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How do you handle multi-voltage domain crossings during STA signoff?

Signing off a design with two voltage domains. What is the clean way to handle level shifters and the timing across the crossing in PrimeTime?

kavya_pd2 days ago

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Answer from SiliconPath

Treat each voltage domain as its own timing world. Wherever a signal crosses from one domain to another, you put a level shifter, and you check the timing on each side using the voltage corner for that side. In your STA setup, give each domain its own constraints and corners so the tool does not mix them up. The simple rule is to never let one domain voltage assumption leak into another.

SiliconPath · 2 days ago

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