ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,642,490, issued on June 2, was assigned to INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

"Detecting system and diagnostic method using the same" was invented by Yun-Huan Li (Kaohsiung City, Taiwan) and Uma Sankar Rout (Balasore, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A detecting system and a diagnostic method applying the same are provided. The detecting system comprises a power module, a sensing module and a processing module. The sensing module electrically connected to the power module. The sensing module is configured to measure the impedance value of at least one signal terminal of the power module. The processing module ...