Practice Find Potential Slowest Paths - 4.3.1 | Lab Module 11: Final Project / Open-Ended Design Challenge | VLSI Design Lab
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4.3.1 - Find Potential Slowest Paths

Learning

Practice Questions

Test your understanding with targeted questions related to the topic.

Question 1

Easy

What is a critical path?

💡 Hint: Think about how slow components affect the overall speed.

Question 2

Easy

What do you measure along a suspected critical path?

💡 Hint: Look for the time taken for inputs to affect outputs.

Practice 4 more questions and get performance evaluation

Interactive Quizzes

Engage in quick quizzes to reinforce what you've learned and check your comprehension.

Question 1

What defines the critical path in a circuit?

  • The shortest route
  • The route with the least gates
  • The longest delay

💡 Hint: Remember what happens if signals take too long to propagate.

Question 2

True or False: Optimizing the critical path can increase the maximum operating speed of the circuit.

  • True
  • False

💡 Hint: Think about circuit performance and speed.

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Challenge Problems

Push your limits with challenges.

Question 1

Your circuit design has a critical path with several gates causing delays. Propose three specific strategies you might use to optimize the speed of this path.

💡 Hint: Think about what factors contribute most to the slowdown.

Question 2

A signal travels through a series of gates, with delays measured at 2ns, 3ns, and 5ns. Identify the critical path and explain why it's critical.

💡 Hint: What happens to the circuit speed if one path is delayed?

Challenge and get performance evaluation