Design Kit: Siemens Pyxis for the Advanced Micro Foundry (AMF) Silicon Photonics Fabrication Process

This product includes the following:

• Process Design Kit (PDK)—confidential, designed for Siemens Pyxis for the Advanced Micro Foundry (AMF) General-Purpose process. This PDK includes
  • a complete process layer definition,
  • an updated integrated Calibre Design Rule Check (DRC) to verify a design against the process specifications,
  • a library of standard components and documentation, which includes new version of AMF Silicon verified Black Box Cells and Basic cells, as well as old IME cells (for reference only).
  • CMC PCells for layout editing.
• PDK User Guide—confidential, provides instructions for installing and configuring the PDK for Siemens Pyxis for the AMF General-Purpose process. It describes these tasks:
  1. Installation
  2. Project Manager Operation
  3. Layout Operation
  4. Running a Design Rule Check
  5. Exporting/Importing GDS Files
  6. Fracturing
• CMC Pcells User Guide—covers
  • PCell placement on a layout
  • PCell names
  • PCell parameters
• VCL CMC Cloud User Guide—provides instructions for using pre-installed PDK in VCL CMC Cloud. It describes the following steps:
  1. Logging in to the VCL CMC Cloud
  2. Creating a layout in the Siemens Pyxis tool
  3. Running Design Rule Check
  4. Exporting a layout
  5. Transferring the design file between VCL CMC Cloud and user’s local desktop

Note: If you use VCL CMC Cloud, you do not need to download and install the PDK because it is pre-installed for you.