjacent superconducting elements within said sequence whose superconducting films are electrically connected in series with said superconducting film of said superconducting element; and at least one bridge element disposed between and electrically connecting superconducting films of at least some adjacent superconducting elements, said bridge element having a superconducting section, wherein superconducting films of adjacent superconducting elements electrically connected by means of said bridge element are electrically connected to said superconducting section, said bridge element overlapping both adjacent superconducting elements electrically connected by means of said bridge element, said bridge element comprising a dielectric substrate, wherein said superconducting section is a superconducting layer covering said dielectric substrate and said superconducting layer of said bridge element faces superconducting films of adjacent superconducting elements electrically connected by means of said bridge element.