Smooth layout-centric design flow from Siemens Digital Industries Software. Tanner L-Edit Photonics is a comprehensive photonics physical design environment. It is based on the layout editor widely used for both IC and MEMS design.
Tanner L-Edit Photonics provides significant productivity improvement with a layout-centric design flow. Meaning, designers can do all of their work directly in the layout editor. When the design is at a point that simulation needs to be run, a netlist can be created directly from L-Edit Photonics. This layout-centric design flow removes the need to create a schematic, saving significant time in the design process, as the layout is the golden design database. The resulting netlist supports all of Siemens’ photonic simulation partners. The netlist also supports Siemens’ transistor level and mixed mode simulators if the design contains both electrical and optical components.
