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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 1997
Filed:
Mar. 27, 1995
Masayuki Tsuchida, Osaka, JP;
Yukinobu Nishikawa, Osaka, JP;
Hirokazu Uemura, Yao, JP;
Shinji Miura, Kyoto, JP;
Matsushita Electric Ind. Co., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A layout designing apparatus for circuit boards including a mother board and a substrate which comprises a layout data storage unit for having areas to store data; an operation unit for giving directions; a mother board setting unit for creating the data about the mother board in the layout data storage unit according to the operation unit; a substrate placement unit for creating the data in the layout data storage unit according to the operation unit so that the substrate of a given configuration is placed on a given place on the mother board; a component placement unit for creating the data in the layout data storage unit according to the operation unit so that components of given configurations are placed on given places on the mother board and on the substrate; a routing unit for creating the data in the layout data storage unit according to the operation unit so that routing paths of given configurations are laid out on the mother board and on the substrate; a display unit; and a layout data display control unit for controlling the display unit to display configurations and places of the mother board, the substrate, components and routing paths as created.