AU2022213978A1 - Improvements in superconducting switches - Google Patents

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AU2022213978A1
AU2022213978A1 AU2022213978A AU2022213978A AU2022213978A1 AU 2022213978 A1 AU2022213978 A1 AU 2022213978A1 AU 2022213978 A AU2022213978 A AU 2022213978A AU 2022213978 A AU2022213978 A AU 2022213978A AU 2022213978 A1 AU2022213978 A1 AU 2022213978A1
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Rodney Alan Badcock
Christopher William Bumby
Jianzhao GENG
James Hamilton Palmer RICE
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    • H10—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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    • G01R33/02—Measuring direction or magnitude of magnetic fields or magnetic flux
    • G01R33/035—Measuring direction or magnitude of magnetic fields or magnetic flux using superconductive devices
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    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01F—MAGNETS; INDUCTANCES; TRANSFORMERS; SELECTION OF MATERIALS FOR THEIR MAGNETIC PROPERTIES
    • H01F6/00—Superconducting magnets; Superconducting coils
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H33/00—High-tension or heavy-current switches with arc-extinguishing or arc-preventing means
    • H01H33/002—Very heavy-current switches
    • H01H33/004—Very heavy-current switches making use of superconducting contacts
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H36/00—Switches actuated by change of magnetic field or of electric field, e.g. by change of relative position of magnet and switch, by shielding
    • H01H36/008—Change of magnetic field wherein the magnet and switch are fixed, e.g. by shielding or relative movements of armature
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
    • H01H37/00—Thermally-actuated switches
    • H01H37/006—Thermally-actuated switches with different switches operated at substantially different temperatures
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H03—ELECTRONIC CIRCUITRY
    • H03K—PULSE TECHNIQUE
    • H03K17/00—Electronic switching or gating, i.e. not by contact-making and –breaking
    • H03K17/51—Electronic switching or gating, i.e. not by contact-making and –breaking characterised by the components used
    • H03K17/92—Electronic switching or gating, i.e. not by contact-making and –breaking characterised by the components used by the use, as active elements, of superconductive devices
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    • H10—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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    • H10N60/00—Superconducting devices
    • H10N60/20—Permanent superconducting devices
    • H10N60/203—Permanent superconducting devices comprising high-Tc ceramic materials
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H10—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H10N—ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H10N60/00—Superconducting devices
    • H10N60/30—Devices switchable between superconducting and normal states
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H10—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H10N—ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H10N60/00—Superconducting devices
    • H10N60/30—Devices switchable between superconducting and normal states
    • H10N60/35—Cryotrons
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H10—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H10N—ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H10N60/00—Superconducting devices
    • H10N60/80—Constructional details
    • H10N60/83—Element shape
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H10—SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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    • H10N60/00—Superconducting devices
    • H10N60/80—Constructional details
    • H10N60/84—Switching means for devices switchable between superconducting and normal states
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01F—MAGNETS; INDUCTANCES; TRANSFORMERS; SELECTION OF MATERIALS FOR THEIR MAGNETIC PROPERTIES
    • H01F6/00—Superconducting magnets; Superconducting coils
    • H01F2006/001—Constructive details of inductive current limiters

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  • Containers, Films, And Cooling For Superconductive Devices (AREA)
  • Superconductors And Manufacturing Methods Therefor (AREA)
  • Thermally Actuated Switches (AREA)
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AU2021900163A AU2021900163A0 (en) 2021-01-26 Improvements in superconducting switches
AU2021900162 2021-01-26
AU2021900163 2021-01-26
AU2021900162A AU2021900162A0 (en) 2021-01-26 High-temperature superconducting switches and rectifiers
AU2021903413A AU2021903413A0 (en) 2021-10-26 Improvements in superconducting switches
AU2021903413 2021-10-26
PCT/NZ2022/050008 WO2022164329A1 (en) 2021-01-26 2022-01-26 Improvements in superconducting switches

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