ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,278,053, issued on April 15, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).
"Ceramic electronic component" was invented by Jin Woo Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Chang Hak Choi (Suwon-si, South Korea), Seok Hyun Yoon (Suwon-si, South Korea), Ki Yong Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Jong Myeong Jeon (Suwon-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ceramic electronic component includes a body including a dielectric layer and an internal electrode; and an external electrode disposed on the body and connected to the internal electrode. The dielectric layer includes a plurality of grains and grain boundaries di...