Assisting printed board design process
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorsHarunobu Hirakawa, Tetsuo Kon, Hideo Tani, Shigeru Isobe, Atsushi Hirano
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Abstract
An apparatus, method, system, computer program and product, each capable of assisting a printed board design process. A predetermined combination including information regarding at least two of a board material, board sheet, and a printed circuit board is prepared before performing the printed board design process.
Claims20
A system for assisting a printed board design process, comprising:
- a storage device configured to store board library information comprising a plurality of predetermined combinations, each combination including information regarding at least two of a board material, a board sheet, and a printed circuit board;
- an input device configured to input a design specification of the printed circuit board;
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- a processor configured to obtain, from the storage device, at least one of the plurality of predetermined combinations that satisfies the design specification, as selected board library information.
A system for assisting a printed board design process, comprising:
- a storage device configured to store board library information and PCB information, wherein the board library information comprises a plurality of predetermined combinations each combination including information regarding at least two of a board material, a board sheet, and a printed circuit board, and wherein the PCB information comprises a plurality set of items each set of items including information regarding each one of the plurality of predetermined combinations of the board library information;
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- a processor configured to obtain the board library information and the PCB information in a corresponding manner.
A method for assisting a printed board design process, comprising the steps of:
- storing board library information and PCB information, wherein the board library information comprises a plurality of predetermined combinations each combination including information regarding at least two of a board material, a board sheet, and a printed circuit board, and wherein the PCB information comprises a plurality set of items each set of items including information regarding each one of the plurality of predetermined combinations of the board library information;
- inputting a design specification of the printed circuit board;
- obtaining at least one of the plurality of predetermined combinations that satisfies the design specification, as selected board library information;
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- outputting at least one of the plurality set of items of the PCB information that corresponds to the selected board library information, in a corresponding manner with the design specification and the selected board library information.
A method for assisting a printed board design process, comprising the steps of:
- storing board library information comprising a plurality of predetermined combinations each combination including information regarding at least two of a board material, a board sheet, and a printed circuit board;
- inputting a design specification of the printed circuit board;
- obtaining at least one of the plurality of predetermined combinations that satisfies the design specification, as selected board information;
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- outputting the selected board information in a corresponding manner with the design specification.
A computer program, adapted to, when executed on a computer, cause the computer to carry out a method of assisting a user in a printed board design process, the method comprising:
- obtaining board library information comprising a plurality of predetermined combinations each combination including information regarding at least two of a board material, a board sheet, and a printed circuit board;
- inputting a design specification of the printed circuit board;
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- selecting at least one of the plurality of predetermined combinations of the board library information, which satisfies at least one item of the design specification, as selected board library information.
A computer readable medium storing computer instructions for performing a method of assisting a printed board design process, the method comprising:
- storing board library information comprising a plurality of predetermined combinations each combination including information regarding at least two of a board material, a board sheet, and a printed circuit board;
- inputting a design specification of the printed circuit board;
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- obtaining at least one of the plurality of predetermined combinations of the board library information, which satisfies at least one item of the design specification, as selected board library information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.