Appeal 2006-3123
Application 10/368,789
limitations of the base claim and any intervening claims (Answer 5). Claims
7 and 15 have been cancelled.
THE INVENTION
The disclosed invention pertains to a system and method for
evaluating power and ground vias in a package design. In one aspect, a
method evaluates vias in an electronic design. The method includes the step
of formulating one or more via sufficiency rules, and then processing the
electronic design to determine whether the vias of the electronic design
violate the via sufficiency rules. In the event of a violation, the method
further includes generating an indicator associated with the electronic design
to identify vias that violate the via sufficiency rules. The step of generating
an indicator can include generating a visual indicator (e.g., a via
insufficiency Design Rule Check (DRC)) on a graphical user interface
depicting the electronic design, and/or a textual report summarizing the
violations. In another aspect, the step of processing includes the step of
processing one or more selected layers of the electronic design for violation
of the via sufficiency rules (Specification 5).
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