ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,342,722, issued on June 24, was assigned to LG INNOTEK Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Thermoelectric element" was invented by In Seok Kang (Seoul, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to an embodiment, disclosed is a thermoelectric element comprising: an electrode; a semiconductor structure arranged on the electrode; a diffusion barrier layer arranged on the bottom surface of the semiconductor structure, and having an opening part; a metal layer arranged on the bottom surface of the diffusion barrier layer; and a conductive bonding layer arranged between the metal layer and the electrode, wherein a part of the metal laye...