Practice Experiment 5: Reading A Basic Timing Report From Sta (4.5) - ASIC Design Flow - Gate-Level Synthesis & First Look at Timing
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Experiment 5: Reading a Basic Timing Report from STA

Practice - Experiment 5: Reading a Basic Timing Report from STA

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Practice Questions

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Question 1 Easy

What does STA stand for?

💡 Hint: Think about what type of analysis has to do with timing in circuits.

Question 2 Easy

What is the significance of the critical path in a digital circuit?

💡 Hint: Consider what path would affect circuit speed the most.

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Question 1

What is the purpose of a Static Timing Analysis report?

To simulate circuit performance
To evaluate timing performance
To design new circuits

💡 Hint: Consider what the analysis focuses on within digital circuits.

Question 2

True or False: Positive slack indicates timing requirements are not met.

True
False

💡 Hint: Think about what positive slack means in relation to timing.

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Challenge Problems

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Challenge 1 Hard

A designer analyzes an STA report revealing a critical path with a total delay of 15ns and a required time of 10ns. What must the designer do to improve the timing performance?

💡 Hint: Focus on what it means when the actual delay exceeds the required time.

Challenge 2 Hard

Assuming the circuit requires a setup time of 3ns and has a propagation delay from the flip-flop to the output of 4ns. If the clock period is set to 8ns, calculate the slack.

💡 Hint: Ensure you account for all time components impacting slack.

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