SIMULATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD

• US 20090088881A1
• Filed: 03/10/2008
• Published: 04/02/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 09/28/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Zhen Ding Technology Co. Ltd
• Original Assignee: Foxconn Advanced Technology Inc., Fukui Precision Component Company Limited (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Zhu, Jin, Wang, Ming, Tu, Chih-Yi
• Granted Patent: US 8,249,847 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 700/97
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 30/20 Design optimisation, verification or simulation optimisation, verification or simulation of circuit designs G06F30/30
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 13/085 Production planning, e.g. of allocation of products to machines, of mounting sequences at machine or facility level

Abstract

An exemplary simulation system for manufacturing a printed circuit board is provided. The simulation system includes at least one simulation sub-system. The simulation sub-system includes an input module, a storing module, a processing module, and an output module. The input module is configured for acquiring a number of processing parameters associated with steps of a process for manufacturing the printed circuit board. The storing module is configured for storing a number of simulation functions relating to the steps of the process for manufacturing the printed circuit board. The processing module is configured for selecting and performing the corresponding simulation function according to the acquired parameters, thereby obtaining a simulation result. The output module is configured for output the simulation result.

Claims

1. A simulation system for manufacturing a printed circuit board, comprising:

at least one simulation sub-system comprising

an input module configured for acquiring a plurality of processing parameters associated with steps of a process for manufacturing the printed circuit board input by a user;

a storing module configured for storing a plurality of simulation functions relating to the steps of the process for manufacturing the printed circuit board;

a processing module configured for selecting and performing the corresponding simulation function according to the input parameters thereby obtaining a simulation result; and

an output module configured for output the simulation result.

2. The simulation system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the processing parameters are selected from a group consisting of processing material parameters, apparatus parameters, and circumstance parameters.

3. The simulation system as claimed in claim 1, wherein each of the simulation function represents a function relationship between the processing parameters of the steps of the process for manufacturing the printed circuit board and the performance parameters of the printed circuit board undergoing the corresponding steps.

4. The simulation system as claimed in claim 1, further comprising an analyzing module configured for automatically generating a suitable simulation function according to a plurality of simulation results.

5. The simulation system as claimed in claim 4, further comprising a function transmitting module configured for selecting the simulation function generated by the analyzing module and transmitting the selected simulation function to the storing module.

6. The simulation system as claimed in claim 5, wherein the storing module is configured for communicating with the analyzing module and the function transmitting module so that the simulation functions stored in the storing module is updated synchronously.

7. The simulation system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the storing module is either a semiconductor memory or a magnetic memory.

8. The simulation system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the processing module is a central processing unit.

9. The simulation system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the at least one simulation sub-system comprises a plurality of simulation sub-systems, all of the plurality of simulation sub-systems share a common storing module.

10. The simulation system as claimed in claim 9, wherein all of the plurality of simulation sub-systems share a common processing module.

11. A simulation method for manufacturing a printed circuit board, comprising:

acquiring a plurality of processing parameters associated with steps of a process for manufacturing the printed circuit board;

selecting at least one of a plurality of stored simulation functions relating to the steps of the process for manufacturing the printed circuit board;

performing the at least one of the simulation functions according to the acquired processing parameters, thereby obtaining a simulation result; and

output the simulation result to a user.

12. The simulation method as claimed in claim 11, wherein the processing parameters are selected from a group consisting of processing material parameters, apparatus parameters, and circumstance parameters.

13. The simulation method as claimed in claim 11, wherein each of the simulation function represents a functional relationship between the processing parameters of the steps of the process for manufacturing the printed circuit board and the performance parameters of the printed circuit board undergoing the corresponding steps.

14. The simulation method as claimed in claim 11, further comprising a step of automatically generating a suitable simulation function according to a plurality of simulation results.