SiPhotonics General

Europractice Silicon Photonics MPW offer

For Silicon Photonic IC prototyping, EUROPRACTICE offers currently the following Technology through MPW service:

Imec-ePIXfab SiPhotonics
(More will come available in the future)

EUROPRACTICE offers access to MPW services for non-commercial use by universities and research centers.
For commercial use, please contact ePIXfab directly..

EUROPRACTICE offers support by way of :

Technology information, design rules, design templates, …
Design kit for SiPhotonics CAD software (layer file, DRC, basic libary, etc.)
Access to low cost CAD tools for Photonics design (link to STFC)
Special discounted prototype fabrication prices

ePIXfab is the European silicon photonics R&D foundry initiative. Europractice works closely with ePIXfab to implement SiPhotonics MPW.
ePIXfab offers also additional support:

training and tutorials

See www.epixfab.eu for further information.

The procedure to get access to the technology information can be found in the foundry access section.

General information about EUROPRACTICE:

IMEC
Attn : Carl Das
Kapeldreef 75
B-3001 Leuven, Belgium
Email : mpc@imec.be
Fax : +32 16 281 584

Information about Photonics MPW offer through EUROPRACTICE:
Jan Bienstman
E-mail : epsiphot@imec.be