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US07721238B2 Method and apparatus for configurable printed circuit board circuit layout pattern
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可配置印刷电路板电路布局图案的方法和装置
- Patent Title: Method and apparatus for configurable printed circuit board circuit layout pattern
- Patent Title (中): 可配置印刷电路板电路布局图案的方法和装置
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Application No.: US11231642Application Date: 2005-09-21
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Publication No.: US07721238B2Publication Date: 2010-05-18
- Inventor: Norman L. Rogers , John W. Hoffman , Jun Feng , Charles Krauter
- Applicant: Norman L. Rogers , John W. Hoffman , Jun Feng , Charles Krauter
- Applicant Address: US MN Minnetonka
- Assignee: Digi International Inc.
- Current Assignee: Digi International Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MN Minnetonka
- Agency: Heimlich Law, PC
- Agent Alan Heimlich, Esq.
- Main IPC: G06F17/50
- IPC: G06F17/50

Abstract:
A method and apparatus for inputting a plurality of different circuit schematics designed with printed circuit board (PCB) mountable components; extracting circuit topologies for said plurality of different circuit schematics; transforming said extracted circuit topologies to a fixed number of connection points; and generating a configurable circuit PCB physical layout pattern having said fixed number of connection points such that said PCB mountable components when positioned on one or more of said fixed number of connection points can implement any circuit represented by said plurality of different circuit schematics.
Public/Granted literature
- US20060195804A1 Method and apparatus for configurable circuitry Public/Granted day:2006-08-31
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