1、Modeling and Simulation of Silicon Photonics Systemsin SystemVerilog&XMODELProf.Jaeha KimSeoul National University&Scientific Analog,Inc.CEDA/CASS/SSCS Joint Session on Silicon PhotonicsASP-DAC 20252Modeling&Simulation of Si Photonics Systems in SystemVerilog/XMODELSilicon PhotonicsIntegration of ph
2、otonic and electronic components to realize dense,high-bandwidth I/Os with low powerSilicon photonics switch IC based on Mach-Zehnder interferometers(MZI)F.G.de Magalhaes,et al.,“Silicon Photonic Interconnects:Minimizing the Controller Latency”GLSVLSI,20183Modeling&Simulation of Si Photonics Systems
3、 in SystemVerilog/XMODELChallenge with Verifying SiPh SystemsC.Sun,et al.,“A 45nm SOI Monolithic Photonics Chip-to-Chip Link with Bit-Statistics-Based Resonant Mirroring Thermal Tuning,VLSI Symp.2015.Photonics(100THz)Analog/MS(110GHz)Digital(Complex)4Modeling&Simulation of Si Photonics Systems in Sy
4、stemVerilog/XMODELGoal:Model SiPh in SystemVerilogWant to run efficient simulation of silicon photonics,analog,and digital electronics in one unified platformCant verify the system by simulating each of them separately Want that platform to be SystemVerilogThe established platform for verifying most
5、 chips(UVM)Validated digital models can be directly synthesized5Modeling&Simulation of Si Photonics Systems in SystemVerilogXMODEL by Scientific AnalogA plug-in extension that enables fast and accurate analog/mixed-signal simulation in SystemVerilog Event-driven:10100 x faster than Real-Number Veril
6、og Analog:supporting both functional and circuit-level models SystemVerilog:enabling analog verification in UVM6Modeling&Simulation of Si Photonics Systems in SystemVerilogEvent-Driven Simulation of AnalogHow do we extend the Verilogs event-driven algorithm to simulating analog circuits?DigitalAnalo