US 11,922,109 B2
Predictive antenna diode insertion
Amanda Christine Venton, Austin, TX (US); Michael Alexander Bowen, Poughkeepsie, NY (US); and Rahul M. Rao, Bangalore (IN)
Assigned to International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US)
Filed by International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US)
Filed on Aug. 12, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/400,176.
Prior Publication US 2023/0048876 A1, Feb. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 30/394 (2020.01); G06F 30/398 (2020.01); G06F 111/04 (2020.01); G06F 113/18 (2020.01); G06F 115/12 (2020.01); H01Q 1/34 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 30/394 (2020.01) [G06F 30/398 (2020.01); G06F 2111/04 (2020.01); G06F 2113/18 (2020.01); G06F 2115/12 (2020.01); H01Q 1/34 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A method for predictive antenna diode insertion, the method comprising:
obtaining a design of a macro, the design including an internal pin disposed on a first layer of the macro;
determining a length of a wire needed to connect the internal pin to a furthest edge of the macro for each of two layers above the layer the internal pin; and
adding, to the design of the macro, an antenna diode to the internal pin based on the determination that an area of the wire needed exceeds a threshold value, wherein the area of the wire is based on the length and a width of the wire.