ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,360,138, issued on July 15, was assigned to SIGMASTAR TECHNOLOGY LTD. (Fujian, China).

"Voltage detection device and method for preventing system failure" was invented by Wei-Ping Wang (Taiwan, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A voltage detection device includes: a reference voltage latch circuit, outputting one of a first set of reference voltages and a second sets of reference voltages lower than the first set of reference voltages, as a third set of reference voltages according to a selection signal, and being selectively to be reset or to continue outputting the one of the first and second sets of reference voltages as the third ...