OpenLight, Tower Semiconductor Expand PH18DA Photonics Ecosystem to Speed Up PIC Development
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Santa Barbara, Calif. & Migdal Haemek, a provider of heterogeneous III-V-on-silicon photonic integration and custom Photonic Application-Specific Integrated Circuits (PASICs), and Tower Semiconductor, a foundry specializing in high-value analog semiconductor solutions, have announced the availability of OpenLight's photonic Process Design Kit (PDK) for Tower's PH18DA indium phosphide (InP)-on-silicon photonics platform within Cadence's electronic design automation (EDA) tools. Developed through close technical collaboration between the two companies, the PDK allows customers to design advanced photonic integrated circuits (PICs) within a widely used IC design environment, helping speed up the path toward production.
The PH18DA ecosystem brings together OpenLight's photonics IP, Tower's process and manufacturing expertise, and Cadence's EDA tools, offering a more streamlined path for developing advanced photonic ICs while bringing photonics design closer in line with established electronic IC workflows and manufacturing processes.
Dr. Adam Carter, CEO of OpenLight, said making the PDK available on Cadence tools allows customers to design photonic integrated circuits with...
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