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Powerful DRC software
made by PIC designers
for PIC designers.

Testimonials

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Lucidean

"Check Mate DRC was instrumental in enabling us to successfully tape out our designs on Tower's photonics platform. The software’s user friendliness and reasonable pricing make it accessible to us as a small company. We highly recommend Check Mate DRC.”

Tower Semiconductor

"The introduction of Check Mate DRC as an approved DRC solution for users of Tower’s PH18M photonics foundry offerings allows us to serve a wider customer base by simplifying and accelerating the design verification process for integrated photonics. This tool not only enhances our ability to support complex designs but also ensures higher reliability and performance for our customers' photonic products."

Luceda Photonics

“The link between the Luceda Photonics Design Platform and Check Mate DRC streamlines the design workflow, ensuring that DRC errors are identified early in the design process, thus avoiding last-minute back-and-forth with the foundry. Adding DRC to our reference design workflow enables layout engineers to adhere to foundry-specific design rules from the outset.”
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Our Features

Features of Check Mate DRC

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Standalone Windows software that operates via intuitive GUI

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Ability to fine-tune the DRC

Layer-specific DRC

Rule-specific DRC with rule runtime display

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Integration with IPKISS to run via command line

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Support by Spark Photonics included with license

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Luceda Photonics
Link for Check Mate DRC

With the Luceda Photonics Design Platform you can easily run DRC on your layouts created with Luceda IPKISS. Thanks to the Link for Check Mate DRC, with just one line of code you can check whether your design adheres to foundry-specific design rules at any point during the design cycle.

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Check Mate DRC is available for these foundry processes:

  • Tower Semiconductor PH18MA, MA-SL2, MA-SL3, and MA-SL4

  • Tower Semiconductor PH18MB

  • Tower Semiconductor PH18MC, MCA, MCB, MCE, MCD, MCG, and MCH

  • Tower Semiconductor PH18MD

  • Tower Semiconductor PH18MF and MFV

  • Tower Semiconductor PH18MG

  • Tower Semiconductor PH18MJ

  • Tower Semiconductor PH18MK

  • Tower Semiconductor PH18MN

  • Tower Semiconductor PH18MX

  • Tower Semiconductor PH18DA (Beta Release)


Additional foundries' processes are in development - please contact Spark Photonics for requests and updates.

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