Design Services by Design Houses
This section is dedicated to the Design Service and Support provided by Design Houses that offer expert design and full layout services to embed your optical system into a PIC, or design support for your own circuits, to drastically reduce the probability of mistakes and optimize your own layout.
Currently we are working with two Expert Design Houses: Bright Photonics and VLC Photonics.
All indicated prices exclude VAT (Value-added-tax).
VLC PHOTONICS
VLC Photonics is an independent design house providing photonic integration services. VLC Photonics expertise has been validated over +10 years working with large corporations, small start-ups and researchers, and dozens of designs have been taped-out at all JEPPIX foundries, always advising customers on the most adequate development path and trade-offs.
| Support | Product ID | Price, EUR | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Basic support | VLC-SUP | 2000* | Design review, layout advice for test and packaging, DRC. |
| Standard cell | VLC-DES | starting at 5000 | Layout for a single MPW cell using only available building blocks at the foundry PDK. This includes standard DC and optical routing. A GDS file with the cell layout and a pdf design report will be provided afterwards. |
| Custom cell | VLC-Custom | starting at 10 000** | Specs definition, design and layout for a single MPW cell using both the available building blocks at the foundry PDK, and also new custom blocks that may be needed to implement the required circuit. This includes complex electrical (DC/RF) and optical routing. A GDS file with the cell layout and a pdf design report will be provided afterwards. |
* -50% Academic discount is applied /
** For custom design contact: info@vlcphotonics.com
BRIGHT PHOTONICS
The mission of BRIGHT Photonics is making photonics IC (PIC) technology accessible to product developers and researchers. Services BRIGHT Photonics offers are based on extensive experience with 20+ foundries, designing 100+ PICs, participating in 20+ MPWs, 100+ design modules installed.
| Support | Product ID | Price, EUR | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mask Review | BP-CHECK | 495 | DRC report (design rule checks) with tips on improving your submitted layout. |
| Layout Support | BP-SUPPORT | 1595 | Layout support (by the creator of Nazca Design, Bright Photonics) for one MPW cell. Helps you avoid costly mistakes, helps you navigate PDK technology and provides tips on layout solutions. |
| Layout Support + PDK | BP-SUPPORT-PDK | 2095 | BP-CHECK + BP-LAYOUT + PDK and software for multiple users |
| Custom Design | BP-CUSTOM | starting at 11000 | Full design service. No software costs. Designs are always tailored to your application needs, including specification and packaging compatibility. |
| Prototypes | BP-PROTO | starting at 14000 | BP-CUSTOM + packaged device(s), pigtailed and wirebonded. |
For custom design contact: info@BrightPhotonics.eu