Understanding the timing report

The timing report contains the following sections:

Header

The header lists:

Summary

The summary section reports the timing information for each clock domain. For example:

Clock Domain:               SDRCLK_FPGA

Period (ns):                6.522

Frequency (MHz):            153.327

Required Period (ns):       N/A

Required Frequency (MHz):   N/A

External Setup (ns):

External Hold (ns):

Min Clock-To-Out (ns):

Max Clock-To-Out (ns):

The required period and frequency are available if a clock constraint has been defined for that domain.

By default, the clock domains reported are the explicit clock domains that are shown in SmartTime. You can filter the domains and get only specific sections in the report (see Timing Report Options).

Path Sections

The paths section lists the timing information for different types of paths in the design. This section is reported by default. You can deselect this option in the Timing Report Options dialog box.

By default, the number of paths displayed per set is 5.

You can filter the domains using the Timing Report Options dialog box.

You can also view the stored filter sets in the generated report using the timing report options (see Timing Report Options). The filter sets are listed by name in their appropriate section, and the number of paths reported for the filter set is the same as for the main sets.

By default, the filter sets are not reported.

Clock domains

The paths are organized by clock domain.

Register to Register set

This set reports the paths from the registers clock pins to the registers data pins in the current clock domain.

Input to register set

This set reports the paths from the top level design input ports to the registers in the current clock domain.

Register to output set

This set reports the paths from the registers clock pins to the top level design output ports in the current clock domain.

Inter-clock domain

This set reports the paths from the registers clock pins of the specified clock domain to the registers data pins in the current clock domain. Inter-domain paths are not reported by default.

Pin to pin

This set lists input to output paths and user sets. Input to output paths are reported by default. To see the user-defined sets, use the Timing Report Options dialog box.

Input to output set

This set reports the paths from the top level design input ports to top level design output ports.

Expanded Paths

Expanded paths can be reported for each set. By default, the number of expanded paths to report is set to 1. You can select and change the number when you specify Timing Report Options.

See Also

Generating timing report

Sample timing report

Timing Report Options dialog box