Photonic Integrated Circuit Reliability

Transition of photonic integrated circuits (PICs) and planar lightguide circuits (PLCs) into military and aerospace applications is attractive given their SWaP advantages. Developing verified and validated reliability models for this emerging technology is critical to establish the confidence necessary for transition and adoption to military applications. DfR Solutions has previously demonstrated the ability to develop reliability physics models, create and execute test plans for model validation, and disseminating this expertise to industry through their Sherlock Automated Design Analysis software. DfR Solutions software development approach to aggregate physics-based reliability predictions from component level through the system level makes reliability physics accessible to engineers and project managers throughout the development process. Other existing software features demonstrate DfR Solutions ability to execute physics-based reliability predictions from engineering data, apply test data modification and organize the results in ways that reduce program cost and timeline.DfR Solutions will leverage these strategies to:-develop reliability physics-based degradation models for PIC and PLC device reliability predictions-create a software tool that automates the reliability predictions and integrates the results with package, board and box-level model predictions-create accelerated life test (ALT) plan for component qualification, verification, and validation