AI Circuit Design Automation for Component Selection Optimization

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Solution Overview

Problem

The design of electronic circuits and circuit boards is a complex, time-consuming process that often relies on manual engineering efforts, making it difficult to optimize component selection and configuration within reasonable timeframes, especially when dealing with large numbers of components and multiple design variants.

Innovation Solution

A computer-implemented method and system that uses artificial intelligence and machine learning algorithms to automate the design process by receiving design specifications, determining key performance indicators, generating solution variants, and presenting them in a graphical user interface, thereby reducing the search space and computational resources required.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If manual engineering efforts are used for circuit board design, then design flexibility and expertise utilization are improved, but design time and resource consumption increase significantly

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedesign flexibilityVSAvoiddesign time
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of operationVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary actions by pre-defining blocks with their properties, connections, and associated hardware components before the actual design optimization process. This allows the AI algorithm to work with pre-structured data, reducing the time needed for component selection and configuration while maintaining design flexibility through the block-based approach.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces an intermediary AI-based resolution service that acts as a mediator between the manual design process and automated optimization. This service receives design specifications, applies machine learning algorithms to optimize component selection, and returns optimized solutions, thereby reducing design time without completely eliminating human expertise involvement.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Reliability

If comprehensive component selection is performed manually, then component optimization is improved, but computational resources and time required increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecomponent optimizationVSAvoidcomputational complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the component selection process into discrete blocks, where each block represents a functional unit with specific properties and connections. This segmentation allows the AI algorithm to process and optimize each block independently, reducing the overall computational complexity while maintaining comprehensive component optimization through systematic evaluation of all blocks.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The system changes parameters by representing hardware components and their properties in a standardized data structure format. This parameter transformation enables efficient AI-based optimization by converting complex component specifications into processable data elements that can be systematically evaluated and optimized without overwhelming computational resources.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

3Measurement precision

If multiple design variants are evaluated manually, then solution quality is improved, but time consumption and resource usage increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvesolution qualityVSAvoiddesign throughput
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces the manual mechanical evaluation process with an AI-based automated system. The machine learning algorithms automatically evaluate multiple design variants by processing block definitions, connections, and hardware component data, thereby maintaining high solution quality through systematic analysis while dramatically increasing design throughput by eliminating manual evaluation bottlenecks.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Data Source

PatentUS20240020445A1Automated artificial intelligence based circuit and circuit board design
Publication Date: 2024.01.18 CELUS GMBH
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AI summary

The system receives user-provided input requirements. The system automatically generates solution variants for an electronics hardware system using the user-provided input requirements and artificial intelligence. The system automatically evaluates the solution variants using additional artificial intelligence. The system presents the solution variants and provides visual feedback to engineers to evaluate the solutions based on metrics.