ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,501,553, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to PCB Automation Inc. (Campbell, Calif.).

"Methods and systems for configuring conductive paths in a printed circuit board assembly (PCBA) for enhanced power distribution" was invented by Zhiping Yang (Campbell, Calif.) and Eddie Mok (Irvine, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A PCBA that includes a bare PCB comprising copper layers and dielectric layers is obtained. A connected PCBA is generated using the bare PCB, including by positioning voltage supply terminals and ground terminals that are associated with supplying power to circuit board components. Component pads are positioned, where ea...