Document information

License

Usage and responsibility

The use of this PDK is restricted to the design of photonic integrated circuits in the Germanium-on-Silicon platform, fabricated by Germanium-on-Silicon (Foundry).

  • All relevant documentation about the Germanium-on-Silicon platform, including process description and design rules, can be found in the Germanium-on-Silicon Design Manual as provided by the Foundry. The user is advised to carefully read the Germanium-on-Silicon Design Manual.

  • It is the user’s responsibility to verify that the design, made on the basis of this Process Design Kit, meets the Foundry’s design rules.

  • In case of doubt, the user should consider the Foundry’s design rule manual as the correct reference (as validated by the Foundry).

  • Under no circumstances does LUCEDA represent or warrant that operation of the photonic integrated circuits by the Foundry, designed on the basis of this Process Design Kit, will be error-free or will accord to the user specifications, and hereby disclaims all liability on account thereof.

Compatibility

This PDK was built with Luceda Photonics Design Platform 2025.12. For more information on this version of IPKISS please refer to the IPKISS changelog.