US 2020/0050726 A1 · SMART PLACEMENT, VISUALIZATION AND OPTIMIZATION METHODOLOGY FOR COMPONENT PLACEMENT AND PLANNING

Abstract

A child component ID module identifies child components connected to a parent component in response to selection of the parent component for placement on a PCB. The child components identified from component connections of a logic design. A child placement module places the child components around the parent component after placement of the parent component, where each child component is placed in compliance with constraints of the child components. A constraint highlight module identifies, on a PCB layout, an allowable area for component placement and prohibited areas for non-placement after selection of the component. The component is a parent component or a child component identified from component connections of a logic design of an electronic circuit design. The apparatus includes a constraint de-highlight module that removes identification on the PCB layout of the allowable area and the one or more prohibited areas in response to placement of the component.

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Dependent claims

An apparatus comprising:

a child component ID module that identifies one or more child components connected to a parent component in response to a user selecting the parent component, the one or more child components identified from component connections of a logic design of an electronic circuit design, wherein the user selects the parent component for placement on a printed circuit board (“PCB”);
and
a child placement module that places the one or more child components around the parent component in response to the user placing the parent component on the PCB, wherein each child component of the one or more child components is placed with respect to the parent component to be in compliance with one or more constraints of the one or more child components,
wherein at least a portion of said modules comprise one or more of hardware circuits, a programmable hardware device and executable code, the executable code stored on one or more computer readable storage media.

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An apparatus comprising:

a constraint highlight module that identifies, on a printed circuit board (“PCB”) layout, an allowable area for a component to be placed and one or more prohibited areas within the allowable area where the component is not to be placed in response to a user selecting the component, the component comprising one of a parent component and a child component connected to the parent component, the one or more child components and the parent component identified from component connections of a logic design of an electronic circuit design;
and
a constraint de-highlight module that removes identification on the PCB layout of the allowable area and the one or more prohibited areas in response to the user placing the component on the PCB,
wherein at least a portion of said modules comprise one or more of hardware circuits, a programmable hardware device and executable code, the executable code stored on one or more computer readable storage media.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Smart placement, visualization and optimization methodology for component placement and planning

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Smart placement, visualization and optimization methodology for component placement and planning

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Abstract

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