ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,260,992, issued on March 25, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).
"Multilayer ceramic electronic component" was invented by Kyung Ryul Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jong Suk Jeong (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Chang Hak Choi (Suwon-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multilayer ceramic electronic component includes: a ceramic body including a dielectric layer having a main component represented by (Ba1-xCax)(Ti1-y (Zr, Hf)y)O3 (where, 0less than equal toxless than equal to1, 0less than equal toyless than equal to0.5), and including first and second internal electrodes alternately stacked ...