The design and evaluation of superconducting connectors
Abstract
The development of a superconducting connector for superconducting circuits on space flights is described. It is proposed that such connectors be used between the superconducting readout loop and the SQUID magnetometer in the Gravity Probe B experiment. Two types of connectors were developed. One type employs gold plated niobium wires making pressure connections to gold plated niobium pads. Lead-plated beryllium-copper spring contacts can replace the niobium wires. The other type is a rigid solder or weld connection between the niobium wires and the niobium pads. A description of the methods used to produce these connectors is given and their performance analyzed.
- Publication:
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In Alabama Univ. in Huntsville The 1981 NASA/ASEE Summer Fac. Fellowship Program 10 p (SEE N82-17043 07-99
- Pub Date:
- January 1982
- Bibcode:
- 1982asee.nasaT....P
- Keywords:
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- Electric Connectors;
- Electronic Packaging;
- Superconductivity;
- Beryllium Alloys;
- Circuit Diagrams;
- Copper Alloys;
- Gravimetry;
- Niobium;
- Space Shuttle Payloads;
- Spacecraft Electronic Equipment;
- Electronics and Electrical Engineering