PDK Implementation utilising demofab as a base

[p.forde]

Hello all,

I have been trying to integrate a silicon photonics pdk, for which I have the gds files, into nazca for ease of layout generation.

I thought one idea would be to piggy back on the demofab pdk, so a first attempt was to add another gds file into it, and load that gds in the pdk_30_BB_library.py file.  I figured out that for this to work I would need to reinstall the “new” nazca folder, but the zip file no longer functions as a means to install nazca once it has been unzipped in order to modify this file.

Potentially creating a virtual install is a way around this but I thought I’d ask if there is some better way.

I realise that one can simply load any gds as a bb within a python script having imported nazca, but I’d rather not have my code bloated with the many Bb definitions a circuit might need, if there is some straight forward way to create a pdk file. I havent found any documentation on pdk implementation within nazca but if such exists I’d be very appreciative to be directed to it!

 

Thanks in advance,

Peter

[Ronald]

Dear Peter,

A PDK can be seen as a module under Nazca Design under its original license. Demofab PDK is part of the Nazca installer on the website as this make the demofab distribution a single install.

To create your separate PDK file that installs as a Python package, you need to make a Python install file as for any Python module/package.

As for the building blocks, you indeed need to add them to pdk_30_BB_library.py for best practice.

Ronald

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