METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR A COIL DESIGNER
First Claim
1. A method, comprising:
- in a computerized printed circuit board (PCB) coil circuit design system;
setting PCB coil design parameters based on PCB manufacturing rules including at least trace width and conductor thickness;
receiving user input parameters including inductor-capacitor (LC) sensor capacitance, coil shape, and number of coil layers;
calculating output coil parameters including total inductance, sensor frequency, and Q factor as a function of the PCB coil design parameters and of the received user input parameters;
graphically plotting at least one selected output coil parameter as a function of at least one input coil parameter; and
receiving an update to at least one parameter selected from the parameters based on PCB manufacturing rules and user input parameters, and in response to receiving the update of at least one parameter, recalculating the output coil parameters and replotting the at least one selected output coil parameter as a function of at least one input coil parameter.
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Abstract
A computerized PCB coil circuit design system includes an input engine to receive PCB coil design parameters based on manufacturing rules including trace width and conductor thickness, to receive input parameters including LC sensor capacitance, coil shape, and number of coil layers, and to receive updates to any of the PCB coil design parameters or the input parameters. The system further includes a PCB coil solution generation engine to calculate output coil parameters including total inductance, sensor frequency, and Q factor as a function of the PCB coil design parameters and received input parameters, to graphically plot one selected output parameter as a function of one input parameter, and upon an update to one parameter selected from the parameters based on PCB manufacturing rule and input parameters, to recalculate the output coil parameters and to replot the one selected output coil parameter as a function of one input coil parameter.
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19 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
in a computerized printed circuit board (PCB) coil circuit design system; setting PCB coil design parameters based on PCB manufacturing rules including at least trace width and conductor thickness; receiving user input parameters including inductor-capacitor (LC) sensor capacitance, coil shape, and number of coil layers; calculating output coil parameters including total inductance, sensor frequency, and Q factor as a function of the PCB coil design parameters and of the received user input parameters; graphically plotting at least one selected output coil parameter as a function of at least one input coil parameter; and receiving an update to at least one parameter selected from the parameters based on PCB manufacturing rules and user input parameters, and in response to receiving the update of at least one parameter, recalculating the output coil parameters and replotting the at least one selected output coil parameter as a function of at least one input coil parameter. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A PCB coil produced by the method of:
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setting parameters based on PCB manufacturing rules including trace width and copper thickness; receiving user input parameters including an inductor-capacitor (LC) sensor capacitance, coil shape, and number of coil layers; calculating output coil parameters including total inductance, sensor frequency, and Q factor as a function of the PCB coil design parameters and received user input parameters; graphically plotting at least one selected output coil parameter as a function of at least one input coil parameter; receiving an update to at least one parameter selected from the parameters based on PCB manufacturing rules and user input parameters, and in response to receiving the update of at least one parameter, recalculating the output coil parameters and replotting the at least one selected output coil parameter as a function of at least one input coil parameter; generating a coil layout based on the user input and generated output parameter segments; receiving a user input indicating to output a CAD file based on generated coil layout and, in response to the indication, producing a CAD file based on the coil layout; and producing a coil on a PCB using the produced CAD file. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A computerized printed circuit board (PCB) coil circuit design system, comprising:
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a user input engine; to receive PCB coil design parameters based on PCB manufacturing rules including trace width and conductor thickness; to receive user input parameters including inductor-capacitor (LC) sensor capacitance, coil shape, and number of coil layers; and to receive updates to any of the PCB coil design parameters or the user input parameters; and a PCB coil solution generation engine; to calculate output coil parameters including total inductance, sensor frequency, and Q factor as a function of the PCB coil design parameters and received user input parameters; to graphically plot one selected output coil parameter as a function of one input coil parameter; and upon an update to one parameter selected from the parameters based on PCB manufacturing rule and user input parameters, to recalculate the output coil parameters and to replot the one selected output coil parameter as a function of one input coil parameter. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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