Patents by Inventor Kevin Stoddart

Kevin Stoddart 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).

  • Publication number: 20250076355
    Abstract: A method for determining a contact resistance may include performing voltage and current measurements associated with a pin of a device under test (DUT) using a parameter measurement circuit, obtaining at least three voltage-current measurement pairs. An emission coefficient may be determined from the voltage-current measurement pairs. A contact resistance may be calculated from the emission coefficient and the voltage-current measurement pairs and stored.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2023
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Inventors: Ralf Arnold, Kevin Stoddart
  • Patent number: 11190890
    Abstract: An acoustic testing apparatus may include connections for multiple devices under test (DUTs) to support simultaneous testing of two or more miniature electroacoustic devices. The acoustic testing apparatus may allow the testing of multiple DUTs with a ratio of less than one reference microphone per DUT. Thus, the speed of testing DUTs may be increased without adding significant cost through additional reference microphones. For example, a single reference microphone may be used to test two or four DUTs coupled together through an acoustic test cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: Cirrus Logic, Inc.
    Inventors: Aleksey Khenkin, Kevin Stoddart, Gordon Cowan, Keith Getz
  • Publication number: 20210120352
    Abstract: An acoustic testing apparatus may include connections for multiple devices under test (DUTs) to support simultaneous testing of two or more miniature electroacoustic devices. The acoustic testing apparatus may allow the testing of multiple DUTs with a ratio of less than one reference microphone per DUT. Thus, the speed of testing DUTs may be increased without adding significant cost through additional reference microphones. For example, a single reference microphone may be used to test two or four DUTs coupled together through an acoustic test cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2017
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Applicant: Cirrus Logic International Semiconductor Ltd.
    Inventors: Aleksey Khenkin, Kevin Stoddart, Gordon Cowan, Keith Getz