Power plane splitting using a contour method

Details Power plane splitting using a contour method Power plane splitting using a contour method

2005-01-25

2005-01-25

Nguyen, Matthew V. (Department: 2838)

Electricity: conductors and insulators

Conduits, cables or conductors

Preformed panel circuit arrangement

C363S144000

Reexamination Certificate

active

06846992

ABSTRACT:
A method for power plane splitting. The method enables the traces on a power plane to be organized so that the conductor area is expanded while still ensuring that components with similar power supply requirements are coupled to the same trace. A potential field of a power plane of a printed circuit board is calculated by assigning one or more potential values to one or more components coupled to the printed circuit board and solving for a plurality of potential field values at a plurality of locations between the one or more components. One or more boundaries between the one or more components are defined by selecting contours of constant potential within the calculated potential field. One or more traces on the power plane are created using the one or more boundaries, wherein the one or more traces connect a corresponding one or more pluralities of components and each plurality of components of the one or more.

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patent: 4809356 (1989-02-01), Peckham et al.
patent: 6489748 (2002-12-01), Okamura
patent: 6596948 (2003-07-01), Haden et al.

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