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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2002
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2000
Hitoshi Irino, Tokyo, JP;
Noriaki Ando, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Wabuka, Tokyo, JP;
Hirokazu Tohya, Tokyo, JP;
NEC Corp., , JP;
Abstract
A design support system according to the present invention comprises: an LSI library , in which rated characteristics of various LSIs are stored by an LSI library preparation unit ; a decoupling capacitor library , in which rated characteristics of various capacitors are stored; a PCB library , in which the cross-sectional structures of various power wiring lines are stored; a decoupling capacitor search unit , for employing the LSI library and the decoupling capacitor library ; a power wiring determination unit , for employing the results obtained by the decoupling capacitor search unit , the LSI library and the PCB library ; and a design results output unit , for outputting the results received from the power wiring determination unit . Furthermore, the data in the three libraries can be updated or new data can be added.