Patent ID: 11871520
Assignee: BOTFACTORY INC.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  H | IPC H

Claim 18:
19. A computer-implemented method for producing printer control data configured to operate a printer unit to produce a printed circuit board, the printing unit being responsive to said printer control data for printing at least one of or both of a conductive material or nonconductive material at a given time, the method comprising:
accepting circuit schematic information of a circuit to be embodied in the printed circuit board; and
generating said printer control data based on said circuit schematic information, said printer control data defining:
first and second printed intersecting conductive traces wherein said second printed intersecting conductive trace intersects said first printed intersecting conductive trace at an overlap area at an intersection location as viewed from a direction perpendicular to the printed circuit board, said first and second printed intersecting conductive traces being defined by the circuit schematic information as not electrically connected by the printed circuit board absent circuit components to be mounted, said second printed intersecting conductive trace being defined to include a break at said overlap area such that said second printed intersecting conductive trace does not make electrical connection with said first printed intersecting trace when said first and second printed intersecting traces are printed coplanar; and
a printed insulator configured to be printed at said overlap area over said first printed intersecting conductive trace, and
generation and inclusion of a printed connecting conductor in said printer control data, said printed connecting conductor being configured to bridge said break and effect electrical connection of said second printed intersecting trace across said break and said printed insulator with said printed insulator insulating said first printed intersecting conductive trace from said printed connecting conductor.