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Keysight Brings Radio Frequency and Photonic Design Together for Tower Semiconductor

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  • Keysight Technologies has certified Advanced Design System (ADS) Photonic Designer to support Tower Semiconductor's PH18 silicon photonics process design kits (PDKs).
  • Engineers can now design photonic integrated circuits (PICs) or co-design them with electronic circuits in a single environment from schematic through simulation & layout.
  • The integrated workflow addresses the need to verify both PICs & their operating systems as optical link rates reach 1600G & beyond.
  • The PH18 PDK provides physics-based models for photonic components that designers integrate directly into electrical-optical-electrical (EOE) simulations.
  • ADS includes design rule check (DRC) compliant photonic layout devices & designer-level layout versus schematic (LVS) checks to identify issues before fabrication.
  • Foundry-level verification & tapeout for the PH18 process remain completed using Tower's own tools.
  • Tower Semiconductor's PH18 silicon photonics technology is now accessible within the Keysight ADS environment to optimize electro-optical systems.
  • The collaboration aims to shorten development cycles, reduce design iterations, & accelerate the deployment of advanced silicon photonics solutions.
  • The Tower PH18 PDK for ADS Photonic Designer is available now.