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Comprehensive Guide to Dynamic Timing Analysis Techniques in Digital Design

Learn the importance of simulation, synthesis, and timing analysis in digital design flow, focusing on post-synthesis netlists and FPGA components. Understand how to integrate Quartus, simulation libraries, and SDF timing information for accurate timing analysis.

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Comprehensive Guide to Dynamic Timing Analysis Techniques in Digital Design

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  1. Lecture 16: Dynamic Timing Analysis Patrick Schaumont

  2. Dynamic Timing Analysis • Simulation is used extensively in a digital design flow for verification • Since this simulation is a timed simulation, we may as well try to use intermediate design representations as simulation targets • The lower-level synthesis blocks are still pin-compatible with the RTL top-level • Hence, the same simulation testbench can be used

  3. Dynamic Timing Analysis Constraints RTL Verilog Testbench Mapper Post Map Netlist Testbench Place andRoute Post P&R Netlist Testbench Bitstream Generation

  4. Dynamic Timing Analysis requires simulation library RTL Verilog Netlist in terms of FPGA components no logic delay (functional simulation) Post Map Netlist Post P&R Netlist Netlist in terms of FPGA components logic delay and wire delay included

  5. Synthesis and Simulation are integrated Quartus(synthesis) external simulator

  6. How does a post-synthesis netlist look like? // Location: LCCOMB_X38_Y53_N12 cycloneive_lcell_comb \q[6]~76 ( // Equation(s): // \q[6]~76_combout = ..// \q[6]~77 = .. .dataa(\q[6]~reg0_q ), .datab(\a[6]~input_o ), .datac(gnd), .datad(vcc), .cin(\q[5]~75 ), .combout(\q[6]~76_combout ), .cout(\q[6]~77 )); // synopsys translate_off defparam \q[6]~76 .lut_mask = 16'h698E; defparam \q[6]~76 .sum_lutc_input = "cin"; // synopsys translate_on dataa datab q1[3] datad datac 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 6 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 9 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 8 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 This is a component from an FPGA simulation library. 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 E 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

  7. cycloneive_lcell_comb from library

  8. SDF Timing Information • Timing information from Place and Route is not stored in the Post-PAR netlist, but in a separate SDF File (Standard Delay Format) • The Modelsim simulator will read this SDF file together with the Verilog netlist and back-annotate the delay information from the SDF file into the netlist Testbench VerilogNetlist Modelsim Post-PAR Simulation Place and Route VerilogNetlist with Placement Information SDF Data

  9. SDF Timing Information // synopsys translate_off initial $sdf_annotate("bigadd_v.sdo"); // synopsys translate_on

  10. Demonstration vlib work vmap work work vlog –work work timing.vo vlog –work work timingtb.v vsim –t ps +transport_int_delays +transport_path_delays –L work –L altera_ver –L cycloneive_ver timingtb

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