Title :
Modeling of silicon photonics devices with Verilog-A
Author :
Martin, Patrick ; Gays, Fabien ; Grellier, E. ; Myko, A. ; Menezo, Sylvie
Author_Institution :
Optronics Div., CEA, Grenoble, France
Abstract :
Passive and active silicon photonics devices are modeled using the Verilog-A language. The notion of bidirectional optical bus connecting devices is introduced. Models are implemented in SPICE electrical simulators and in standard EDA tools already used for CMOS circuit design.
Keywords :
SPICE; electronic design automation; hardware description languages; integrated optics; semiconductor device models; CMOS circuit design; SPICE electrical simulators; Verilog-A language; active silicon photonics devices; bidirectional optical bus connecting devices; passive silicon photonics devices; standard EDA tools; Integrated circuit modeling; Optical attenuators; Optical interferometry; Optical polarization; Optical refraction; Optical variables control; Photonics;
Conference_Titel :
Microelectronics Proceedings - MIEL 2014, 2014 29th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Belgrade
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-5295-3
DOI :
10.1109/MIEL.2014.6842123
