create_generated_clock (syntax, do I need it?)

Hi

I'm having an issue with create_generated_clock in design compiler. I
have a fast clock which I 1) invert and clock flops, 2) divide down and
use to clock more flops.

1) I invert the clock just by "assign clkInNot = ~clkIn;" inside a
module callded clkInv.

Q: Do I need to tell DC this is a clock or will it know?



2) I divide the clock inside a module called clkdiv:

clkdiv clkdiv_inst (
.clk_in(clk),
.clk_out(clk_divided),
);

and use the output to clock more flops. The create_generated_clock
statement looks like this:

create_generated_clock -name "DIV4_CLK" -divide_by 4 -source [get_port
"clk"] [get_pins "clkdiv/clk_out"]

However this clock does not appear in my clock report statements. Do I
have the syntax wrong?


Thanks.

 

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1) I invert the clock just by "assign clkInNot = ~clkIn;" inside a
module callded clkInv.

Q: Do I need to tell DC this is a clock or will it know?

It will know. Also you should see some posedge -> negedge / negedge
posedge paths in your timing reports.

2) I divide the clock inside a module called clkdiv:
create_generated_clock -name "DIV4_CLK" -divide_by 4 -source [get_port
"clk"] [get_pins "clkdiv/clk_out"]

However this clock does not appear in my clock report statements. Do I
have the syntax wrong?

How exactly are you dividing the clock? I assume its a flop of some
kind? If so you should create the clock on the Q output of the flop and
put -source on the clk input of the flop. -source may not be needed. So
your syntax would be:
create_generated_clock -name "DIV4_CLK" -divide_by 4 -source [get_pins
divider_r_reg/cp] [get_pins "divider_r_reg/q"]