- Optimizing a flex or flex-rigid’s coverlay for manufacturing is a very specific and demanding task
- Customer original data often absent or unusable
- Major rework required
- Coverlay Optimizer offers a workflow-based graphical user interface to deal with this challenge
- First annotate the coverlayer openings:
- specify their reference in the corresponding copper layer
- define how much coverlay openings should become bigger or smaller than their reference
- enter a minimum stay-clear distance towards adjacent copper
- choose an optimization method and indicate if single coverlay openings can be merged with nearby other openings to achieve the desired result
- Specify the production-specific optimization parameters
- Choice of material ?
- Customer tolerances ?
- Coverlay to be punched, drilled / routed or lasered ?
- Different production methods – different tolerances
- Circular coverlay openings may have to be mapped onto the available drill bit sizes
- Run feasibility check to find out about any anomalies or incompatibilities
- After operator review, Coverlay Optimizer adapts the coverlay openings in accordance with the values and rules specified
- Store frequently used annotation and production setup parameters under a specific setup name
