Patent ID: 7945883
Filing Date: 2011-05-17
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for implementing vertically coupled noise control through a mesh plane in an electronic package design comprising: a processor; a electronic package design program and a vertically coupled noise control program, each including instructions stored on a non-transitory computer readable storage medium, said processor executing said instructions wherein: said electronic package design program receiving electronic package physical design data; said vertically coupled noise control program identifying instances of vertically coupled noise in the electronic package physical design data; said vertically coupled noise control program quantifying the identified instances of vertically coupled noise; responsive to the quantified identified instances of vertically coupled noise, receiving physical design file constraints, said physical design file constraints including mesh fill density limitations, conductor/via proximity, and impedance limitations; and generating an updated design file including modifying the electronic package physical design data for limiting the identified instances of vertically coupled noise including selectively adding mesh to a mesh layer between signal traces adjacent to the identified instances of vertically coupled noise for reducing vertically coupled noise, and selectively moving signal traces for reducing vertically coupled noise.