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Virtuoso Layout Suite XL: Connectivity Driven Editing User Guide
Product Version IC23.1, November 2023

phoPinLayer (Virtuoso Photonics Option)

layoutXL phoPinLayer string "valid_photonic_layer_name"

Description

Specifies the default photonic layer to use for generating optical pins in the layout.

The default is "".

If no default layer is specified in the environment variable, the first photonic layer in the list of validLayers is used for optical pin generation.

To use this environment variable in Layout XL, you must have the Virtuoso_Photonics_Option license checked out. For information on obtaining the required license, contact your local Cadence representative.

GUI Equivalent

Command:

Connectivity – Generate – All From Source – I/O Pins – Type – Optical

Field:

Layer

Examples

envGetVal("layoutXL" "phoPinLayer")
envSetVal("layoutXL" "phoPinLayer" 'string "waveguide drawing")

Related Topics

Generation of RF TLine Chains (Virtuoso MultiTech Framework)

List of Layout XL Environment Variables

Setting Environment Variables


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