Abstract: A work holding mechanism includes a body part having a three-dimensional shape including at least a recess or a protrusion, and an adsorption part for holding a work by adsorbing the work onto the body part in conformity to the three-dimensional shape of the recess or the protrusion provided in the body part. The work is held by being adsorbed in conformity to the three-dimensional shape of the body part, and, therefore, the amount of usage of the work in a work molding system can be reduced as compared with when the work is held so as to have a flat shape.

Abstract: A processor of an information processing apparatus displays a first component in a state in which a first terminal of the first component is located on a second terminal of a second component. The processor displays, along a designated route, a first wiring pattern for connecting the second terminal to the first terminal and moves the first component to a first distal end of the first wiring pattern. The processor determines whether a pattern area of the first wiring pattern or a component area of the first component which is placed at a second distal end of the designated route overlaps any of first areas of already placed components or second areas of already wired wiring patterns. The processor finalizes placement of the first component and the first wiring pattern upon determining that the pattern area and the component area overlap none of the first areas and the second areas.

Abstract: In the present case, when one component of a plurality of components is arranged, an interference state between a first check region set to the one component and a second check region set to an arranged component near the one component. If the checked interference state satisfies predetermined conditions, an arrangement position of the one component is determined by permitting the interference state. Then, the first check region and the second check region are combined and the combined check region is used as one check region set to the one component and the arranged component. Accordingly, the arrangement position of a component to be arranged can be determined by considering arrangements of a plurality of components therearound on a board.

Abstract: A design-support-apparatus includes a storage unit that stores mounting information on an order of manufacturing processes, first-region-information indicating a region to be secured in mounting of each component on the substrate, second-region-information indicating a region occupied when each component is mounted on the substrate, a discrimination unit configured to determine a before-and-after relationship between manufacturing processes of mounting a first-component and a second-component that are arranged on the substrate, an acquisition unit configured to acquire the first-region-information for the component of which the manufacturing process is determined to be later by the discrimination unit between the first component and the second-component and acquire the second-region-information for the component of which the manufacturing process is determined to be earlier, and a determination unit configured to compare the first-region-information and the second-region-information so as to determine presenc

Abstract: A design-support-apparatus includes a storage unit that stores mounting information on an order of manufacturing processes, first-region-information indicating a region to be secured in mounting of each component on the substrate, second-region-information indicating a region occupied when each component is mounted on the substrate, a discrimination unit configured to determine a before-and-after relationship between manufacturing processes of mounting a first-component and a second-component that are arranged on the substrate, an acquisition unit configured to acquire the first-region-information for the component of which the manufacturing process is determined to be later by the discrimination unit between the first component and the second-component and acquire the second-region-information for the component of which the manufacturing process is determined to be earlier, and a determination unit configured to compare the first-region-information and the second-region-information so as to determine presenc

Abstract: A circuit board designing device has a database that stores an another-component arrangement forbidden range table, a related component information table, and a relative-arranging position table, and a processing unit that executes arrangement of the components, determines the another-component arrangement forbidden range which is set to forbid arrangement of another component in the predetermined range on the basis of the arranging position of the basic component with reference to the another-component arrangement forbidden range table when arrangement of the basic component is instructed, acquires related component information corresponding to the related component to be combined with the basic components with reference to the related component information table, acquires a relative-arranging position of the related component from the relative-arranging position table on the basis of the acquired related component information, and sets the acquired related component in the another-component arrangement forb

Abstract: In designing integrated circuits such as FPGAs, a design support environment including the quality of design data is improved and the design efficiency is improved. An integrated-circuit design support apparatus that supports designing of an integrated circuit having a plurality of pins is provided. The apparatus includes a processor (a central processing unit) that forms a pin layout matrix (a matrix sheet) by unifying pin layout information of the integrated circuit using a common format and arranging the pin layout information in coordinates. The processor creates an integrated-circuit design library from the pin layout matrix.

Abstract: In designing integrated circuits such as FPGAs, a design support environment including the quality of design data is improved and the design efficiency is improved. An integrated-circuit design support apparatus that supports designing of an integrated circuit having a plurality of pins is provided. The apparatus includes a processor (a central processing unit) that forms a pin layout matrix (a matrix sheet) by unifying pin layout information of the integrated circuit using a common format and arranging the pin layout information in coordinates.

Abstract: Disclosed is an interactive CAD apparatus for logic circuit packaging design, wherein provisions are made to display delay times in real time when a component is being moved, so that error-contributing components and interconnections can be easily identified and the optimum position can be easily determined.

Abstract: This invention is directed to a method and apparatus to find out an optimum solution in automatic routing or automatic placement with certainty and at a high-speed to improve a routing rate, and to realize automatic routing in a high-density. To these end, a routing approach is selected in a conversational mode while routing efficiency is consulted to compose routing processing procedure so as to generate a routing program. Besides, component placement processing procedures designated according to placement control information are combined to generate the placement program. A straight line between component pins adjacent to each other is defined as a chord, a wave for maze method routing is generated from a start point toward an end point of a routing path and propagated between the chords adjacent to each other.