Patents by Inventor Koji Tsubone

Koji Tsubone has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Superconducting junction element and superconducting junction circuit
    Patent number: 8330145
    Abstract: A superconducting junction element has a lower electrode formed by a superconductor layer, a barrier layer provided on a portion of a surface of the lower electrode, an upper electrode formed by a superconductor and covering the barrier layer, and a superconducting junction formed by the lower electrode, the barrier layer and the upper electrode. A critical current density of the superconducting junction is controlled based on an area of the lower electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignees: The Chugoku Electric Power Co., Inc., Hitachi Ltd., Fujitsu Limited, International Superconductivity Technology Center, The Juridical Foundation
    Inventors: Hironori Wakana, Koji Tsubone, Yoshinobu Tarutani, Yoshihiro Ishimaru, Keiichi Tanabe
  • JOSEPHSON DEVICE, METHOD OF FORMING JOSEPHSON DEVICE AND SUPERCONDUCTOR CIRCUIT
    Publication number: 20120012818
    Abstract: A Josephson device includes a first superconducting electrode layer, a barrier layer, and a second superconducting electrode layer that are successively stacked. The first and second superconducting electrode layers are made of an oxide superconductor material having (RE)1(AE)2Cu3Oy as a main component, where an element RE is at least one element selected from a group consisting of Y, La, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb and Lu, and an element AE is at least one element selected from a group consisting of Ba, Sr and Ca. The barrier layer is made of a material that includes the element RE, the element AE, Cu and oxygen, where the barrier layer has a composition different from compositions of the first and second superconducting electrode layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2011
    Publication date: January 19, 2012
    Inventors: Hironori WAKANA, Seiji Adachi, Koji Tsubone, Keiichi Tanabe
  • Josephson device, method of forming Josephson device and superconductor circuit
    Patent number: 8032196
    Abstract: A Josephson device includes a first superconducting electrode layer, a barrier layer and a second superconducting electrode layer that are successively stacked. The first and second superconducting electrode layers are made of an oxide superconductor material having (RE)1(AE)2Cu3Oy as a main component, where an element RE is at least one element selected from a group consisting of Y, La, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb and Lu, and an element AE is at least one element selected from a group consisting of Ba, Sr and Ca. The barrier layer is made of a material that includes the element RE, the element AE, Cu and oxygen, where in cations within the material forming the barrier layer, a Cu content is in a range of 35 At. % to 55 At. % and an RE content is in a range of 12 At. % to 30 At. %, and the barrier layer has a composition different from compositions of the first and second superconducting electrode layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2011
    Assignees: Chugoku Electric Power Co., Inc., International Superconductivity Technology Center, The Juridical Foundation
    Inventors: Hironori Wakana, Seiji Adachi, Koji Tsubone, Keiichi Tanabe
  • SUPERCONDUCTING JUNCTION ELEMENT AND SUPERCONDUCTING JUNCTION CIRCUIT
    Publication number: 20100006825
    Abstract: A superconducting junction element has a lower electrode formed by a superconductor layer, a barrier layer provided on a portion of a surface of the lower electrode, an upper electrode formed by a superconductor and covering the barrier layer, and a superconducting junction formed by the lower electrode, the barrier layer and the upper electrode. A critical current density of the superconducting junction is controlled based on an area of the lower electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2009
    Publication date: January 14, 2010
    Inventors: Hironori WAKANA, Koji TSUBONE, Yoshinobu TARUTANI, Yoshihiro ISHIMARU, Keiichi TANABE
  • Josephson device, method of forming Josephson device and superconductor circuit
    Publication number: 20080051292
    Abstract: A Josephson device includes a first superconducting electrode layer, a barrier layer and a second superconducting electrode layer that are successively stacked. The first and second superconducting electrode layers are made of an oxide superconductor material having (RE)1(AE)2Cu3Oy as a main component, where an element RE is at least one element selected from a group consisting of Y, La, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb and Lu, and an element AE is at least one element selected from a group consisting of Ba, Sr and Ca. The barrier layer is made of a material that includes the element RE, the element AE, Cu and oxygen, where in cations within the material forming the barrier layer, a Cu content is in a range of 35 At. % to 55 At. % and an RE content is in a range of 12 At. % to 30 At. %, and the barrier layer has a composition different from compositions of the first and second superconducting electrode layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2007
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Inventors: Hironori Wakana, Seiji Adachi, Koji Tsubone, Keiichi Tanabe
  • Superconducting junction element and superconducting junction circuit
    Publication number: 20070158791
    Abstract: A superconducting junction element has a lower electrode formed by a superconductor layer, a barrier layer provided on a portion of a surface of the lower electrode, an upper electrode formed by a superconductor and covering the barrier layer, and a superconducting junction formed by the lower electrode, the barrier layer and the upper electrode. A critical current density of the superconducting junction is controlled based on an area of the lower electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2006
    Publication date: July 12, 2007
    Inventors: Hironori Wakana, Koji Tsubone, Yoshinobu Tarutani, Yoshihiro Ishimaru, Keiichi Tanabe