Recovery and Removal Checks

Recovery and removal analysis are done on asynchronous signals like resets. These specify the requirement of these signals with respect to clock.Recovery Time is the minimum required time to the next active clock edge the after the reset (or the signal under analysis) is released. Similarly, Removal Time is the minimum required time after the clock edge after which reset can be released. You are trying to make sure that the reset removal is not occurring for different flops for different clock edges, thereby creating functional/metastability issues. For the clock edges A & B, Tr is the recovery time, and Tm is the removal time. RESET cannot be released within these intervals.

Here, resetn is applied in the beginning and after edge A, it is released. However, the clock edge B comes too soon after the resetn release. (The release is within the Tr of edge B). Hence this is a case of recovery violation. Similarly, if the resetn was released within the Tm time range, it would be a removal violation. You can see that recovery time is like the setup check, in that this is the time the asynchronous input should be stable before the arrival of the clock. Similarly removal is the equivalent of hold check, in that the asynchronous input should be held after the clock edge.

Let let us see how to read the timing reports. Given below is an example schematic. Look up the drill from Setup & Hold .

Recovery Slack = Data Required Time – Data Arrival Time

Data Arrival Time = Clock Network Delay to FF1 + Combination path delay to CLR of FF2. Data Required Time = Clock period + Clock Network Delay to FF2/CP - Tr of FF2.

For ideal clock, Tr is the time before the next clock edge the CLR input should be stable. This library removal time for CLK-CLR arc will be given in the .lib.

Startpoint: control/currentstatereg1 (rising edge-triggered flip-flop clocked by sclk) Endpoint: shiftregreg8 (recovery check against rising-edge clock sclk') Path Group: **asyncdefault** Path Type: max

Point Fanout Cap Trans Incr Path

clock sclk (rise edge) 0.0000 0.0000 clock network delay (propagated) 5.4068 5.4068 control/currentstatereg1/CP (SDFFCQX2) 1.1966 0.0000 5.4068 r control/currentstatereg1/Q (SDFFCQX2) 1.2736 1.2589 & 6.6656 r control/currentstate[1] (net) 6 0.0933 control/U5/Y (NAND2X1) 0.8768 0.4963 & 7.1619 f control/n37 (net) 2 0.0529 control/U31/Y (AOI22X2) 2.0933 1.2677 & 8.4296 r control/testmode (net) 8 0.2093 control/testmode (controlt1) 0.0000 0.0000 & 8.4296 r testmodei (net) rst/IN2 (ckrstt1) 0.0000 0.0000 & 8.4296 r rst/IN2 (net) rst/U8/Y (AOI21X1) 1.2645 1.0233 & 9.4529 f rst/n3 (net) 1 0.0457 rst/U9/Y (AOI21X1) 0.7661 0.5541 & 10.0070 r rst/nresetspc2 (net) 1 0.0136 rst/nresetspc2 (ckrstt1) 0.0000 0.0000 & 10.0070 r nresetspc2 (net) U77ICCplace/Y (BUFX3) 3.0074 1.8044 & 11.8114 r n87 (net) 15 0.4463 U78ICCplace/Y (INVX3) 1.9985 1.3313 & 13.1427 f n88 (net) 14 0.3073 nreset (spc2t1) 0.0000 0.0000 & 13.1427 f nreset (net) U72/Y (AOI21X1) 1.8788 1.1913 & 14.3340 r n194 (net) 4 0.0690 U216/Y (AND2X2) 1.7628 1.1913 & 15.5253 r n120 (net) 5 0.1476 U6ICCcts/Y (INVX3) 1.4885 1.0081 & 16.5334 f n461 (net) 13 0.2593 shiftregreg8/CLR (DFFCX2) 1.4873 0.0011 & 16.5345 f data arrival time 16.5345

clock sclk' (rise edge) 30.0000 30.0000 clock network delay (propagated) 2.8310 32.8310 shiftregreg8/CP (DFFCX2) 32.8310 r library recovery time -0.7776 32.0533 data required time 32.0533

data required time 32.0533 data arrival time -16.5345

slack (MET) 15.5188

Removal check is similar to the hold check explained here. You are checking this at the same clock edge, if the path is between two flip flops.

Removal Slack = Data Arrival Time – Data Required Time

Data Arrival Time = Clock Network Delay to FF1/CP + Combination path delay from FF1/Q to FF2/CLR Data Required Time = Clock Network Delay to FF2/CP + Tm of FF2 The library requirements will be available in the .lib file. Again, assuming ideal clock, the CLR input should not reach the FF2/CLR at least before the library removal requirement.

Startpoint: resetreg (rising edge-triggered flip-flop clocked by clkc) Endpoint: trimrefreshenreg (removal check against rising-edge clock clkc) Path Group: **asyncdefault** Path Type: min

Point Fanout Cap Trans Incr Path

clock clkc (rise edge) 0.0000 0.0000 clock network delay (propagated) 3.8572 3.8572 resetreg/CP (SDFFPQX2) 0.9145 0.0000 3.8572 r resetreg/Q (SDFFPQX2) 0.4055 1.0647 & 4.9219 f resetocsync2 (net) 2 0.0235 U27/Y (MUX2X2QQC1) 1.3584 1.3341 & 6.2560 f resetoc (net) 6 0.1814 resetoc (ckrstt1) 0.0000 0.0000 & 6.2560 f resetoc (net) IN1 (ckrstt1) 0.0000 0.0000 & 6.2560 f IN1 (net) trimrefreshenreg/CLR (SDFFCX2) 1.3584 0.0034 & 6.2594 f data arrival time 6.2594

clock clkc (rise edge) 0.0000 0.0000 clock network delay (propagated) 3.9515 3.9515 trimrefreshenreg/CP (SDFFCX2) 3.9515 r library removal time 0.0580 4.0095 data required time 4.0095

data required time 4.0095 data arrival time -6.2594

slack (MET) 2.2499