Design Automation Tools for Micro-Scale Mixed Technology Systems

本研究是开发用于设计和分析光电系统的模型和算法，以涵盖集成光学，电气和机械组件的微尺度系统。它集中在五个主要议题：光传播模型的微光学，混合域组件模型，相应的混合域仿真环境，三维用户界面，设计和分析技术，直接纳入混合技术系统的附加性能问题。正在开发的算法包括新的混合方法来模拟光传播在微尺度环境中，技术，跨域创建一致的组件级模型，和多时基仿真技术。对于混合技术设计的方法，性能的定义扩展到速度、功率和面积之外，以包括混合技术系统的其他问题，如噪声、串扰和容差。该研究小组正在开发软件工具，这些工具将提供给工业界和学术界的其他研究小组。

This research is on developing models and algorithms for design and analysis of optoelectronic systems to encompass micro-scale systems that integrate optical, electrical, and mechanical components. It is focused on five main topics: light propagation models for micro-optics, mixed-domain component models, a corresponding mixed-domain simulation environment, a 3D user interface, and design and analysis techniques that directly incorporate the additional performance concerns of mixed-technology systems. The algorithms being developed include new hybrid methods to model optical propagation in the micro-scale environment, techniques for creating consistent component level models across domains, and multi-time base simulation techniques. For the methodologies for mixed-technology design, the definition of performance is expanded beyond speed, power and area to include the additional concerns of mixed-technology systems such as noise, crosstalk and tolerancing. The research team is creating software tools, which will be made available to other research groups in both industry and academia.