# DCTaper

class aluvia.all.DCTaper(*args, **kwargs)

  Metal Taper with 45 degree slope.

  Parameters:
    name: String that contains only ISO/IEC 8859-1 (extended ASCII py3) or pure ASCII (py2) characters

      The unique name of the pcell

  Views

  class Layout(*args, **kwargs)
    Parameters:
      in_width: float and number > 0

        Width of the metal at the input[um]

      length: float and Real, number and number >= 0

        Length of the taper based on in_width and out_width for a 45 degree angle by default

      out_width: float and number > 0

        Width of the metal at the output[um]

  Name | Type | Position | Angle | Waveguide Template | Inclination
  --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | ---
  in | Electrical | (0.0, 0.0) | 180.0 | MetalWireTemplate | 0.0
  out | Electrical | (15.0, 0.0) | 0.0 | MetalWireTemplate | 0.0

      from aluvia import technology
      from aluvia.all import DCTaper

      lo = DCTaper().Layout()
      lo.visualize(annotate=True)