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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 13, 2016
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Jeanne P. S. Bickford, Essex Junction, VT (US);
Nazmul Habib, Essex Junction, VT (US);
Baozhen Li, Essex Junction, VT (US);
Tad J. Wilder, Essex Junction, VT (US);
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A computer-implemented method for evaluating a circuit design to protect a plurality of metal connections from current pulse damage, the method includes receiving a circuit design including the plurality of metal connections and evaluating a maximum peak current of one or more of the plurality of metal connections. The method further includes determining a peak current threshold for the plurality of metal connections based on physical characteristics of the plurality of metal connection and responsive to determining that the maximum peak current of the one or more of the plurality of metal connections exceeds the peak current threshold, performing a peak current design modification to modify the plurality of metal connections in the circuit design.