Article ID: 000077539 Content Type: Troubleshooting Last Reviewed: 05/05/2015

Why are some DDR4 signals unconstrained in TimeQuest?

Environment

  • Quartus® II Subscription Edition
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    Description

    When designing an Arria® 10 DDR4 memory controller interface, you may see unconstrained DDR4 input and output ports. There should be false-path exceptions in the DDR4 SDC file for these signals.

     

     

    Resolution

    The workaround for this issue is to add the following assignments to the DDR4 SDC file under the FALSE PATH CONSTRAINTS section:

        set_false_path -to [get_ports {*dbi_n*}]
        set_false_path -from [get_ports {*dbi_n*}]
        set_false_path -from [get_ports {*alert_n*}]
        set_false_path -to [get_ports {*mem_ck*}]
        set_false_path -to [get_ports {*mem_ck_n*}]
        set_false_path -to [get_ports {*mem_dqs_n*}]

    This issue will be fixed in a future version of the Quartus® II software.

     

     

    Related Products

    This article applies to 3 products

    Intel® Arria® 10 SX SoC FPGA
    Intel® Arria® 10 GT FPGA
    Intel® Arria® 10 GX FPGA

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