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Optiwave Releases v2.0 of the Industry's First Opto-Electronic Circuit Design Software
OTTAWA, ONTARIO — July 21, 2010 — Optiwave Systems Inc., the leading provider of optical component and system design tools, today announced the immediate availability of OptiSPICE 2.0, the industry’s first circuit design software for analysis of integrated circuits including interactions of optical and electronic components. OptiSPICE is the only offering that enables the design and simulation of opto-electronic circuits at the transistor level, from laser drivers to transimpedance amplifiers, optical interconnects and electronic equalizers.
“OptiSPICE 2.0 brings some exciting new features for opto-electronic design engineers" said Dr. Jan Jakubczyk, President of Optiwave. “including a new multimode waveguide element and new multilayer filters to address the design and simulation of optical integrated circuits.“
Why is OptiSPICE Needed?
Simulation of optical and electrical components simultaneously is a multi-disciplinary problem. Equations governing optical and electrical components are incompatible for co-simulation within traditional numerical engines. In addition, optoelectronic components are temperature dependent and this dependence needs to be incorporated into the simulation to obtain correct results.
“Developing a revolutionary methodology to model optical signals in an electrical simulation framework suitable for ensuring reliable and self-consistent simulation of optical and electrical signals formulated for incorporation in a single-engine is what makes OptiSPICE a pioneering effort.,” said Dr. Pavan Gunupudi, Professor at Carleton University. “Engineers now have one ideal modeling solution to meet their complex design requirements.”
OptiSPICE is the only circuit design software for the self-consistent simulation of optical, electrical, and thermal energy domains. Supporting a wide variety of electrical circuit elements such as diodes, transistors, BJTs and MOSFETS along with optical components such as laser diodes, optical fibers and photodiodes; OptiSPICE provides transient time domain, small-signal frequency, and noise analysis.
OptiSPICE is now available via the OptiSPICE product page > >