OptoCompiler

Unified Electronic and Photonic Design Platform

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OptoCompiler: Making Photonic Design as Productive as Digital

OptoCompiler is the industry’s first unified electronic and photonic design platform that combines mature and dedicated photonic technology with Synopsys’ industry-proven electronic design tools to enable engineers to produce and verify complex PIC designs quickly and accurately.

By providing schematic-driven layout and advanced photonic layout synthesis in a single platform, OptoCompiler bridges the gap between photonic experts and IC designers to make photonic design as productive as digital design.

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OptoCompiler Enables Fast, Accurate Photonic IC Development

Synopsys-exclusive features that ease design effort and maximize productivity | Synopsys

Synopsys differentiators that enable fast and accurate results | Synopsys

Being able to design our electronics and photonics in the same platform is key. The Synopsys platform gives CMOS IC designers the ability to create PICs in a platform and flow that looks very much like a standard CMOS AMS flow."

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PIC Design Manager

Industry-Proven Capabilities Maximize Your Productivity

Faster, Scalable Photonic IC Design

OptoCompiler supports electronic-photonic co-design to ensure scalable photonic IC design processes. Comprehensive features for hierarchical design enable multiple designers to work closely together to shorten product development cycle times.

Pictured: Dedicated photonic nets, pins, and signals including compatibility checks.

Dedicated photonic nets, pins, and signals including compatibility checks | Synopsys

Electronic-Photonic Simulators

OptoCompiler includes dedicated native photonic simulators – in conjunction with industry-standard electrical simulators – for accurate simulation results that account for statistical variations.

Pictured: Curvilinear shapes optimized from photonics, with seamless abutment and automatic connectors.

Curvilinear shapes optimized from photonics, with seamless abutment and automatic connectors | Synopsys

Support for Custom Photonic Components

OptoCompiler provides seamless design and simulation of custom photonic components alongside process design kit (PDK) components.

Pictured: Full schematic-driven-layout flow, with the ability to back-annotate photonic waveguide implementation into simulation.

Full schematic-driven-layout flow, with the ability to back-annotate photonic waveguide implementation into simulation | Synopsys

Seamless Port Connections

OptoCompiler includes an exclusive feature for seamless abutment of photonic ports at any angle without gaps or overlaps.

One-Click Alignment

With one click, you can connect and align photonic circuits at any angle in OptoCompiler’s intuitive interface.

Interactive Waveguide Routing

OptoCompiler’s assisted waveguide routing feature provides flexible, interactive waveguide routing with smart obstacle avoidance.

Integrated Tools

OptSim

OptSim is our new simulation solution that provides a complete photonic system and circuit simulation and electro-optic co-simulation with Synopsys’ electrical circuit simulators.

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