US 11,714,948 B1
System and method for consolidating and applying manufacturing constraints
Utpal Bhattacharyya, Uttar Pradesh (IN); Randall Scott Lawson, Durham, NH (US); Edward Brian Acheson, Chelmsford, MA (US); and Amit Sharma, New Delhi (IN)
Assigned to Cadence Design Systems, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by Cadence Design Systems, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Jan. 28, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/160,687.
Int. Cl. G06F 7/50 (2006.01); G06F 30/398 (2020.01); G06F 30/3323 (2020.01); G06F 115/12 (2020.01); G06F 111/16 (2020.01); G06F 111/04 (2020.01)
CPC G06F 30/398 (2020.01) [G06F 30/3323 (2020.01); G06F 2111/04 (2020.01); G06F 2111/16 (2020.01); G06F 2115/12 (2020.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
receiving, using a processor, one or more Design For Manufacturing (DFM) rules files from at least one PCB fabricator;
importing the one or more DFM rules files to a DFM rule aggregator database;
grouping one or more rules associated with the one or more DFM rules files using an automated or manual operation; and
performing automatic and manual rule aggregation on the grouped rules based upon, at least in part, rules aggregation information including a DFM template file, wherein manual rule aggregation is performed subsequent to the automatic rule aggregation.