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PIC Design Suite
From concept to manufacture. One integrated flow with one support channel.
Figure 1. Overview of the PIC Design Suite
Synopsys is driving the photonic integrated circuit (PIC) revolution with design automation solutions for a wide range of application requirements, from data communications to sensors and biomedical devices.
Synopsys’ PIC Design Suite – photonic integrated circuit design software that includes the OptSim Circuit and OptoDesigner tools – offers a seamless PIC design flow from concept to manufacturable design, as well as access to a single, world-class support channel.
- The PIC Design Suite’s design, simulation, and mask layout implementation capabilities for PICs provide a modular and synergistic integration towards first-time-right fabrication.
- OptSim Circuit supports the design and optimization of PIC functionality.
- OptoDesigner has photonic-aware physical layout capabilities to synthesize PIC layouts for fabrication.
- The PIC Design Suite enables both PDK-driven and custom design, and supports the widest portfolio of foundries offering MPW access. The PIC Design Suite integrates with the RSoft Photonic Component Design Suite, Synopsys HSPICE, and Sentaurus TCAD tools for cohesive, precise simulations of photonic and optoelectronic components and provides co-simulation of electronic and photonic circuits.
OptSim Circuit
OptSim Circuit is an ideal platform for modeling and optimizing performance of PICs at the system level. The interface between OptSim Circuit and OptoDesigner provides users with a seamless path from PIC design to mask layout.
OptoDesigner
With a flexible and integrated environment focused on manufacturable designs, OptoDesigner enables efficient, high-quality PIC device development.
Key capabilities include:
- Photonic chip and mask layout
- Powerful scripting capabilities support creation of the design intent; automation tools transform the design intent into a mask layout
- OptoDesigner advanced connectors and autorouting
- Phase-aware waveguide generation using computed optical lengths from foundry-specified data
- Automatic phase-insensitive waveguide and metal routing for assembling complex circuits
- OptoDesigner simulation modules
- Simulation engines used to optimize layout for phase, polarity, dispersion, loss, etc.
- Also used to analyze impact of temperature and lattice stress on performance of given layout structures
- Photonic design verification
- Design rule checking enables verification of design and manufacturing rules for photonic curvilinear layouts
