The clock domain crossing (CDC) circuits in the design directly impact design reliability. You can design your own circuits, but the Vivado Design Suite must recognize the circuit and you must apply the ASYNC_REG attributes correctly. Xilinx provides XPMs to ensure correct circuit design, including:
- Driving specific features in
place_designthat reduce mean time between failures (MTBF) on synchronization circuits. - Avoiding
report_cdcerrors and warnings, which typically show up late in the design cycle when iterations are longer.
Tip: For CDC
violations that can be safely ignored, you can use the waiver mechanism to waive the
violations. For details, see this link in the
Vivado
Design Suite User Guide: Design Analysis and Closure
Techniques (UG906).
A CDC circuit is required when crossing between two asynchronous clocks or when attempting to relax timing between two synchronous clocks by adding false path constraints. When using XPMs, you can select a single-bit or a multi-bit bus to cross between the domains.