Practice Understanding the Critical Path - 6.3 | Lab Module 11: Final Project / Open-Ended Design Challenge | VLSI Design Lab
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6.3 - Understanding the Critical Path

Learning

Practice Questions

Test your understanding with targeted questions related to the topic.

Question 1

Easy

What is the critical path in a digital circuit?

💡 Hint: Think about it as the slow lane on a highway.

Question 2

Easy

Why is propagation delay important?

💡 Hint: Consider how time delays change the speed of operations within a circuit.

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 determines the maximum speed of a digital circuit?

  • The shortest path
  • The longest delay path
  • The average delay

💡 Hint: Remember which path counts in terms of delays.

Question 2

True or False: The critical path can be changed through redesigning certain segments of a circuit.

  • True
  • False

💡 Hint: Think about the ways we can reduce delays.

Solve 2 more questions and get performance evaluation

Challenge Problems

Push your limits with challenges.

Question 1

Given a schematic where multiple paths have similar delays, develop a strategy to identify the critical path effectively.

💡 Hint: Start by observing which path's delays account for longer durations.

Question 2

You have a circuit running at 100MHz, but your critical path indicates a maximum of 80MHz. Propose changes to achieve the faster speed.

💡 Hint: Look for ways to reduce paths or their complexity.

Challenge and get performance evaluation