公开(公告)号：EP0595227B1

公开(公告)日：1998-01-21

申请号：EP93117218.3

申请日：1993-10-23

申请人： BIOMAGNETIC TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

发明人： DiIorio, Mark S. ,  Hirschkoff, Eugene C. ,  Johnson, Richard T. ,  Buchanan, D. Scott ,  James, Stephen O. ,  Paulson, Douglas ,  Black, William C.

IPC分类号： A61B5/04 ,  G01R33/035

CPC分类号： G01R33/035 ,  A61B5/04008 ,  G01R33/0358 ,  Y10S505/705 ,  Y10S505/846

公开(公告)号：EP0554880A2

公开(公告)日：1993-08-11

申请号：EP93101776.8

申请日：1993-02-05

申请人： BIOMAGNETIC TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

发明人： Hirschkoff, Eugene C. ,  DiIorio, Mark S. ,  Johnson, Richard T. ,  Buchanan, D. Scott

IPC分类号： G01R33/035

CPC分类号： G01R33/035 ,  A61B5/04008

摘要： A magnetometer (20) comprises a magnetic field pickup coil (22) and a magnetic field detector (26) that receives electrical signals from the pickup coil (22) and produces an electrical detector output (28) responsive thereto. The pickup coil (22) and detector (26), which are preferably made of high temperature superconductors, are enclosed in an insulated enclosure (32) having no vacuum insulation structure. Preferably, the enclosure is made of a foamed polymer material such as styrofoam. A coolant is provided to the interior of the enclosure, to cool the pickup coil and detector to a temperature below their superconducting transition temperature. A number of such modular magnetometers may be connected together to form an array.

摘要翻译： 磁力计（20）包括磁场拾取线圈（22）和磁场检测器（26），磁场检测器接收来自拾取线圈（22）的电信号，并响应于此产生电检测器输出（28）。 优选由高温超导体制成的拾取线圈（22）和检测器（26）被封闭在没有真空绝缘结构的绝缘外壳（32）中。 优选地，外壳由发泡聚合物材料如聚苯乙烯泡沫塑料制成。 冷却剂被提供到外壳的内部，以将拾取线圈和检测器冷却到低于其超导转变温度的温度。 许多这样的模块化磁力计可以连接在一起以形成阵列。

公开(公告)号：EP0595227A1

公开(公告)日：1994-05-04

申请号：EP93117218.3

申请日：1993-10-23

申请人： BIOMAGNETIC TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

发明人： DiIorio, Mark S. ,  Hirschkoff, Eugene C. ,  Johnson, Richard T. ,  Buchanan, D. Scott ,  James, Stephen O. ,  Paulson, Douglas ,  Black, William C.

IPC分类号： A61B5/04 ,  G01R33/035

CPC分类号： G01R33/035 ,  A61B5/04008 ,  G01R33/0358 ,  Y10S505/705 ,  Y10S505/846

摘要： A biomagnetometer (10) includes a magnetic field sensor unit including a magnetic field pickup coil (12). A vessel (16) contains the sensor unit. The vessel (16) includes a flexible contact face (e.g., 240) with the magnetic field sensor unit mounted in the interior of the vessel (16) adjacent to the flexible contact face. Insulation at the flexible contact face (240) of the vessel (16) prevents excessive heat flow through the flexible contact face (240). Pickup units using this structure can be connected together into flexible or rigid arrays. In operation, the pickup coil is cooled to a temperature of less than its superconducting transition temperature. A detector (30) measures the magnitude of magnetic fields sensed by the sensor unit.

摘要翻译： 生物量计（10）包括包括磁场拾取线圈（12）的磁场传感器单元。 容器（16）包含传感器单元。 容器（16）包括柔性接触面（例如240），其中磁场传感器单元安装在与柔性接触面相邻的容器（16）的内部。 在容器（16）的柔性接触面（240）处的绝缘防止过量的热流过柔性接触面（240）。 使用这种结构的拾取单元可以连接在一起成为柔性或刚性阵列。 在操作中，拾取线圈被冷却到小于其超导转变温度的温度。 检测器（30）测量由传感器单元感测的磁场的大小。

公开(公告)号：EP0554880A3

公开(公告)日：1994-01-19

申请号：EP93101776.8

申请日：1993-02-05

申请人： BIOMAGNETIC TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

发明人： Hirschkoff, Eugene C. ,  DiIorio, Mark S. ,  Johnson, Richard T. ,  Buchanan, D. Scott

IPC分类号： G01R33/035

CPC分类号： G01R33/035 ,  A61B5/04008

摘要： A magnetometer (20) comprises a magnetic field pickup coil (22) and a magnetic field detector (26) that receives electrical signals from the pickup coil (22) and produces an electrical detector output (28) responsive thereto. The pickup coil (22) and detector (26), which are preferably made of high temperature superconductors, are enclosed in an insulated enclosure (32) having no vacuum insulation structure. Preferably, the enclosure is made of a foamed polymer material such as styrofoam. A coolant is provided to the interior of the enclosure, to cool the pickup coil and detector to a temperature below their superconducting transition temperature. A number of such modular magnetometers may be connected together to form an array.

摘要翻译： 磁力计（20）包括磁场拾取线圈（22）和磁场检测器（26），该磁场检测器接收来自拾波线圈（22）的电信号并产生响应于此的电检测器输出（28）。 优选由高温超导体制成的拾波线圈（22）和检测器（26）被封装在不具有真空绝缘结构的绝缘外壳（32）中。 优选地，外壳由泡沫聚合物材料例如聚苯乙烯泡沫塑料制成。 将冷却液提供给外壳内部，以将拾波线圈和检测器冷却至其超导转变温度以下的温度。 许多这样的模块化磁力计可以连接在一起以形成阵列。

公开(公告)号：EP0496259B1

公开(公告)日：1995-08-16

申请号：EP92100564.1

申请日：1992-01-15

申请人： BIOMAGNETIC TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

发明人： DiIorio, Mark S. ,  Yoshizumi, Shozo ,  Yang, Kai-Yueh

IPC分类号： H01L39/24 ,  H01L39/22

CPC分类号： H01L39/225 ,  Y10S505/702 ,  Y10S505/731 ,  Y10S505/742

公开(公告)号：EP0496259A1

公开(公告)日：1992-07-29

申请号：EP92100564.1

申请日：1992-01-15

申请人： BIOMAGNETIC TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

发明人： DiIorio, Mark S. ,  Yoshizumi, Shozo ,  Yang, Kai-Yueh

IPC分类号： H01L39/24 ,  H01L39/22

CPC分类号： H01L39/225 ,  Y10S505/702 ,  Y10S505/731 ,  Y10S505/742

摘要： A microbridge superconductor device includes a substrate (26), made of a material such as LaAlO₃, having a lower planar substrate surface (40), an inclined surface (42) having an overall upward inclination of from about 20 to about 80 degrees from the plane of the lower planar substrate surface (40), and an upper planar substrate surface (44) parallel to the lower planar substrate surface and separated from the lower planar substrate surface by the inclined surface. A layer of a c-axis oriented superconductor material (50), made of a material such as YBa₂Cu₃O 7-x , is epitaxially deposited on the lower planar substrate surface, and has an exposed a-axis edge adjacent the intersection of the lower planar substrate surface with the inclined surface. The a-axis exposed edge is beveled away from the intersection. A layer of a c-axis oriented superconductor material (52) is epitaxially deposited on the upper planar substrate surface, and has an exposed a-axis edge adjacent the inclined surface. A gap (62) lies between the two a-axis exposed edges. A layer of a non-superconductor material (60), such as silver, lies in the gap between the two exposed a-axis edges, thereby defining a SNS superconductor microbridge device. The layers of superconductor material are preferably patterned to form a Josephson junction device such as a superconducting quantum interference device.

摘要翻译： 微桥超导体器件包括由诸如LaAlO 3的材料制成的具有下平坦衬底表面（40）的衬底（26），倾斜表面（42）具有从所述衬底的整体向上倾斜约20至约80度 下平面状基板表面（40）的平面和平行于下平面基板表面的上平面基板表面（44），并且通过倾斜表面与下平面基板表面分离。 由诸如YBa2Cu3O7-x的材料制成的c轴取向的超导体材料层（50）外延地沉积在下平面基板表面上，并且具有与下平面基板相交的暴露的a轴边缘 表面与倾斜面。 a轴露出的边缘与交点相反。 在上平面基板表面上外延地沉积c轴取向超导体材料（52）的层，并且具有与倾斜表面相邻的暴露的a轴边缘。 间隙（62）位于两个a轴外露边缘之间。 非超导材料（60）如银的层位于两个暴露的a轴边缘之间的间隙中，从而限定SNS超导体微桥装置。 超导体材料层优选地被图案化以形成诸如超导量子干涉装置的约瑟夫逊结装置。