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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 16, 2022
Ablic Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Tadashi Kiyuna, Kanagawa, JP;
ABLIC Inc., Nagano, JP;
Abstract
A layout design support apparatusdetermines, in a circuit element connected to a first external terminal Pto which a first potential identification label is added, whether to short-circuit one terminal connected to the first external terminal Pand another terminal based on a determination criterion according to element type information and breakdown voltage information, adds the first potential identification label to the circuit components on a path from the first external terminal Pto the one terminal of the circuit element to identify a first equipotential region according to determining not to short-circuit, repeatedly performs determination for the circuit element connected to the another terminal and identifies the first equipotential region according to determining to short-circuit, and identifies a second equipotential region when receiving a second potential identification label to be added to a second external terminal P