US Patent Application 18155980. SILICON PHOTONICS SYSTEM simplified abstract
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SILICON PHOTONICS SYSTEM
Organization Name
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.
Inventor(s)
Feng-Wei Kuo of Zhudong Township (TW)
Yu-Hao Chen of HsinChu City (TW)
SILICON PHOTONICS SYSTEM - A simplified explanation of the abstract
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18155980 titled 'SILICON PHOTONICS SYSTEM
Simplified Explanation
The patent application describes methods and systems for creating and designing silicon photonics (SiPh) devices.
- The invention includes a library of parameterized cells (Pcells) for standard SiPh devices.
- A custom SiPh layout is created, which includes dummy layers to define a custom SiPh device Pcell.
- A schematic is created, which includes both the standard SiPh device Pcells and the custom SiPh device Pcell.
- A configuration database is created to correlate the standard and custom SiPh Pcells to the schematic.
- The standard and custom SiPh Pcells are automatically placed and routed based on the configuration database.
- A set of LVS (Layout vs. Schematic) rules are determined based on the dummy layers.
- An LVS verification is conducted based on these rules to ensure the layout matches the schematic.
Original Abstract Submitted
Silicon Photonics (SiPh) device methods and systems include providing a PDK cell library with parameters for standard SiPh device parameterized cells (Pcells). A custom SiPh layout that includes a plurality of dummy layers defining a custom SiPh device Pcell is created. A schematic including a plurality of the standard SiPh device Pcells and the custom SiPh device Pcell is created, as well as a configuration database correlating the standard SiPh device Pcells and the custom SiPh Pcell to the schematic. The standard SiPh device Pcells and the custom SiPh Pcell are automatically placed and routed based on the configuration database. A plurality of LVS rules are determined based on the dummy layers, and conducting an LVS verification is conducted based on the LVS rules.
