Patents Represented by Attorney John C. Kerkam, Stowell, Kondracki & Clarke, P.C. Kerins
  • Patent number: 5721196
    Abstract: A Josephson junction device comprises a single crystalline substrate including a principal surface, an oxide layer formed on the principal surface of the substrate having a step on its surface and an oxide superconductor thin film formed on the surface of the oxide layer. The oxide superconductor thin film includes a first and a second portions respectively positioned above and below the step of the oxide layer, which are constituted of single crystals of the oxide superconductor, and a step-edge junction made up of a grain boundary on the step of the oxide layer, which constitutes a weak link of the Josephson junction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 24, 1998
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Takao Nakamura, Michitomo Iiyama