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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2001
Filed:
Feb. 09, 1998
Norimichi Chiba, Hino, JP;
Takashi Amano, Souka, JP;
Satoshi Arai, Musashino, JP;
Manabu Ishibe, Hachioji, JP;
Mikio Hayashihara, Sagamihara, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
In a design of the printed circuit board design device, a signal wire name is affixed to each wiring of a circuit, thereby making it quite easy to go through confirmation works after the design works are thoroughly accomplished. The present invention aims at improving efficiency of works for affixing the signal wire name. For this purpose, the signal wire names are input for each desired area of the circuit. By taking full advantage of overlap of the area concerned, the signal wire names connected in serial form are affixed to one wiring. The candidates of the signal wire names to be affixed are tabulated as a list. After the signal wire names are affixed to each wiring of the circuit, the wiring can be retrieved and shown in visible display. In this case too, the candidates of the signal wire names to be retrieved can be tabulated as a list.