WO2000014827A1 - Superconducting leads - Google Patents
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- WO2000014827A1 WO2000014827A1 PCT/US1999/020526 US9920526W WO0014827A1 WO 2000014827 A1 WO2000014827 A1 WO 2000014827A1 US 9920526 W US9920526 W US 9920526W WO 0014827 A1 WO0014827 A1 WO 0014827A1
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
- H01R—ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
- H01R4/00—Electrically-conductive connections between two or more conductive members in direct contact, i.e. touching one another; Means for effecting or maintaining such contact; Electrically-conductive connections having two or more spaced connecting locations for conductors and using contact members penetrating insulation
- H01R4/58—Electrically-conductive connections between two or more conductive members in direct contact, i.e. touching one another; Means for effecting or maintaining such contact; Electrically-conductive connections having two or more spaced connecting locations for conductors and using contact members penetrating insulation characterised by the form or material of the contacting members
- H01R4/68—Connections to or between superconductive connectors
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- Superconducting Leads This invention relates to superconducting leads, primarily for use as "current leads", meaning (as customary among superconductivity experts) leads for conveying current to a apparatus operating at a cryogenic temperature from a source at a substantially higher temperature.
- the cryogenic temperature will be a "liquid helium” temperature in the vicinity of 4K and the higher temperature will be liquid nitrogen temperature (around 77K) or lower.
- Superconducting current leads are preferred, when the level of the higher temperature makes it possible, both because their own losses electrical are smaller than for comparable metal current leads and also because they can have substantially higher thermal resistance and often appreciably reduce overall refrigeration losses of the apparatus.
- Superconducting current leads have been made with "bulk” ceramic superconductor powder, either compressed and sintered into self-supporting blocks or packed into a silver (or silver alloy) tube and suitably compressed. They have also been made with ceramic superconductors in tape form, as they would now normally be used for winding coils or making power cables.
- the superconducting lead in accordance with the invention comprises a supporting board with at least one superconducting tape adhered to it and extending from one terminal area of the lead to another; respective metal end- fittings soldered to the superconducting tape at each of its ends; and in each of the terminal areas at least one metal insert bonded to the said board and also soldered to the corresponding one of the said end-fittings.
- longitudinal mechanical stresses can be carried from the end-fittings directly to the board, bypassing and so relieving of stress the soldered joints to the tape .
- the board, or each board as the case may be, may support any convenient number of superconducting tapes.
- the board, or each of them is flat and supports two or more tapes coplanar with one another on one or on each of its major faces, so that the whole flat side and both edges of each tape are accessible for soldering without requiring a complex shape for the terminal member.
- two or three tapes can be superposed on one another if compactness is of over-riding importance.
- the metal inserts, as well as the terminal members, are preferably of copper, especially high-condutivity "oxygen-free" copper (and the terminal members preferably plated with gold or silver) . They are conveniently simple rectangular strips along (or parallel and close to) the appropriate edges of the board. Strips only a few millimetres wide are effective and considerered adequate, but if desired they could be wide enough to facilitate reinforcement by drilling to accomodate a transverse pin of metal or other hard material.
- Suitable boards with copper very strongly bonded over substantially its whole area is readily available as it is widely used to make circuit boards for electronics applications.
- One suitable board is a resin-bonded fibreglass board clad with about 35 ⁇ m of copper and coated with a positive working photoresist to comply with BS 4581, sold under the trademark "Fotoboard” and grade code " R4" by Mega Electronics. Copper can be removed, except for the required inserts, by imagewise exposure to UV light, development and etching (for which the board is designed) or by machining. It is the applicants' understanding that this board is made by in-si tu curing of the fibre-bonding resin on a pre-formed and specially prepared (etched) copper sheet.
- the (or each) superconducting tape is bonded to the board over the whole area of the tape.
- a suitable adhesive is manufactured by Grace Specialty Polymers and sold in the United Kingdom by Emerson Cumming (UK) Ltd under the trademark "Eccobond 286" and is understood to be an epoxy resin product filled with an oxide of aluminium or of zirconium to improve matching of thermal expansion characteristics .
- the lead may incorporate two or more boards with superconducting tapes as described, preferably but not necessarily arranged parallel to one another; they may be alike (typically resulting in a rectangular cross-section) or may differ in width (with or without the number of tapes differing) , for example to give an overall round cross- section.
- Silver/silver alloy clad ceramic superconductor tapes can be successfully soldered to the terminal members by a suitable solder; we prefer solders comprising (by weight) equal parts of lead and bismuth or 2 parts of lead, 5 parts of bismuth and 3 parts of tin, but ordinary tin/lead eutectic solder can be used.
- the superconducting tape(s) is/are preferably coated to protect from contact with coolant; Nova Tran Ltd offer a custom coating service under the trademark "Parylene” and for this coating a thickness of about 30-40 ⁇ m is recommended; but other coatings can be used.
- the applicants do not know whether the process operated by Nova Tran Ltd (described as a gas phase deposition) resembles the technique using pyrolysed poly-para-xylylene described in US patent 4508760. In most such cases a tubular shroud with appropriate apertures for vapour flow will be added after coating.
- vapour-cooling is not desired, then we prefer to protect the lead by adding a closely-fitting enclosure and "potting" by introduction of a suitable hardening resin (such as Eccobond 286 referred to above) into the remaining clearances.
- a suitable hardening resin such as Eccobond 286 referred to above
- Such enclosure is suitable made from a resin- bonded fibre glass material similar to the material of the board or boards; a suitable material is sold by Tufnol Ltd under their trademark TUFNOL and the product code 10G/40.
- the terminal members may project axially for external connection, but where the installation geometry permits we prefer that they project laterally, so as to accomodate the maximum length of superconductor, and thus minimise thermal conductance of the lead.
- Figure 1 is a partly diagrammatic elevation of an end part of one form of lead in accordance with the invention
- Figure 2 is a cross-section on the line II-II in Figure 1
- Figure 3 is an elevation, corresponding to Figure 1, showing an alternative form of lead in accordance with the invention and incorporating a number of independent options; this figure shows the lead in an unfinished condition, as will be explained below.
- the lead of Figures 1 and 2 is based on a narrow strip of double-sided FOTOBOARD circuit board 1 with the copper layers entirely etched away except for narrow strips 2, 2 at each end (only one end is shown, the other may be identical) .
- the exposed surfaces of the tapes are thinly coated with the PARYLENE polymer coating identified above and the board enclosed by a plastics shroud 6 provided with openings 7 for the flow of coolant.
- the terminal member 4 extends to the side of the lead proper - it is a "flag” rather than a “spade” type terminal. This permits the superconducting, and relatively thermally insulating, part of the lead to be as long as the nature of the installation permits.
- Second, it comprises two similar boards 1 for increased supercurrent capacity. Higher numbers can be used, and different widths of board with the same or different numbers of tapes can be used to meet design requirements: for example, three parallel boards with the central one wider than the others allows an approximation to circular cross- section, when desired.
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- Superconductors And Manufacturing Methods Therefor (AREA)
- Containers, Films, And Cooling For Superconductive Devices (AREA)
- Manufacturing Of Electrical Connectors (AREA)
- Lead Frames For Integrated Circuits (AREA)
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Priority Applications (8)
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CA002342604A CA2342604C (en) | 1998-09-09 | 1999-09-09 | Superconducting leads |
AU63848/99A AU762029B2 (en) | 1998-09-09 | 1999-09-09 | Superconducting leads |
BR9913590-6A BR9913590A (en) | 1998-09-09 | 1999-09-09 | Superconducting wire |
NZ510638A NZ510638A (en) | 1998-09-09 | 1999-09-09 | Superconducting leads with metal inserts bonded to supporting board and soldered to the corresponding metal end fitting |
EP99951406A EP1112605B1 (en) | 1998-09-09 | 1999-09-09 | Superconducting leads |
US09/786,678 US6359540B1 (en) | 1998-09-09 | 1999-09-09 | Superconducting leads |
DE69940520T DE69940520D1 (en) | 1998-09-09 | 1999-09-09 | SUPERCONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS |
JP2000569467A JP2002524833A (en) | 1998-09-09 | 1999-09-09 | Superconducting wire |
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GBGB9819545.6A GB9819545D0 (en) | 1998-09-09 | 1998-09-09 | Superconducting leads |
GB9819545.6 | 1998-09-09 |
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EP (1) | EP1112605B1 (en) |
JP (1) | JP2002524833A (en) |
CN (1) | CN1129980C (en) |
AT (1) | ATE424635T1 (en) |
AU (1) | AU762029B2 (en) |
BR (1) | BR9913590A (en) |
CA (1) | CA2342604C (en) |
DE (1) | DE69940520D1 (en) |
GB (1) | GB9819545D0 (en) |
NZ (1) | NZ510638A (en) |
WO (1) | WO2000014827A1 (en) |
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US5453691A (en) * | 1992-08-22 | 1995-09-26 | U.S. Philips Corporation | Miniaturized squid module having an intermediate super conducting support for connecting squid input terminals to gradiometer wires |
JPH0869827A (en) * | 1994-08-31 | 1996-03-12 | Toshiba Corp | Terminal part of ac superconducting apparatus |
JPH0997637A (en) * | 1995-09-29 | 1997-04-08 | Chodendo Hatsuden Kanren Kiki Zairyo Gijutsu Kenkyu Kumiai | Joint part of oxide superconductor and metal terminal, and its forming method |
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DE10318487A1 (en) * | 2003-04-16 | 2004-11-25 | Siemens Ag | Contacting connection for use with superconducting transformer has mechanically fixed connection part designed to substantially fully enclose end of superconducting wire |
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CN1129980C (en) | 2003-12-03 |
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CN1338134A (en) | 2002-02-27 |
JP2002524833A (en) | 2002-08-06 |
AU762029B2 (en) | 2003-06-19 |
NZ510638A (en) | 2003-11-28 |
BR9913590A (en) | 2001-06-05 |
CA2342604A1 (en) | 2000-03-16 |
ATE424635T1 (en) | 2009-03-15 |
CA2342604C (en) | 2007-05-15 |
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