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13 years agoRandom results on FPGA
Hello, I'm using altera devices for about 10 years with quartus or quartus + synplify pro. I'm currently struggling for about a month !!! on this issue: Using the same netlist from synplify...
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13 years agothat was the root cause of the issue.
adding this uncertainty of 500 ps in my sdc solves the unpredictable results. set_clock_uncertainty -add -from [get_clocks *] -to [get_clocks *] -setup 0.5 set_clock_uncertainty -add -from [get_clocks *] -to [get_clocks *] -hold 0.5 "Clock uncertainty" is the interval of confidence around the ideal clock value, such that the measured value is always within the stated interval. Common sources of clock uncertainty include clock jitter, duty cycle distortion, and phase shift error. Due to these sources, clock uncertainty must be factored in to guard against deep submicron effects that are not explicitly reflected in the timing models. PLL phase error, PLL jitter, I/O buffer, clock network noise, core noise, On chip variation (die process, temperature), crosstalk between nets. Wich is specially true for my complex design with more thqn 100 clocks and plenty of clock gating.