Co-Design Functionality

This section aims to provide some of the theory and background implementation concepts between the co-design principles in piel.

Contents:

• Fundamental Co-Design Principles Theory
• Electronic Fundamentals
  • Fundamental Electronic Definitions
  • Passives
    • Simple Capacitive Modelling
  • Digital Design Metrics
  • System Metrics
    • Power Consumption Definitions
      • Peak Power
      • Average Power
    • Power Consumption Sources
      • In terms of photonic loads
        • Time Analysis
    • Signal Propagation Definitions
      • Low-Pass RC Filter
      • RC Time-Constant Derivation
      • High-Pass RC Filter
    • Driving, Propagation Delay & Fanout
  • Device Physics
    • Ideal 1D pn junction
      • Depletion Region vs Voltage Bias
      • Circuit Models
    • Static MOS Transistor
      • NMOS Switch Model
• Photonic & RF Fundamentals
  • What is an electromagnetic wave?
    • Can we simplify this for our applications?
      • A general solution
    • Helmholtz’s on a lossless waveguide
  • The Definition of Phase
  • Making Waves Interfere
  • Guided Waves
    • Impedance Types
    • Towards Waveguides
  • Understanding our Materials
  • Propagation & Dispersion
  • Sources of Loss
  • Network Analysis
    • Impedance Matrix
      • Derivation for a two-conductor TEM transmission line
    • Scattering Matrix
• Towards an Integrated Multi-Physics Component & Circuit Solver
  • Optical
    • 3D FDTD
    • 2.5D with Effective Index FDTD
    • Eigenmode Expansion Method EME
  • Electronic & Optical
• Mixed-Signal Electronic-Photonic Co-Simulation
  • Time Synchronisation Complexities
  • Tools Integration
  • Integration Schemes Discussion & Philosophy
    • Implementation Scheme
    • Legacy - Considered Potential Implementation Schemes
      • Discretisation of the Simulation
      • Assuming Independent Solvers
      • Motivation for Integrated Solvers
      • Co-Routine Dominant Solver Limits Feedback
      • Photonic Time Delay Synchronisation
• Parametric Functionality
  • OpenLane Parametric Parameters