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12 years ago

combinational loops as latches

I got a warning: TimeQuest Timing Analyzer is analyzing 24 combinational loops as latches. I was told this was caused by incomplete output changes corresponding to the input changes. That is, some in...
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12 years ago

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This warning is very brief and doesn't have any specific details.

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Unlikely, it shows all latch instances in your design below the warning, if you unfold it.

Not all latches can be avoided, some are introduced by Quartus, e.g. the previously discussed "equivalent circuit" for asynchronously loaded registers.