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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 09, 2014
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Jeff Perry, Cupertino, CA (US);
Dien Mac, San Jose, CA (US);
Howard Chen, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Satyanandakishore V. Vanapalli, Campbell, CA (US);
Gerold J. Dhanabalan, Dallas, TX (US);
Tommy E. Jewell, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Khanh Vo, San Jose, CA (US);
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED, Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
A method (and related apparatus) includes receiving user input and generating at least one of schematic content for a circuit based on the received user input and a printed circuit board (PCB) layout based on the circuit. The method further includes generating a bill of material (BOM) for the circuit, and receiving a user selection of at least one of a computer-aided design (CAD) tool format and a PCB layout tool format. The method also includes receiving a user selection to include footprints for the components used in the schematic content or PCB layout and exporting at least one of the schematic content, and PCB layout as well as the PCB footprints to one or more files in accordance with the selected CAD and/or PCB layout tool format.