Abstract: A circuit board design device judging whether a circuit board has a pair of via holes which are adjacent within a solder bridge formation distance within which a solder bridge can be formed; when the affirmative, the circuit board design device judging whether each of the pair of via holes is electrically connected in parallel to other via hole with a land not coated with solder resist; when the circuit board design device judges that at least one of the pair of via holes is electrically connected in parallel to the other via hole with a land not coated with solder resist, the circuit board design device determining the at least one of the pair of via holes which is electrically connected in parallel to the other via hole with a land not coated with solder resist as a coated via hole with a land coated with solder resist.

Abstract: A circuit board design device judging whether a circuit board has a pair of via holes which are adjacent within a solder bridge formation distance within which a solder bridge can be formed; when the affirmative, the circuit board design device judging whether each of the pair of via holes is electrically connected in parallel to other via hole with a land not coated with solder resist; when the circuit board design device judges that at least one of the pair of via holes is electrically connected in parallel to the other via hole with a land not coated with solder resist, the circuit board design device determining the at least one of the pair of via holes which is electrically connected in parallel to the other via hole with a land not coated with solder resist as a coated via hole with a land coated with solder resist.

Abstract: Provided is a printed circuit board structure that needs minimum manufacturing costs and in which there is little possibility that a solder bridge is formed. The printed circuit board structure is formed with via holes for electrically conductively connecting electrically conductive layers of a printed circuit board, and the via holes include a coated via hole with a land coated with solder resist and a non-coated via hole with a land not coated with solder resist, wherein the coated via hole is arranged in a place of the printed circuit board where a solder bridge or a solder ball is highly likely to be generated, and is electrically connected to at least one of the non-coated via hole in parallel.