Modeling and simulation of optoelectronic multichip modules using VHDL

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System level modeling and simulation of OE-MCMs are performed using the VHSIC hardware description language (VHDL). This paper describes modeling and simulation issues of OE-MCM by using a VHDL-based optoelectronic system modeling and simulation tool: optoelectronic system simulator (OSS). OSS integrates the conventional circuit simulator and event-driven simulator. OSS is capable of modeling active/passive optoelectronic devices, analyzing physical waveguide parameters, and simulating complex photonic systems such as WDM fanouts bus on MCMs. To demonstrate the use of OSS, four-channel and sixteen-fanout global signal distribution networks on MCM is modeled and simulated using VHDL along with a simple analog circuit examples.