PrimeTime Static Timing Analy sis Tool George Michael Scholarly Paper – Fall 2006 Dr. Gaj Dr. Barnes George Mason Univ ersity 2 Table of Contents Introdu ction.......................................................................................................................3 Introdu ction to TCL...........................................................................................................4 Timing Violations.............................................................................................................6 Capacitance and Transition Violations..........................................................................8 Temperatu re, Voltage, and Process...............................................................................9 Timing Constraints............................................................................................................9 Clocks..........................................................................................................................10 Inpu t/Ou tpu t Timing....................................................................................................11 False Paths...................................................................................................................13 Mu lti-Cy cle Paths........................................................................................................14 Path Delay Calcu lation....................................................................................................15 Cell Delay ....................................................................................................................15 Net Delay ....................................................................................................................16 Generating PrimeTime Reports.......................................................................................17 Report_Timing..........
