Luceda DRC
Run DRC in the same environment where you design your PICs and validate your designs against foundry rules. Luceda’s native DRC engine integrates design and verification in a single workflow, helping you detect and resolve violations early, ensure reliable, foundry-compliant PIC designs, and move toward successful tape-outs with confidence.
Component / Circuit Layout
Design Rule Check
in Luceda DRC
DRC-Clean Layout
About this product
Luceda DRC is a powerful module built on top of IPKISS that enables photonic design teams to identify and resolve design rule violations during the layout phase. Available out of the box, it allows designers to run DRC checks instantly, without complex setup or integration efforts.
With Luceda DRC, teams can design their PICs and verify design rule compliance within a single, fully integrated environment. Designers can check for DRC errors at the push of a button, directly within the same environment they use to create and visualize their layouts, eliminating the need to switch between tools.
By identifying design errors early in the development process, Luceda DRC enables design teams to resolve design violations before submitting designs to their foundry of choice. As part of Luceda’s first-time-right PIC design approach, it helps ensure compliance with foundry rules well in advance, giving designers confidence in achieving successful tape-outs.
Luceda DRC also enables foundries to receive cleaner, rule-compliant designs, reducing back-and-forth communication and accelerating the path to manufacturing. By smoothly bridging designers and foundries, Luceda DRC accelerates time to market.
PIC designer benefits
- Leverage a native design rule check engine fully integrated into your design environment, eliminating tool switching and maintaining a continuous workflow.
- Identify and resolve design violations early in the design phase, preventing costly late-stage rework and accelerating your path to a successful tape-out.
- Ensure your PIC designs are validated and supported by the foundry of your choice by checking against the foundry rule set.
- Increase confidence in your PIC designs by verifying them before submitting them to foundries.
- Minimize back-and-forth communication with foundries by delivering cleaner designs and shortening revision cycles.
Foundry benefits
- Automatically validate incoming PIC designs against process rules.
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Receive cleaner, pre-verified GDS files, reducing the time that foundries spend on back-and-forth communication to fix them.
- Eliminate the back-and-forth communication regarding violations leading to faster tape-outs and more predictable fabrication schedule.
- Maintain standardized rule enforcement and safeguard process integrity leading to high customer satisfaction and trust.
Supported Foundry DRC Decks
Luceda offers access to a wide range of process design kits (PDKs) to help design manufacturable PICs in collaboration with leading foundries. With Luceda DRC, we also work with leading foundries and provide DRC decks to streamline the process from design to manufaturing, enable successful tape-outs, and strengthen the PIC ecosystem.
For the most up-to-date list of available foundry DRC decks, check this page regularly.
Discover More About Luceda DRC
Shift-Left Verification – Bring DRC Closer to Your PIC Design Flow
Shift-Left Verification enables you to move DRC to the earliest stages of your PIC design flow and catch errors before they cost you. Instead of waiting for full layout completion, as in traditional design rule checking flows, detect and fix issues when they are still easy to resolve.
- Earlier verification, faster corrections.
- Fewer iterations with the foundry.
- Reduced risk of costly late-stage redesigns.
Design faster. Iterate smarter. Tape out with confidence.
Run DRC from the GUI or Code, Your Choice
Luceda DRC allows you to run DRC directly inside your design environment for immediate validation and visual debugging, or execute it directly from code, running it on exported GDS files.
- Push-button DRC inside the Luceda Layout Visualizer.
- Highlighted violations for rapid debugging.
- Headless DRC for scripting and CI/CD pipelines.
Selective Rule & Layer Checks – Run Only What Matters
Selective rule and layer execution lets you run only the checks you need. Avoid the overhead of running the full rule deck for every minor design change. Select specific rules or rule groups and focus on what truly matters.
- Built-in rule selection for focused debugging without the need for custom scripting.
- Faster runtimes and smoother validation.
- GDS-based verification aligned with foundry delivery.
Targeted checks. Shorter cycles. Higher productivity.
Foundry-Ready Density Control — Design Manufacturable PICs
Luceda DRC enables you to ensure foundry compliance with native, PDK-driven density checks, available out of the box.
- Automatic density validation without custom scripting.
- Advanced dummy filling that resolves density gaps with fine control.
Maximize yield. Optimize manufacturability. Reduce risk.
Tutorials
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