US Patent Issued to Sheetak on March 31 for "Thermoelectric devices on ceramic" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,593,610, issued on March 31, was assigned to Sheetak Inc. (Austin, Texas).

"Thermoelectric devices on ceramic" was invented by Uttam Ghoshal (Austin, Texas) and Key Kolle (Luling, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure is related to structures and method of making thermoelectric devices. The structures include an electrically nonconductive and thermally conductive substrate with direct bonded or electroplated copper. Thermoelement pairs are formed on a barrier layer deposited on the outer layers of the substrate in gaps formed from insulator material deposited on the barrier layer. Openings in the barrier layer may be fille...