ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,505,954, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).
"Multilayer ceramic capacitor" was invented by Cheolwoo Park (Suwon-si, South Korea), Seungjin Park (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Junil Kang (Suwon-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosed multilayer ceramic capacitor may include: a ceramic main body; an internal electrode disposed inside the ceramic main body; and an external electrode including a plating layer that contacts a surface of the ceramic main body and is connected to the internal electrode, in which a micro crack exists inward from a surface of the cerami...