Patents by Inventor David Carkeek

David Carkeek has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • System for terminating high speed input/output buffers in an automatic test equipment environment to enable external loopback testing
    Patent number: 8098073
    Abstract: An apparatus comprising a test termination card having a first set of connections and a second set of connections. The first set of connections may be configured to connect to a specific pinout of a device under test. The second set of connections may be configured to connect to a general pinout of a tester load board. The termination card may toggle between (a) connecting the first set of connectors to the second set of connectors to implement a first test type and (b) disconnecting the first set of connectors from the second set of connectors to implement a second test type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2012
    Assignee: LSI Corporation
    Inventors: Derrick Sai-Tang Butt, Hong-Him Lim, David Carkeek
  • SYSTEM FOR TERMINATING HIGH SPEED INPUT/OUTPUT BUFFERS IN AN AUTOMATIC TEST EQUIPMENT ENVIRONMENT TO ENABLE EXTERNAL LOOPBACK TESTING
    Publication number: 20090085577
    Abstract: An apparatus comprising a test termination card having a first set of connections and a second set of connections. The first set of connections may be configured to connect to a specific pinout of a device under test. The second set of connections may be configured to connect to a general pinout of a tester load board. The termination card may toggle between (a) connecting the first set of connectors to the second set of connectors to implement a first test type and (b) disconnecting the first set of connectors from the second set of connectors to implement a second test type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2007
    Publication date: April 2, 2009
    Inventors: Derrick Sai-Tang Butt, Hong-Him Lin, David Carkeek