System and method for design, procurement and manufacturing collaboration
First Claim
1. An electronically-readable storage medium having code embodied therein for causing an electronic device to perform the steps of:
- placing objects representing electronic devices in a design file;
defining interconnections between said devices in said design file;
associating engineering data with said objects in said design file; and
performing a DFx analysis on said design file for compliance with a set of predetermined DFx design rules at the design stage, said DFx analysis performed as said objects are placed in said design file.
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Abstract
A method for designing an electronic component includes receiving a device criteria (e.g., a parametric value, procurement value, etc.) from a designer, querying a database for devices corresponding to the device criteria, querying the database for procurement data and/or engineering data associated with the corresponding devices, presenting the devices to the designer based on the procurement data, and receiving input from the designer identifying one of the presented devices as a selected device. In a particular method, the returned devices are sorted based on one or more procurement values (e.g., manufacturer, price, availability, manufacturer status, etc.), and presented to the designer in a ranked list. Objects representative of the selected devices are then entered into a design file, and the objects are associated with the device'"'"'s engineering and/or procurement data. In a particular embodiment, the objects are associated with the engineering data by embedding the engineering data in the file object. Optionally, data can be associated with the objects via links to the database. Types of engineering data that can be associated with design file objects include, but are not limited to, device footprint data, device pinout data, device physical dimension data, parametric data, and packaging data. Additionally, connection data and annotation data can be entered into the design file objects by the designer.
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17 Claims
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1. An electronically-readable storage medium having code embodied therein for causing an electronic device to perform the steps of:
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placing objects representing electronic devices in a design file; defining interconnections between said devices in said design file; associating engineering data with said objects in said design file; and performing a DFx analysis on said design file for compliance with a set of predetermined DFx design rules at the design stage, said DFx analysis performed as said objects are placed in said design file. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An electronically-readable storage medium having code embodied therein for causing an electronic device to perform the steps of:
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placing objects representing electronic devices in a design file; retrieving procurement data from a procurement database; associating said procurement data with said objects in said design file; performing a procurement analysis on said design file at the design stage; updating said procurement data in said procurement database based on said procurement analysis; providing feedback to a designer based on said updated procurement data; performing a DFx analysis on said design file for compliance with a set of predetermined DFx design rules at the design stage; and updating at least one design rule associated with said DFx analysis based on a manufacturing process. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for designing an electronic component comprising:
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placing objects representing electronic devices in a design file; retrieving procurement data from a procurement database; associating said procurement data with said objects in said design file; performing a procurement analysis on said design file at the design stage; updating said procurement data in said procurement database based on said procurement analysis; providing feedback to a designer based on said updated procurement data; performing a DFx analysis on said design file for compliance with a set of predetermined DFx design rules at the design stage; and updating at least one design rule associated with said DFx analysis based on a manufacturing process. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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