Luceda E/O Co-Design Integration for Cadence​

About this product

The Luceda E/O Co-Design Integration for Cadence links the Luceda Photonics Design Platform with Cadence’s gold-standard EPDA ecosystem. Engineered for fabless PIC design teams building next-generation high-performance interconnects and for foundries, it delivers an automated bridge between Luceda’s specialized Python-driven photonic design synthesis to Cadence’s Virtuoso Studio for electro-optical system integration.

By eliminating traditionally isolated workflows and fragile manual transfers, the Luceda E/O Co-Design Integration for Cadence enables EIC and PIC engineering teams to work in lockstep. Photonic design teams leverage Luceda’s specialized layout, place-and-route, synthesis, and simulation capabilities while maintaining native compatibility with Cadence Virtuoso Studio and Spectre Simulation Platforms.

Ultimately, the Luceda E/O Co-Design Integration for Cadence provides an open, verification-backed environment that ensures first-time-right silicon production, transforming complex PIC-enabled technologies into market-ready interconnect solutions.

Benefits 

For PIC Designers 

• Eliminate manual file transfer errors and ad-hoc scripting through automated, 1:1 component and parameter mapping between Luceda and Cadence environments, accelerating time-to-market.
• Identify and resolve optical-specific design rule violations early in Luceda before initiating final full verification in the Cadence environment.
• Leverage a powerful workflow offering specialized PIC design and analysis capabilities (including curved, all-angle specification-based photonic placement & routing and fast functional validation) without sacrificing compatibility with standard CMOS/EDA design tools.
• Work in a highly flexible, open EPDA alternative instead of closed, single-vendor proprietary design ecosystems.

For EIC Designers 

• Easily communicate and collaborate with the PIC design team within your team’s preferred design environment.
• Provide layout requirements and constraints that can be imported and used directly in the PIC team’s preferred design environment.
• Effortlessly combine the PIC design with the EIC design and prepare for tape-out, ensuring the layout is fully compatible with Cadence verification routines from the start.

For Foundries

• Drastically reduce the engineering hours typically required to build, validate, and maintain separate, disjointed PDKs for different design platforms.
• Effortlessly translate PDKs between Cadence and Luceda to expand your addressable designer market and customer base.

Current Core Features

Cadence PDK Import & 1:1 Mapping:

• Import Cadence PDKs or custom libraries directly into Luceda with full 1:1 parametric mapping of cells, parameters, and metadata.
• Synthesize and build complex photonic circuit designs within Luceda using native Cadence PDK components.

Bi-Directional Design Export & IP Generation:

• Export completed PIC designs back to the Cadence environment with lossless 1:1 parametric mapping of cells, parameters, and metadata.
• Create advanced PIC IP in Luceda (such as specialized AWGs via AWG Designer) and effortlessly transfer them to the Cadence environment to complete your circuit.