Reply To: Simulating HHI black box component

[Kyle]

Hello Max,

If the foundry provides INTERCONNECT models in their PDK then you can perform circuit-level simulations with the foundry components in Lumerical INTERCONNECT. These are compact models (behavioural models), so they don't contain layout information. I'm guessing that this is what HHI was referring to. These models would be provided in a compact model library (CML) file with a .cml extension. This library can be imported into INTERCONNECT following the instructions on this page: Install Compact Model Library – Ansys Optics

Note that the PDKs are created by the foundries, not Ansys. We don't necessarily know what is in them and we don't have access to them. The foundry should provide information on what types of models they include in their PDK and how to use them. We can help with general questions about our software, but questions about the models in the PDK should be addressed to the foundry.