Silicon Photonics (SiPho)
High volume photonics foundry offering for data center and emerging applications
Foundry platform for O-band (1310nm) and C-band (1550nm) photonic integrated circuits (PICs) serving high speed optical communications, datacenter interconnects, high-performance computing, and emerging innovative sensor applications (examples: LiDAR; gyroscope). Platform supports low-cost rapid prototyping through conveniently scheduled MPW runs.
PLATFORM FEATURES:
- Low-loss silicon and silicon nitride waveguides.
- Germanium PIN diodes and avalanche photodiodes.
- PIN-diode based phase shifters and MZMs.
- Efficient on-chip heater element.
- Efficient fiber alignment and facet coupling.
- Standard CMOS-compatible platform with Al-backend.
- Under bump metallization for laser attach.
- On-chip integrated iii-v material laser options.
- Ansys, Cadence, Luceda, Mentor, and Synopsys based foundry PDKs.
- In-line optical testing capability.
- MPW and fast-turn short-loop runs.
- Coupling technology – fiber; connectorized; edge; grating, others.