Apple Inc.

Tony Aghazarian

Michael Nathaniel Rosenblatt

Amir Salehi

W Bryson Gardner

Tang Yew Tan

Richard Hung Minh Dinh

Michael M Lee

Justin Lawrence Gregg

Chad Seguin

Cyril Labidi

Bob Burrough

Daniel Farrell

Christian Paez

Circuit boards are provided that include a functional portion and at least one removable test point portion. The removable test point portion may include test points which are accessed to verify whether the functional portion is operating properly or whether installed electronic components are electrically coupled to the board. If multiple boards are manufactured together on a single panel (in which the individual boards are broken off), the test points can be placed on bridges (e.g., removable portions) that connect the individual boards together during manufacturing and testing. Configurable test boards are also provided that can be adjusted to accommodate circuit boards of different size and electrical testing requirements. Methods and systems for testing these circuit boards are also provided.

Configurable testing platforms for circuit boards with removable test point portions

Circuit boards including removable test point portions and configurable testing platforms

A portable handheld test fixture has an acoustic port, e.g. a speaker port, a microphone, and/or an earpiece/receiver port. Once the media device has been installed onto the test fixture, the port becomes acoustically coupled to a respective acoustic aperture of the media device that is associated with a speaker, a microphone, or an earpiece/receiver as the case may be. A sound test tool, e.g. a reference sound source and/or a sound pressure level, SPL, meter, has an input or output sound port that can be removably coupled to the acoustic port of the test fixture. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.

Method and apparatus for acoustics testing of a personal mobile device

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Tony Aghazarian