Spark Photonics

👉 Attention #PIC designers: Check out the September issue of Photonics Spectra, in which Chiara Alessandri from Luceda Photonics wrote an insightful article on test design kits (TDKs) for integrated photonics: https://lnkd.in/eTh9gHwZ Haven't heard of a TDK? 🤔 Think of it as a way to make sure your photonic #chip can be measured efficiently and effectively, starting at the #design phase. The concept showcases Luceda's innovative thinking in Design for Test (#DfT) and the article includes supporting commentary from our colleagues at VLC Photonics (Hitachi Group), OpenLight, PITC - Photonic Integration Technology Center, and AIM Photonics, as well as from our CEO, Kevin McComber. #siliconphotonics #integratedphotonics #designfortest

Meet with Spark Photonics at the #ECOC2024 Exhibition, September 23-25 in Frankfurt, Germany! 🍻 https://lnkd.in/dEaXA-m Our CEO, Kevin McComber, will be available to discuss #photonics #design and #software along with our partners, Luceda Photonics, who will be at booth B127. Learn about Spark's new Check Mate #DRC and Luceda's Link for Check Mate DRC, as well as Spark's comprehensive #services to support you or your customers at any point on the integrated photonics journey! #conferences #integratedphotonics #siliconphotonics #PICs

📣 Today's announcement: Luceda Photonics' Link for Check Mate DRC! 📣 Users of Luceda's #Python scripted PIC design and layout environment, #IPKISS, can now run Check Mate DRC using a single line of code, providing DRC-as-you-go capabilities 👍 Say goodbye to ugly rule violation surprises when you thought your layout was done!

📣 We're thrilled to announce Spark's next chapter: Check Mate DRC, our design rule check (#DRC) #software for integrated #photonics! 📣 For years, we've been helping photonic integrated #circuit (#PIC) designers bring their ideas from concept to reality. A major pain point in that process has been DRC, where the design is checked against the foundry's fabrication rules. Our customers and partners have struggled with existing software, often due to price, functionality, and ease of use. 🙁 That's why we've created Check Mate DRC, a DRC solution for PIC designers, by PIC designers. And today we're announcing it to the world 🎉 Affordably priced and packed with functionality, Check Mate DRC is simple to install and run locally, letting you DRC your layout as you go! ✅ Check Mate DRC is available NOW for Tower Semiconductor's world-class PH18M family of #silicon photonics processes. Read the full press release here: https://lnkd.in/eXv-GuJp For more information including a short demo video, visit Check Mate DRC's webpage: https://lnkd.in/eiqvSzqF 🙏 And finally, THANK YOU to our many collaborators and early users for helping guide Check Mate DRC to this exciting day! We are honored to advance the state of the art in photonics with you. #photonics #integratedphotonics #siliconphotonics #software #design #CheckMateDRC

📣 We're thrilled to announce Spark's next chapter: Check Mate DRC, our design rule check (#DRC) #software for integrated #photonics! 📣 For years, we've been helping photonic integrated #circuit (#PIC) designers bring their ideas from concept to reality. A major pain point in that process has been DRC, where the design is checked against the foundry's fabrication rules. Our customers and partners have struggled with existing software, often due to price, functionality, and ease of use. 🙁 That's why we've created Check Mate DRC, a DRC solution for PIC designers, by PIC designers. And today we're announcing it to the world 🎉 Affordably priced and packed with functionality, Check Mate DRC is simple to install and run locally, letting you DRC your layout as you go! ✅ Check Mate DRC is available NOW for Tower Semiconductor's world-class PH18M family of #silicon photonics processes. Read the full press release here: https://lnkd.in/eXv-GuJp For more information including a short demo video, visit Check Mate DRC's webpage: https://lnkd.in/eiqvSzqF 🙏 And finally, THANK YOU to our many collaborators and early users for helping guide Check Mate DRC to this exciting day! We are honored to advance the state of the art in photonics with you. #photonics #integratedphotonics #siliconphotonics #software #design #CheckMateDRC

✨ Join us on Thursday, August 22nd for our joint training with Luceda Photonics: "Getting Started with PIC Design in IPKISS." Sign up to learn more about photonic integrated circuit (#PIC) #design, #simulation, and #layout! 👉 Get introduced to key features of #LucedaIPKISS and #IPKISSCanvas while learning how to create full #circuits in a code-driven #schematic environment. This FREE event is limited to 35 registrants - sign up now to reserve your spot! ✔ Time: Thursday, August 22, 2:30-3:45pm EDT ✔ Register: https://lnkd.in/eT4CAcXP #semiconductors #photonics #integratedphotonics #siliconphotonics

Our CEO and co-founder, Dr. Kevin McComber, authored this article, "Growing the Photonics Workforce Demands an Early Start," based on his experience with the Spark Photonics Foundation's K-12 #education and #outreach initiatives in #photonics. Dr. McComber and Al Kapoor created the Spark Photonics Foundation as a long-term investment to build the talent pipeline in photonics specifically and in #semiconductors and advanced #manufacturing generally. Thanks to Photonics Spectra for providing this platform to spread the message! #STEMeducation #STEMcareers #advancedmanufacturing

📣 Join Luceda Photonics and Spark Photonics as Spark's own Eliezer Shahid leads a session on efficiently designing arrayed waveguide gratings (AWGs) with Luceda AWG Designer. AWGs combine and separate (mux/demux) multiple wavelengths of light, and they can be exceedingly complex to design from scratch. However, using Luceda AWG Designer, our team here at Spark has successfully taped out AWGs across a wide range of wavelengths for our customers and our own R&D, with minimal overhead. 👉 Date and time: Thursday, July 25, 9-10:15am Eastern US time 👉 More info and registration: https://lnkd.in/g5zeFCp5 Hope to see you there! #integratedphotonics #semiconductors #advancedmanufacturing #STEMeducation

Congratulations to our colleagues at Spark Photonics Foundation on their great work exposing K-12 students to career #opportunities in advanced #manufacturing 🎉 We're excited to see that the #SparkAlpha students visited Jabil, as the company is a preferred #photonics #packaging partner for OUR partner, OpenLight: https://lnkd.in/etRYDDiW It's a full-circle moment and we hope to see these students in the field of photonics and #semiconductors soon! #advancedmanufacturing #STEMeducation #STEMcareers

✨ Join us on Thursday, June 20th for our joint #training with Luceda Photonics, "Getting Started with PIC Design in IPKISS." Sign up to learn more about #PIC design and #simulation in the newly-released IPKISS v3.12! 🔑 Get introduced to key features of #LucedaIPKISS and #IPKISSCanvas while learning how to create full #circuits in a code-driven #schematic environment. Limited seats are available for this FREE event. Time: Thursday, June 20, 2:30-3:45pm EDT Register: https://lnkd.in/edY9_AxF #semiconductors #integratedphotonics #siliconphotonics