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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 2021
Filed:
Aug. 22, 2019
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Anson J. Call, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Francesco Preda, New Braunfels, TX (US);
Paul R. Walling, Austin, TX (US);
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of the invention include methods, systems, and computer program products for checking metal coverage in a laminate structure. Aspects of the invention include receiving, by a processor, metal shadowing rules and a semiconductor package design comprising a plurality of laminate layers, a plurality of metal power shapes, and a plurality of signal lines. Each metal power shape is mapped to one or more cells in a two-dimensional array. The processor determines, for each signal line in the semiconductor package design, whether the metal power shapes satisfy the metal shadowing rules. The processor displays a list of signal lines that do not satisfy the metal shadowing rules.