ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,638,334, issued on May 26, was assigned to SHANDONG XINYUAN PHOTOELECTRIC TECHNOLOGY Co. LTD (Linyi, China).

"Black silicon carbide ceramic based thermoelectric photodetector, optical power meter and optical energy meter" was invented by Delong Li (Linyi, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A black silicon carbide ceramic based thermoelectric photodetector, and a thermoelectric optical power meter/thermoelectric optical energy meter using same. The black silicon carbide ceramic based thermoelectric photodetector comprises a thermal conduction plate (21) made of a black silicon carbide ceramic, wherein the surface of one side of the therm...