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Old 02-02-2004, 04:24 PM
BlackSim
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Default Re: hold violation cause by crossing clock domain

Well, I forgot to mention that both CLKA and
CLKB are derived from a clk named CLKIN.In
practice, CLKA and CLKB are almost the same,the only difference is that when
in power down mode the CLKB is not generated!

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BlackShark Huang
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> hi all:
> I am using Xilinx Virtex2 V6000 BF957 , ISE 5.1.03i.
> Now I have met hold timeing violation after PAR.The error message is like
> below:
>
> TIMESPEC TS_CLKA = PERIOD CLKA_grp 60 ns HIGH 50% ;
> TIMESPEC TS_CLKB = PERIOD CLKB_grp 60 ns HIGH 50% ;
> TIMESPEC TS_CLKA_TO_CLKB = FROM CLKA_grp TO CLKB_grp 60 ns ;
>
> Data path delay : 1.752 ns
> Source clock : CLKA ; Destination clock CLKB
> Clock Skew : 2.789 ns
>
> Well , both CLKA and CLKB are global clock, they have the same frequence
> and the same phase.
> Three methods I could think out to correct this problem :
> 1) tp longer the data path ,
> in pratice, the ISE should have known this , however my

resources
> usage is up to 95%, could this be the reason that the tool
> failed to longer the data path to meet this timing constraint ?
> 2) to reduce the clock skew :
> both clock are global global clock ,and have the same frequeces, but

how
> to write constraints to let the tool reduce the clock skew?
> 3) use only one clock with clock enable .
> Well , this design is too large , and the worse is that most of the RTL
> is not written by me , doing this really takes time .
>
> I am looking foward to your response , any suggestion will be highly
> appreciated!
>
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> Black Huang
>
>



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