WILSONVILLE, Ore., March 20, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Mentor
Graphics® Corporation (NASDAQ: MENT) today announced, in
collaboration with Luceda Photonics, the availability of a full
flow process design kit (PDK) for imec's integrated Silicon
Photonics Platform (iSiPP50G) to promote a 'right-the-first-time'
approach to silicon photonics. The result is an exceptionally
easy-to-use environment for integrated circuit (IC) design,
simulation and layout with reliable, industry-standard physical
verification for one of the industry's most advanced silicon
photonics platform's available today.
The PDK supports the Tanner IC design suite along with Tanner
Calibre® One for physical verification. Luceda's IPKISS.eda is
integrated within Tanner's L-Edit full-custom layout tool providing
drag-and-drop photonic components and fine-grained control over
every aspect of the design flow. The imec process is suited to
devices such as high-performance optical transceivers, optical
sensing and read-out ICS and biomolecule detection.
The Tanner IC design suite supports analog, mixed-signal, RF,
MEMS and silicon photonic design in one complete, highly
integrated, end-to-end flow. Designers capture the schematic,
perform analog and mixed-signal simulation, and lay out the
physical design within this unified flow.
"Imec's iSiPP50G process technology is a key platform for
silicon photonics companies," said Greg
Lebsack, general manager Tanner EDA at Mentor Graphics.
"Delivering this PDK is significant for the market as it eliminates
the manual, error-prone steps to establish a repeatable, efficient
design flow. Now companies can get their innovative products to
market more quickly and reliably using cost-effective tools and
manufacturing."
IPKISS.eda inside L-Edit gives photonic IC designers full
control of their design framework to ensure that what they
fabricate matches exactly how they designed it. In addition, it
enables the reuse and distribution of the design work in a
hierarchical framework that saves time and improves
reliability.
"Our customers ask for help automating the mechanics of design
so they can use their skills and knowledge to deliver
functionality, performance and quality," said Pieter Dumon, CTO, Luceda. "The qualification of
this PDK together with integration of IPKISS.eda within the Mentor
Tanner design flow delivers just that."
The PDK contains library symbols, PCells, simulation models and
a Tanner Calibre One IC physical verification rule deck. The
combination of foundry PDK and off-the-shelf tools eliminates the
time-consuming process of creating the custom building blocks
necessary for the design of a silicon photonics device.
"The release of the PDK for the Mentor-Tanner & Luceda
design flow is an important contribution to the ease of access to
iSiPP50G." said Phill Christie,
leader of the Business & Technology Strategy Group,
Imec.IC-link. "Imec is committed to providing design environment
options for its customers."
Access to the PDK is provided by imec and new users should email
epsiphot@imec.be. Information about iSiPP50G is
online.
For additional product information, please visit the
websites:
https://www.mentor.com/tannereda/
http://www.lucedaphotonics.com/
Imec Integrated Silicon Photonics Platform
For more information, please contact:
Laura Parker
Mentor Graphics
503.685.1775
laura_parker@mentor.com
About Mentor Graphics
Mentor Graphics Corporation is a world leader in electronic
hardware and software design solutions, providing products,
consulting services and award-winning support for the world's most
successful electronic, semiconductor and systems companies.
Established in 1981, the company reported revenues in the last
fiscal year of approximately $1.28
billion. Corporate headquarters are located at 8005
S.W. Boeckman Road, Wilsonville,
Oregon 97070-7777. World Wide Web site:
http://www.mentor.com/.
About Luceda Photonics
Luceda Photonics wants photonic IC engineers to enjoy the same
first-time-right design experience as electronic IC designers.
Luceda Photonics' tools and services are rooted in over 50 years of
experience in photonic integrated circuit (PIC) design. The team's
expertise in the development of process design kits (PDK) and the
design and validation of photonic integrated circuits is used by
several research institutes and industrial R&D teams worldwide.
The company started as spin-off from imec, the photonics group of
UGent ( Ghent University ) and the VUB (Vrije Universiteit
Brussel).
http://www.lucedaphotonics.com/
About imec
Imec is the world-leading research and innovation hub in
nano-electronics and digital technologies. The combination of our
widely acclaimed leadership in microchip technology and profound
software and ICT expertise is what makes us unique. By leveraging
our world-class infrastructure and local and global ecosystem of
partners across a multitude of industries, we create groundbreaking
innovation in application domains such as healthcare, smart cities
and mobility, logistics and manufacturing, and energy.
As a trusted partner for companies, start-ups and universities
we bring together close to 3,500 brilliant minds from over 70
nationalities. Imec is headquartered in Leuven, Belgium and also has distributed R&D
groups at a number of Flemish universities, in the Netherlands, Taiwan, USA,
China, and offices in India and Japan. In 2015, imec's revenue (P&L)
totaled 415 million euro and of
iMinds which is integrated in imec as of September 21, 2016 52
million euro. Further information on imec can be found at
www.imec-int.com
(Mentor Graphics, Mentor, and Calibre are registered trademarks
of Mentor Graphics Corporation. All other company or product names
are the registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective
owners.)
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