Patent ID: 9715571
Date: 2017-07-25
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. A computer-implemented method for simulations of printed circuit boards (PCBs), the method comprising: determining, using one or more data processors, geometry data related to a PCB from layout data associated with the PCB, the layout data being stored in one or more non-transitory computer readable storage media; generating, using the one or more data processors, a finite element mesh based at least in part on the geometry data related to the PCB, the finite element mesh including a plurality of mesh components; identifying, using the one or more data processors, one or more conductors passing through a first mesh component of the plurality of mesh components; computing, using the one or more data processors, a conductor fraction associated with portions of the one or more conductors contained within the first mesh component; and adjusting, using the one or more data processors, a physical property of the first mesh component based at least in part on the conductor fraction.