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Latitude Design Systems
Dec 17, 20244 min read
Designing High-Efficiency and Fabrication-Tolerant Bi-Layer Grating Couplers for Silicon Photonics
Introduction Silicon photonics, which leverages the well-established CMOS fabrication processes, has emerged as a promising platform for...
Latitude Design Systems
Dec 5, 20243 min read
Digital Infrastructure Pivots on Silicon Photonics: An Overview
Introduction The exponential growth of global data traffic has been driving the development of optical fiber communication technology for...
Latitude Design Systems
Nov 27, 20244 min read
Real-time Automatic Wavelength Alignment for Silicon Photonic Filters Using Reinforced Q-Learning
Introduction Silicon photonic wavelength filters based on asymmetric Mach-Zehnder interferometers (AMZI) or micro-rings are critical...
Latitude Design Systems
Oct 25, 20243 min read
Silicon Photonics MDM Optical Power Divider with NOMA for Flexible Data Rate Allocation
Introduction Silicon photonics (SiPh) integrated circuits have emerged as a promising technology for optical communication systems and...
Latitude Design Systems
Oct 24, 20245 min read
Passively Aligned Glass Micro-Optic Bridge for Expanded-Beam Vertical Coupling and Pluggable Silicon Photonics
Introduction As the demand for artificial intelligence and machine learning grows, the performance of the underlying compute hardware is...
Latitude Design Systems
Oct 14, 20247 min read
Tutorial: The Emergence of Co-Packaged Optics
Introduction The ever-increasing data demands of modern computing applications are pushing the limitations of traditional electrical...
Latitude Design Systems
Oct 10, 20243 min read
Navigating the Evolving Landscape of Network-on-Chip (NoC) Architectures for 3D Chip Designs
Introduction As chip designs grow increasingly complex, the network-on-chip (NoC) has become an essential component, enabling efficient...
Latitude Design Systems
Sep 26, 20243 min read
The Challenges Of Working With Photonics – Meeting Note
Attendees: James Pond, Fellow at Ansys Gilles Lamant, Distinguished Engineer at Cadence Mitch Heins, Business Development Manager for...
Latitude Design Systems
Sep 12, 20244 min read
Silicon Photonics Manufacturing Tutorial and Summary
Introduction As data demands continue to skyrocket with the growth of AI, cloud computing, and the Internet of Things (IoT), the...
Latitude Design Systems
Jul 25, 20244 min read
Calibrating Thermal Controllers for Maximizing Optical Modulation Amplitude in Microring Modulators
Abstract Microring modulators offer attractive solutions for high-speed optical interconnects due to their low loss and small footprint....
Latitude Design Systems
Jul 1, 20243 min read
Advancing BoW in 2024 – Key Developments and Future Directions
Introduction In the rapidly evolving landscape of semiconductor technology, the Bunch of Wires (BoW) protocol stands out for its...
Latitude Design Systems
Jun 5, 20243 min read
The Rise of Linear Drive Optics: A Promising Solution for Power-Efficient Optical Interconnects
Introduction Linear Drive Optics (LPO), also known as non-retimed pluggable optics, has emerged as a hot topic in the optical networking...
Latitude Design Systems
Jun 3, 20242 min read
Monolithic Integration of 940 nm VCSELs on Bulk Ge Substrates: A Breakthrough for Mass Production
Introduction Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers (VCSELs) have gained significant traction as compact, low-cost, and scalable...
Latitude Design Systems
May 3, 20243 min read
Co-Packaged Optics: The Future of High-Speed Optical Interconnects
Introduction As data centers and communication networks continue to handle ever-increasing amounts of data, the demand for higher...
Latitude Design Systems
Apr 15, 20246 min read
Navigating the CW-WDM MSA: A Comprehensive Tutorial
Introduction In the rapidly evolving world of optical interconnects, interoperability and standardization are crucial for enabling...
Latitude Design Systems
Jan 23, 20244 min read
The Evolution to 800G Pluggable Modules
Abstract The increasing bandwidth demands of hyperscale data centers are driving the development of 800G pluggable optics. This new...
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