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Silicon Photonics Circuit Design: Methods, Tools and Challenges
Author(s) -
Bogaerts Wim,
Chrostowski Lukas
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
laser and photonics reviews
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.778
H-Index - 116
eISSN - 1863-8899
pISSN - 1863-8880
DOI - 10.1002/lpor.201700237
Subject(s) - photonics , schematic , design flow , computer science , electronic design automation , circuit design , design tool , photonic integrated circuit , electronic circuit , electronic engineering , computer architecture , silicon photonics , integrated circuit design , abstraction , electronics , electrical engineering , engineering , embedded system , physics , optoelectronics , mechanical engineering , philosophy , epistemology
Silicon Photonics technology is rapidly maturing as a platform for larger‐scale photonic circuits. As a result, the associated design methodologies are also evolving from component‐oriented design to a more circuit‐oriented design flow, that makes abstraction from the very detailed geometry and enables design on a larger scale. In this paper, the state of this emerging photonic circuit design flow and its synergies with electronic design automation (EDA) are reviewed. The design flow from schematic capture, circuit simulation, layout and verification is covered. The similarities and the differences between photonic and electronic design, and the challenges and opportunities that present themselves in the new photonic design landscape, such as variability analysis, photonic‐electronic co‐simulation and compact model definition are discussed.