Overview - Overview - 2026.1 English - UG906

Vivado Design Suite User Guide: Design Analysis and Closure Techniques (UG906)

Document ID
UG906
Release Date
2026-06-23
Version
2026.1 English

Before generating the CDC report, make sure your design is fully constrained and all clocks are defined. The report_cdc command only analyzes paths where both the source and destination clocks are defined.

What Report CDC Analyzes

  • All paths between asynchronous clocks
  • Only paths between synchronous clocks that include one of the following timing exceptions:
    • set_clock_groups
    • set_false_path
    • set_max_delay -datapath_only

If a synchronous clock pair does not have one of these exceptions, the tool assumes the path is safely timed and skips CDC analysis for that path.

Important: The CDC engine performs structural checks only. It does not consider net or cell delays in the analysis.