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-- Authors: Patrick Lehmann
-- Steffen Koehler
--
-- Entity: Synchronizes a strobe signal across clock-domain boundaries
--
-- Description:
--
-- This module synchronizes multiple high-active bits from clock-domain
-- ``Clock1`` to clock-domain ``Clock2``. The clock-domain boundary crossing is
-- done by a T-FF, two synchronizer D-FFs and a reconstructive XOR. A busy
-- flag is additionally calculated and can be used to block new inputs. All
-- bits are independent from each other. Multiple consecutive strobes are
-- suppressed by a rising edge detection.
--
-- .. ATTENTION::
-- Use this synchronizer only for one-cycle high-active signals (strobes).
--
-- .. image:: /_static/misc/sync/sync_Strobe.*
-- :target: ../../../_static/misc/sync/sync_Strobe.svg
--
-- Constraints:
-- This module uses sub modules which need to be constrained. Please
-- attend to the notes of the instantiated sub modules.
--
-- License:
-- =============================================================================
-- Copyright 2007-2015 Technische Universitaet Dresden - Germany
-- Chair of VLSI-Design, Diagnostics and Architecture
--
-- Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-- you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-- You may obtain a copy of the License at
--
-- http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
--
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-- distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-- WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-- See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-- limitations under the License.
-- =============================================================================
library IEEE;
use IEEE.STD_LOGIC_1164.all;
use IEEE.NUMERIC_STD.all;
library PoC;
use PoC.sync.all;
entity [docs]sync_Strobe is
generic (
BITS : positive := 1; -- number of bit to be synchronized
GATED_INPUT_BY_BUSY : boolean := TRUE; -- use gated input (by busy signal)
SYNC_DEPTH : T_MISC_SYNC_DEPTH := T_MISC_SYNC_DEPTH'low -- generate SYNC_DEPTH many stages, at least 2
);
port (
Clock1 : in std_logic; -- <Clock> input clock domain
Clock2 : in std_logic; -- <Clock> output clock domain
Input : in std_logic_vector(BITS - 1 downto 0); -- @Clock1: input bits
Output : out std_logic_vector(BITS - 1 downto 0); -- @Clock2: output bits
Busy : out std_logic_vector(BITS - 1 downto 0) -- @Clock1: busy bits
);
end entity;
architecture [docs]rtl of sync_Strobe is
attribute SHREG_EXTRACT : string;
signal syncClk1_In : std_logic_vector(BITS - 1 downto 0);
signal syncClk1_Out : std_logic_vector(BITS - 1 downto 0);
signal syncClk2_In : std_logic_vector(BITS - 1 downto 0);
signal syncClk2_Out : std_logic_vector(BITS - 1 downto 0);
begin
gen : for i in 0 to BITS - 1 generate
signal D0 : std_logic := '0';
signal T1 : std_logic := '0';
signal D2 : std_logic := '0';
signal Changed_Clk1 : std_logic;
signal Changed_Clk2 : std_logic;
signal Busy_i : std_logic;
-- Prevent XST from translating two FFs into SRL plus FF
attribute SHREG_EXTRACT of D0 : signal is "NO";
attribute SHREG_EXTRACT of T1 : signal is "NO";
attribute SHREG_EXTRACT of D2 : signal is "NO";
begin
process(Clock1)
begin
if rising_edge(Clock1) then
-- input delay for rising edge detection
D0 <= Input(i);
-- T-FF to converts a strobe to a flag signal
if GATED_INPUT_BY_BUSY then
T1 <= (Changed_Clk1 and not Busy_i) xor T1;
else
T1 <= Changed_Clk1 xor T1;
end if;
end if;
end process;
-- D-FF for level change detection (both edges)
D2 <= syncClk2_Out(i) when rising_edge(Clock2);
-- assign syncClk*_In signals
syncClk2_In(i) <= T1;
syncClk1_In(i) <= syncClk2_Out(i); -- D2
Changed_Clk1 <= not D0 and Input(i); -- rising edge detection
Changed_Clk2 <= syncClk2_Out(i) xor D2; -- level change detection; restore strobe signal from flag
Busy_i <= T1 xor syncClk1_Out(i); -- calculate busy signal
-- output signals
Output(i) <= Changed_Clk2;
Busy(i) <= Busy_i;
end generate;
syncClk2 : entity PoC.sync_Bits
generic map (
BITS => BITS, -- number of bit to be synchronized
SYNC_DEPTH => SYNC_DEPTH
)
port map (
Clock => Clock2, -- <Clock> output clock domain
Input => syncClk2_In, -- @async: input bits
Output => syncClk2_Out -- @Clock: output bits
);
syncClk1 : entity PoC.sync_Bits
generic map (
BITS => BITS, -- number of bit to be synchronized
SYNC_DEPTH => SYNC_DEPTH
)
port map (
Clock => Clock1, -- <Clock> output clock domain
Input => syncClk1_In, -- @async: input bits
Output => syncClk1_Out -- @Clock: output bits
);
end architecture;