ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,374,598, issued on July 29, was assigned to SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS Corp. (Kanagawa, Japan).

"Semiconductor apparatus including Peltier element" was invented by Yoichiro Fujinaga (Kanagawa, Japan), Masami Suzuki (Kanagawa, Japan) and Tasuku Ogami (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided with a semiconductor apparatus which is able to be miniaturized and is provided with a Peltier element. The semiconductor apparatus is provided with a semiconductor substrate and the Peltier element which is disposed facing the semiconductor substrate. The Peltier element has a first substrate and a thermoelectric semiconductor which ...