Patent ID: 8166425
Filing Date: 2012-04-24
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: providing a first database of a circuit, wherein a voltage is associated with each node of the circuit; identifying independent loops of the circuit; using at least one computer processor, summing the voltages for each identified loop and storing the loop sum results in a second database; using at least one computer processor, summing the currents at each node of the circuit and storing the node sum results in the second database; using at least one computer processor, summing power consumption of each branch of the circuit and storing the total branch power in the second database; storing input power to the circuit in the second database; providing for display on a computer display the loop sum for each loop of the circuit; providing for display on the computer display the node sum for each node of the circuit; providing for display on the computer display the input power to the circuit and the total branch power; providing a validation error indication on the computer display when at least one of the identified loops sums to a nonzero value; providing a validation error indication on the computer display when at least one of the nodes in the circuit sums to a nonzero value; and providing a validation error indication on the computer display when the input power is different from the total branch power.