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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 1997
Filed:
Jun. 05, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
William W Brey, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Richard S Withers, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Conductus, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01V / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
324322 ; 324318 ;
Abstract
The conductive material in an RF coil disposed in the polarizing field of an NMR apparatus in miminized and the current density at each point in the coil kept constant by providing an inductive element and a set of tapered, interidigtated capacitors having a uniform gap therebetween. The invention maximizes the current-carrying capacity of the coil.