Patent ID: 8339803

Claim:
A multi-layered ceramic package comprising: a signal layer having one or more high power usage (HPU) areas and one or more second areas that are not HPU areas, wherein the HPU areas provide a supply of power for operation of one or more devices located within the HPU areas; and a reference mesh layer disposed immediately adjacent to and on a same side as a first side of the signal layer and which provides a first reference mesh plane and is configured according to a hybrid mesh scheme; a ground (Gnd) mesh layer, disposed immediately adjacent to and on a same side as a second side of the signal layer, wherein the second side is on an opposite side of the signal layer from the first side, and wherein the Gnd mesh layer comprises a second reference mesh plane that is also configured according to the hybrid mesh scheme; wherein the hybrid mesh scheme comprises: a full dense mesh within only a first one or more areas of the reference mesh layer that are directly adjacent to the one or more HPU areas in the signal layer, a half dense mesh in one or more second areas within the reference mesh layer that are adjacent to one or more perimeter edges of and proximate to the one or more HPU areas in the signal layer, and a low density mesh in all other areas within the reference mesh layer that are not adjacent or proximate to the one or more HPU areas of the signal layer; wherein: the reference mesh layer is a voltage power (Vdd) mesh layer and the ceramic package further comprises a plurality of Gnd vias that extend through the first and second reference mesh planes and are coupled to the Gnd mesh layer.