Virtuoso interoperability - Circuit Design Flows using INTERCONNECT

The electronic-photonic design automation (EPDA) environment built upon Virtuoso-INTERCONNECT integration enables schematic-driven designs, simulation, and layout for monolithic/hybrid integrated electronic and photonics circuits.

Getting Started

Find what you need to learn about the Virtuoso-INTERCONNECT integration flows and run your first optical/electro-optical simulation from Virtuoso custom design platform.

Cadence interoperability introduction

• Virtuoso interoperability overview
• Virtuoso interoperability workflow
• Introduction video for electro-optical co-design and co-simulation

My first optical design & simulation using Virtuoso

• ONA/OTRAN simulation

My first Virtuoso-INTERCONNECT electro-optical co-simulation

• Virtuoso-INTERCONNECT co-simulation example

Build my first custom Virtuoso library for INTERCONNECT models

• INTERCONNECT EDPA Virtuoso library workflow

Reference Guide

Find the details of the Virtuoso interoperability preparation steps. Please refer to environment setup steps in the specific order to properly set up the interoperability environment before building up and running your own simulation circuits.

EPDA Environment setup

• Tools & license requirement
• Install EPDA environment to a new working directory
• Verify EPDA installation
• Load PDK libraries
• Upgrade existing EPDA environment to new version

Simulation user manual

• Optical network analysis (ONA)
• Optical transient analysis (OTRAN)
• Virtuoso-INTERCONNECT Electro-optical co-simulation (CoSim)

Statistical modeling and simulation

• Introduction to statistical CML models
• Statistical simulation

Build custom Virtuoso library for INTERCONNECT models

• Build INTERCONNECT CML model
• Element mapping rules
• PDK verification
• Electrical loads and setup

Application examples

In this section, some application examples on the Virtuoso interoperability are provided.

• PAM4 transceiver
• Statistical PAM4 transceiver

Rapid Adoption Kit

• Rapid adoption kit (host by Cadence)