A knowledge-based system for the automatic generation of PCB alternative designs Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • The motivation for this research is the need to enhance the performance of the PCB environment with a system that will provide the designers with the opportunity to take manufacturing into consideration in the early design stages. The model proposed here will consist of a knowledge based system for the automatic generation of PCB alternative designs. This system will decompose an existing design and provide other possible design alternatives equivalent to the design under consideration. This will serve a dual purpose. First, different, but equivalent, PCB designs can be evaluated for manufacturability in order to aid the designer in making the final PCB design decision. Second, a PCB design-specific module can be created and kept on hand to be utilized in cases were there is a need to find a replacement board or a spare without going through the entire design process. This work contributes to the design for manufacturability, a concurrent engineering strategy , in the electronic industry with a setting that provides for the integration of design and manufacturing that can lead to cost and lead time reductions.

published proceedings

  • Journal of Materials Processing Technology

author list (cited authors)

  • Castillo, C., & Malav, C. O.

citation count

  • 0

complete list of authors

  • Castillo, C||MalavĂ©, CO

publication date

  • January 1996