Patent ID: 8589857
Filing Date: 2013-11-19
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. In an electronic design environment, a method of determining the operability of a printed wire board design, the method comprising: receiving a layout for a printed wire board that specifies printed wire board positions for one or more system components and printed wire board positions for one or more wire traces that interconnect the system components; calculating, in a processor, an expected voltage drop across each wire trace based on operating parameters associated with each system component and based on electrical parameters of the wire traces; determining, in the processor, if each system component will receive sufficient voltage or current during an operation of the printed wire board based on operating parameters associated with each system component and based on the expected voltage drop across each trace; and displaying, on a display, a visual indication of the printed wire board layout for each wire trace that fails to provide a system component with sufficient voltage or current.