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Timing closure

Timing closure in VLSI design and electronics engineering is the iterative design process of assuring all signals satisfy the timing requirements in a clocked synchronous circuit. The goal is to guarantee correct data transfer and reliable operation at the target clock frequency.

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Timing constraints

Timing closure iterative process

Problems in timing closure and static timing analysis

Physical design

Timing optimization techniques

Examples of commercial tools implementing timing closure

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Timing closure

Nodes55
Edges54
Triples45
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.036364
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Timing closure

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related to Timing closure iterative process · 17
Timing closure → Designers, FPGA, FPGAs, IC, ICs, If, In, It's, RTL, SDC, Synopsys Design Constraint, The, These, This, Timing, Verilog, VHDL
related to Design flow · 6
Timing closure → After, Also, Conduct, If, STA, Utilize STA
related to 3. Routing · 3
Timing closure → After, Incorporating, The
related to Examples of commercial tools implementing timing closure · 3
Timing closure → As, EDA, Many

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timing clock design logic circuit constraints time path closure delay gates routing signal physical placement synthesis process delays paths tools

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gate downsizinginstance ofoften minimizes path delay or leads to smaller implementations.Reverse transformations are also possibleOperations0.80text
merginginstance ofoften minimizes path delay or leads to smaller implementations.Reverse transformations are also possibleOperations0.80text
or simplifying previously expanded logic structures can also be performed if it benefits overall design metricsinstance ofoften minimizes path delay or leads to smaller implementations.Reverse transformations are also possibleOperations0.80text
gate downsizinginstance ofReverse transformations are also possibleOperations0.80text
merginginstance ofReverse transformations are also possibleOperations0.80text
or simplifying previously expanded logic structures can also be performed if it benefits overall design metricsinstance ofReverse transformations are also possibleOperations0.80text
STA to guarantee the integrity of function of timing optimizationsinstance ofConduct thorough functional verification and validation of the design0.80text
help to identify the timing violationsinstance ofConduct thorough functional verification and validation of the design0.80text
delayinstance ofConduct thorough functional verification and validation of the design0.80text
and verify the effectiveness of the recent timing closureinstance ofConduct thorough functional verification and validation of the design0.80text
optimizationinstance ofConduct thorough functional verification and validation of the design0.80text
Fusion Compiler by Synopsysinstance ofTools0.80text

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