Synopsys Photonic Solutions has the most comprehensive Photonic IC foundry support in the industry, with Process Design Kits (PDKs) available from foundries around the world for photonic processes such as silicon, silicon nitride, indium phosphide, polymers, and silica-on-glass. Our PIC Design Suite has enabled more than 1500 tapeouts.
We support all technologies:
The supported PDKs are a plug-in library for our PIC design environment and are available either directly from Synopsys or from the foundry. For vertically integrated organizations, foundries engaging in integrated photonics manufacturing or customers using foundries that is not yet supported, we offer PIC Engineering Services to kick-start teams with setting up foundry-specific compact models, building block definitions, and generating layouts and required design verification rules.
Our PIC Design Suite is used by many designers around the world to access MPW services and to work directly with R&D facilities and commercial foundries. Our Customer Support Portal (https://opticsportal.synopsys.com), provides an overview with the contact details to obtain the PDK installer for your foundry of choice. If you do not already have a customer portal account, please email photonics_support@synopsys.com for information about how to sign up.
The first OptoCompiler commercial PDK is now available:
You don't see the technology or foundry you want to work with? Don't worry, we have relationships with many more facilities than listed below. Setting up a layout-oriented PDK with our Photonics Building Block platform can be done in hours, not weeks! Contact our Support team to request more information or support.
The silicon photonics process design kit contains building blocks for layout generation, and mask layers and design rules for Advanced Micro Foundry’s (AMF) AMFSiP Platform.
Detailed Product InfoThe silicon photonics design kit contains the building blocks for the Multi Project Wafer runs offered by imec for both their passive as well as active (ISIPP50G) platform. The imec Passive+ is also offered as a subset of this PDK.
Detailed Product InfoThe Tower Semiconductor PDK contains the building blocks for schematic capture, and circuit simulation and schematic driven layout generation. In addition, mask layers and optical rules are provided to enable custom design. Finally, design rules for physical verification are provided for the Multi Project Wafer runs offered by Tower on a regular basis.
Detailed Product InfoThe TriPleX-ADS Design Kit contains the building blocks for the Multi Project Wafer runs offered by LioniX.
Detailed Product InfoThe silicon photonics process design kit contains the mask layers and building blocks for layout generation and design rules for the Multi Project Wafer runs offered by LioniX International in the framework of Pix4life pilot line for life science applications in the visible range.
Detailed Product InfoThe silicon nitride process design kit contains the mask layers, building blocks for layout generation, material properties, and design rules for the AN800 and AN150 processes. Tested building blocks for wavelength operation of 1550 nm, 1320 nm, and 900 nm are available.
Detailed Product InfoThis PDK is a plug-in library for OptoDesigner. In addition to the photonic elements from the standard OptoDesigner library, the PDK contains technology specific information like mask layer names, design rules, validated building blocks developed by VLC Photonics and settings to generate GDS file of the design.
Detailed Product InfoThe silicon photonics process design kit contains the building blocks for circuit simulation and layout generation, mask layers, and design rules as developed by Analog Photonics for the Multi Project Wafer runs offered by AIM Photonics at the SUNYPoly facilities. This PDK includes Active/Passive, AIM Educational, and AIM Imposer.
Detailed Product InfoThis InP photonics Design Kit contains the building blocks for layout generation in the Multi Project Wafer runs offered by Fraunhofer HHI (Heinrich Hertz Institute).
Detailed Product InfoThis InP design kit contains the building blocks for schematic capture, circuit simulation, and layout generation for the fabrication runs offered by SMART Photonics.
Detailed Product InfoTo simplify photonic integrated circuit (PIC) input/output (I/O) and packaging, Chiral Photonics, in collaboration with Synopsys, is pleased to announce design support within OptoDesigner for Chiral Photonics' optical couplers and packaging services.
Detailed Product InfoThis Design Kit contains the required layout information to fit in the standard packages or customized packages from Cordon.
Detailed Product InfoTo simplify photonic integrated circuit (PIC) input/output (I/O) and packaging, Synopsys is pleased to announce design support within OptoDesigner for PHIX Photonics Assembly and packaging services.
Detailed Product InfoFollowing is a list of the PDKs available from foundry partners offering MPW services. This list groups the PDKs according to their design capabilities.
