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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2000
Shinji Miura, Otokunigun, Kyoto 618-0091, JP;
Yukihiro Fukumoto, Koudukamachi, Hirakata-shi, Osaka-fu 573-0035, JP;
Hirokazu Uemura, Yao-shi, Osaka-fu 581-0042, JP;
Yoshiyuki Saito, Katano-shi, Osaka-fu 573-0053, JP;
Hiroshi Ikeda, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto-fu 603-8122, JP;
Takeshi Nakayama, Katano-shi, Osaka-fu 576-0054, JP;
Osamu Shibata, Moriguchi-shi, Osaka-fu 570-0032, JP;
Shinichi Tanimoto, Miyukihigashimachi, Neyagawa-shi, Osaka-fu 572-0055, JP;
Other;
Abstract
A design aiding apparatus and a method, and a storage medium storing a design aiding program enable the efficient layout design of components in a multilayer wiring board formed by laminating a plurality of wiring layers. The design aiding apparatus includes (a) a first acquiring unit for acquiring information showing a first location in a lamination direction of the wiring layers, (b) a second acquiring unit for acquiring information showing a second location on a two-dimensional plane that is orthogonal to the lamination direction, and (c) a placement unit for generating information showing a space to be occupied when the component is placed in such a manner that a placement reference point of the component coincides with the second location that is on the two-dimensional plane including the first location. According to the above construction, the present invention is capable of aiding layout design of components in the wiring board.