Generation of Optical Pins and Chains (Virtuoso Photonics Option)

If you are using the Virtuoso Photonics Solution and have the Virtuoso_Photonics_Option license checked out, the Generate All From Source command enables you to create optical pins for the design.

If a pin is associated with an optical net, Layout XL automatically generates optical pins on an optical layer, such as the waveguide layer. By default, the layer to be used for the optical pin generation is determined from the value set for the phoPinLayer environment variable. If the environment variable does not have a valid layer set, the first photonic layer in the validLayer list is used.

Each optical pin can have the following attributes defined:

• Width: Width of the waveguide associated with the photonic port.
• Radius: Curvature of the waveguide associated with the photonic port.
  By default, the radius is not defined.
• Angle: Access direction of the photonic port.

Related Topics

phoPinLayer (Virtuoso Photonics Option)

Photonics in Virtuoso Schematic Editor, ADE, and Layout XL (Virtuoso Photonics Option)

Generation of Optical Pins

Generating Optical Chains