What are the differences among NORM, SCAN, BIST, JTAG modes

[newcpu]

Hi,
When doing static timing analysis, there are NORM, SCAN, BIST, JTAG modes. What are the differences among them? Are all the four modes needed?

Best Regards,
newcpu

 

[love2read]

Depends on your design. If you have scan inserted then you need to check timing for SCAN mode. set case analysis command can help you.

 

[linuxluo]

Re: What are the differences among NORM, SCAN, BIST, JTAG mo

hi,
normallly, yes, it need four mode to STA.
but in these case ,hold violation is most concern becoz these mode run under low frequency.

 

[joe2moon]

Re: What are the differences among NORM, SCAN, BIST, JTAG mo

NORM
-- Normal mode, should be normal "function" mode.
SCAN
-- Scan mode, internal scan, shift/capture
BIST
-- BIST mode, built-in self-test maybe for Memory
JTAG
-- Boundary scan mode
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What are the differences among them ?

--> They have defined differnet operation modes of the design.
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From the STA's point of view, how many STA runs required depends on your timing constraints. (Especially the clock definition.)

Timing must be MET in these 4 operation modes.
But it does not exactly mean that "4" STA run is needed.

If the timing constraints (clock definition) are well-defined, then
maybe 1 STA run can cover all.
(Of course, timing constraints are very design-depentent.)