US Patent Issued to TEXAS INSTRUMENTS on Feb. 10 for "Apparatus and method to test embedded thermoelectric devices" (Texas Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,546,666, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to TEXAS INSTRUMENTS Inc. (Dallas).

"Apparatus and method to test embedded thermoelectric devices" was invented by Henry L. Edwards (Garland, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An integrated circuit containing an embedded resistor in close proximity to an embedded thermoelectric device. An integrated circuit containing an embedded resistor in close proximity to an embedded thermoelectric device composed of thermoelectric elements and at least one switch to disconnect at least one thermoelectric element from the thermoelectric device. Methods for testing embedded thermoelectric devices."

The pat...