This design element is a transparent data latch with asynchronous clear and gate enable. When
the asynchronous clear input (CLR) is active, it overrides the other inputs and resets the data
(Q) output Low. Q reflects the data (D) input while the gate (G) input and gate enable (GE)
are active and CLR is not active. If (GE) is Low, data on (D) cannot be latched. The data on the (D)
input during the gate transition is stored in the latch. The data on the (Q) output
remains unchanged as long as (G) or (GE) remains Low.
This latch is asynchronously initialized when power is applied.
When global set/reset (GSR) is active upon power-up or when GSR is
asserted,
the value of the INIT attribute is placed on the latch's output.
Logic Table
Inputs
Outputs
CLR
GE
G
D
Q
1
X
X
X
0
0
0
X
X
No Change
0
1
1
D
D
0
1
0
X
No Change
0
1
↓
D
D
Port Descriptions
Port
Direction
Width
Function
CLR
Input
1
Asynchronous clear. Polarity is determined by the IS_CLR_INVERTED attribute.
D
Input
1
Data input
G
Input
1
Gate input. Polarity is determined by the IS_G_INVERTED attribute.
GE
Input
1
Active-High latch gate enable.
Q
Output
1
Data output.
Design Entry Method
Instantiation
Yes
Inference
Yes
IP and IP Integrator Catalog
No
Available Attributes
Attribute
Type
Allowed Values
Default
Description
INIT
BINARY
1'b0, 1'b1
1'b0
Sets the initial value of Q output after configuration or when GSR is asserted.
Programmable Inversion Attributes: Specifies whether or not to use the optional inversion on specific pins of this component to change the
active polarity of the pin function. When set to 1 on a gate pin (G), it creates an active-Low latch.
When set to 1 on other pins, it changes the function to behave active-Low rather than active-High.
If an external inverter is specified on one of these associated pins, the Vivado Design Suite will automatically
set this attribute during the opt_design stage so that additional logic is not necessary for changing the
input polarity.
IS_CLR_INVERTED
BINARY
1'b0 to 1'b1
1'b0
Specifies whether or not to use the optional inversion for the CLR pin of this component.
IS_G_INVERTED
BINARY
1'b0 to 1'b1
1'b0
Specifies whether or not to use the optional inversion for the G pin of this component.
VHDL Instantiation Template
Unless they already exist, copy the following two statements and paste them before the entity declaration.
Library UNISIM;
use UNISIM.vcomponents.all;
-- LDCE: Transparent latch with Asynchronous Reset and
-- Gate Enable.
-- 7 Series
-- Xilinx HDL Language Template, version 2026.1
LDCE_inst : LDCE
generic map (
INIT => '0') -- Initial value of latch ('0' or '1')
port map (
Q => Q, -- Data output
CLR => CLR, -- Asynchronous clear/reset input
D => D, -- Data input
G => G, -- Gate input
GE => GE -- Gate enable input
);
-- End of LDCE_inst instantiation
Verilog Instantiation Template
// LDCE: Transparent latch with Asynchronous Reset and Gate Enable.
// 7 Series
// Xilinx HDL Language Template, version 2026.1
LDCE #(
.INIT(1'b0) // Initial value of latch (1'b0 or 1'b1)
) LDCE_inst (
.Q(Q), // Data output
.CLR(CLR), // Asynchronous clear/reset input
.D(D), // Data input
.G(G), // Gate input
.GE(GE) // Gate enable input
);
// End of LDCE_inst instantiation
Related Information
7
Series FPGAs Configurable Logic Block User Guide (UG474)