ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,437,905, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to VIKING TECH Corp. (Hsinchu County, Taiwan).
"Resistor" was invented by Shun-Ho Kuo (Hukou Township, Hsinchu County, Taiwan) and Chi-Yu Lu (Hukou Township, Hsinchu County, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention proposes a resistor with two barrier layers covered by a protection layer, at both sides of the resistor to resist the moisture and sulphide penetration from both sides. The barrier can enhance the anti-corrosion ability of the resister. For a metallic barrier, a distance to the resistance layer and the internal electrode layer is necessary."
The patent was filed on Ja...