Technical seminar on

VLSI PHOTONICS

By: Praveen Kumar H.P.

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WHAT IS VLSI PHOTONICS
 REPLACING ELECTRON IC COMPONENTS BY
PHOTONIC COMPONENT..REPLACING
ELCTRONS BY PHOTONS…

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EXAMPLE-----OPTICAL FIBRE COMMUNICATION

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ADVANTAGE OF PHOTONIC DEVICES

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SILICON PHOTONICS
 Silicon photonics is the study and application
of photonics systems which use silicon as
an optical medium.

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 Silicon photonic devices can be made using
existing semiconductor
fabrication techniques, and because silicon
is already used as the substrate for
most integrated circuits, it is possible to
create hybrid devices in which

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the optical and electronic components are
integrated onto a single microchip.

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DRAWBACKS IN CURRENT VLSI 
TECHNOLOGY 

ØCIRCUIT DELAYS

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ØPOWER USAGE

ØHEAT DISSIPATION

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ØLAYOUT RULES

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O-PCB AND O-MNNs
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 O-PCB REDUCES THE POWER CONSUMPTION

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 O-MNNs IN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT INCREASES

THE BIT-RATE BY EFFECTIVELY REDUCING
THE PARASITIC RESISTANCE AND
CAPACITANCE

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PHOTONIC INTEGRATED CIRCUIT
 USE OF PHOTONIC LOGIC GATES
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 Switching is obtained using nonlinear optical
effects when two or more signals are combined.
Resonators are especially useful in photonic logic,
since they allow a build-up of energy from

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constructive interference, thus enhancing optical
nonlinear effects. Other approaches currently
being investigated include photonic logic at a
molecular level, using photo luminescent
chemicals.

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 The fabrication techniques are similar to those
used in electronic integrated circuits in
which photolithography is used to pattern wafers
for etching and material deposition.
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CHALLENGES IN VLSI PHOTONICS

ØMaterial Systems for

VLSI Photonics

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ØMiniaturization
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ØBuilding Blocks
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APPLICATION
OPTICAL COMPUTER
ØAn optical computer is a

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device that uses the photons
in visible light or infrared
beams, rather than electric
current, to perform digital
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ØAn electric current flows at
only about 10 percent of the
speed of light.
ØThat can perform operations
10 or more times faster than a 13

conventional electronic
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U THANK 
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