Process Design Kit (PDK)
Access component designs and the information required to design a photonic chip.
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PDK Access
A Process Design Kit (PDK) contains component designs and the information required to design a photonic chip. You can access the open-source PDK for the CORNERSTONE foundry, along with tutorials and component documentation for the powerful open-source layout software GDSFactory and L-Edit Photonics, a comprehensive photonics physical design environment developed by Siemens EDA. This should contain all of the information required to go from zero to laying out a chip design to be made as part of a cost-effective CORNERSTONE Multi-Project Wafer run. You can also build in packaging compatibility from the start via access to the QPICPAC turnkey chip packaging solution.
PDKs Available
CORNERSTONE PDK
CORNERSTONE, an open source, license free silicon photonics prototyping foundry, offers a free and open source PDK
GDSFactory
GDSFactory is an open-source design layout tool which allows users to design their chips in a Python-based environment
Available Layout Tools
Wave Photonics PDK
The Wave Photonics 1550nm PDK for the CORNERSTONE 220nm silicon photonics process offers an increased range of lower loss and fabrication tolerant components
L-Edit Photonics
L-Edit Photonics is a photonics physical design environment developed by Siemens EDA, providing a drag-and-drop methodology within an IC layout editor
Access our designs
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Design your chip using our black box designs
Design
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We will arrange payment and set a date for the swap-out
Contact us
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We swap out the black boxes and send the design to your chosen fab
Access designs
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Your chips get made using the real component designs
Tapeout