System and method for generating component models

A system for storing a first electrical component representation comprising:

• a processor;
• a storage device coupled to said processor;
• component defining means, disposed to receive a signal from said storage device, for generating signals indicative of a first value and a second value, respectively representative of a first property and a second property associated with the first electrical component representation, representing a first physical electrical component;
• relationship generating means, coupled to said storage device, for generating a signal representative of a relationship between said first property and said second property, wherein said relationship signal defines said second value signal based upon said first value signal;
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• storing means, coupled to said processor, for storing said first value signal and said relationship signal in said storage means to fully describe said first property and said second property of said first physical electrical component.

A method for storing and generating a plurality of physical electrical component representations using a digital computer, comprising the steps of:

• forming in the digital computer a first physical electrical component representation having a first value and a second value respectively representative of a first property and a second property of the first electrical component representation;
• generating a relationship between said first property and said second property, which defines said second value based upon said first value;
• storing the first electrical component representation by storing said relationship and said first value;
• generating the first electrical component representation by retrieving said first value and said relationship and generating said second value by applying said relationship to said first value;
• forming, in the digital computer, a second electrical component representation having said first value and an exception value representative of said first property and said second property respectively, wherein said exception value is not equivalent to said second value;
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• storing said second electrical component representation by storing said first value and said exception value.