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  ../images/main/bullet_green_ball.gif Gate and Switch delays

In real circuits, logic gates have delays associated with them. Verilog provides the mechanism to associate delays with gates.

   

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  • Rise, Fall and Turn-off delays.
  • Minimal, Typical, and Maximum delays.
   

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In Verilog delays can be introduced with #'num' as in the examples below, where # is a special character to introduce delay, and 'num' is the number of ticks simulator should delay current statement execution.

   

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  • #1 a = b : Delay by 1, i.e. execute after 1 tick
  • #2 not (a,b) : Delay by 2 all assignments made to a.
   

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Real transistors have resolution delays between the input and output. This is modeled in Verilog by specifying one or more delays for the rise, fall, turn-on and turn off time seperated by commas.

   

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Syntax: keyword #(delay{s}) unique_name (node specifications);

   

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Switch element

Number Of Delays

Specified delays

Switch

1

Rise, fall and turn-off times of equal length

2

Rise and fall times

3

Rise, fall and turn off

(r)tranif0, (r)tranif1

1

both turn on and turn off

2

turn on, turn off

(r)tran

0

None allowed

   

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  ../images/main/bulllet_4dots_orange.gif Rise Delay

The rise delay is associated with a gate output transition to 1 from another value (0, x, z).

   

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../images/verilog/rise_delay.gif
   

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  ../images/main/bulllet_4dots_orange.gif Fall Delay

The fall delay is associated with a gate output transition to 0 from another value (1, x, z).

   

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  ../images/main/bulllet_4dots_orange.gif Turn-off Delay

The Turn-off delay is associated with a gate output transition to z from another value (0, 1, x).

   

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  ../images/main/bulllet_4dots_orange.gif Min Value

The min value is the minimum delay value that the gate is expected to have.

   

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  ../images/main/bulllet_4dots_orange.gif Typ Value

The typ value is the typical delay value that the gate is expected to have.

   

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  ../images/main/bulllet_4dots_orange.gif Max Value

The max value is the maximum delay value that the gate is expected to have.

   

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  ../images/main/bulllet_4dots_orange.gif Example

Below are some examples to show the usage of delays.

   

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  ../images/main/bullet_star_pink.gif Example - Single Delay
   

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  1 module  buf_gate ();
  2 reg in;
  3 wire out;
  4 	 
  5 buf #(5) (out,in);
  6 
  7 initial begin
  8   $monitor ("Time = %g in = %b out=%b", $time, in, out);
  9   in = 0;
 10    #10  in = 1;
 11    #10  in = 0;
 12    #10  $finish;
 13 end
 14   	 
 15 endmodule
You could download file buf_gate.v here
   

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 Time = 0 in = 0 out=x
 Time = 5 in = 0 out=0
 Time = 10 in = 1 out=0
 Time = 15 in = 1 out=1
 Time = 20 in = 0 out=1
 Time = 25 in = 0 out=0
   

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  ../images/main/bullet_star_pink.gif Example - Two Delays
   

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  1 module  buf_gate1 ();
  2 reg in;
  3 wire out;
  4 	 
  5 buf #(2,3) (out,in);
  6 
  7 initial begin
  8   $monitor ("Time = %g in = %b out=%b", $time, in, out);
  9   in = 0;
 10    #10  in = 1;
 11    #10  in = 0;
 12    #10  $finish;
 13 end
 14   	 
 15 endmodule
You could download file buf_gate1.v here
   

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 Time = 0 in = 0 out=x
 Time = 3 in = 0 out=0
 Time = 10 in = 1 out=0
 Time = 12 in = 1 out=1
 Time = 20 in = 0 out=1
 Time = 23 in = 0 out=0
   

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  ../images/main/bullet_star_pink.gif Example - All Delays
   

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  1 module delay();
  2  reg in; 
  3  wire rise_delay, fall_delay, all_delay; 
  4   
  5  initial begin 
  6   $monitor (
  7     "Time=%g in=%b rise_delay=%b fall_delay=%b all_delay=%b", 
  8     $time, in, rise_delay, fall_delay, all_delay);
  9   in = 0; 
 10    #10  in = 1; 
 11    #10  in = 0; 
 12    #20  $finish; 
 13  end 
 14   
 15  buf #(1,0)U_rise (rise_delay,in); 
 16  buf #(0,1)U_fall (fall_delay,in); 
 17  buf  #1  U_all (all_delay,in); 
 18   
 19 endmodule  
You could download file delay.v here
   

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 Time = 0 in = 0 rise_delay = 0 fall_delay = x all_delay = x
 Time = 1 in = 0 rise_delay = 0 fall_delay = 0 all_delay = 0
 Time = 10 in = 1 rise_delay = 0 fall_delay = 1 all_delay = 0
 Time = 11 in = 1 rise_delay = 1 fall_delay = 1 all_delay = 1
 Time = 20 in = 0 rise_delay = 0 fall_delay = 1 all_delay = 1
 Time = 21 in = 0 rise_delay = 0 fall_delay = 0 all_delay = 0
   

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  ../images/main/bullet_star_pink.gif Example - Complex Example
   

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  1 module delay_example();
  2 
  3 wire out1,out2,out3,out4,out5,out6;
  4 reg b,c;
  5 
  6 // Delay for all transitions
  7 or      #5                    u_or     (out1,b,c);
  8 // Rise and fall delay
  9 and    #(1,2)               u_and    (out2,b,c);
 10 // Rise, fall and turn off delay
 11 nor    #(1,2,3)             u_nor    (out3,b,c);
 12 //One Delay, min, typ and max
 13 nand   #(1:2:3)             u_nand   (out4,b,c);
 14 //Two delays, min,typ and max
 15 buf    #(1:4:8,4:5:6)       u_buf    (out5,b);
 16 //Three delays, min, typ, and max
 17 notif1 #(1:2:3,4:5:6,7:8:9) u_notif1 (out6,b,c);
 18 
 19 //Testbench code
 20 initial begin
 21   $monitor (
 22   "Time=%g b=%b c=%b  out1=%b out2=%b out3=%b out4=%b out5=%b out6=%b", 
 23     $time, b, c , out1, out2, out3, out4, out5, out6); 
 24   b = 0;
 25   c = 0;
 26    #10  b = 1;
 27    #10  c = 1;
 28    #10  b = 0;
 29    #10  $finish;
 30 end	
 31 
 32 endmodule
You could download file delay_example.v here
   

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 Time = 0 b = 0 c=0  out1=x out2=x out3=x out4=x out5=x out6=x
 Time = 1 b = 0 c=0  out1=x out2=x out3=1 out4=x out5=x out6=x
 Time = 2 b = 0 c=0  out1=x out2=0 out3=1 out4=1 out5=x out6=z
 Time = 5 b = 0 c=0  out1=0 out2=0 out3=1 out4=1 out5=0 out6=z
 Time = 8 b = 0 c=0  out1=0 out2=0 out3=1 out4=1 out5=0 out6=z
 Time = 10 b = 1 c=0  out1=0 out2=0 out3=1 out4=1 out5=0 out6=z
 Time = 12 b = 1 c=0  out1=0 out2=0 out3=0 out4=1 out5=0 out6=z
 Time = 14 b = 1 c=0  out1=0 out2=0 out3=0 out4=1 out5=1 out6=z
 Time = 15 b = 1 c=0  out1=1 out2=0 out3=0 out4=1 out5=1 out6=z
 Time = 20 b = 1 c=1  out1=1 out2=0 out3=0 out4=1 out5=1 out6=z
 Time = 21 b = 1 c=1  out1=1 out2=1 out3=0 out4=1 out5=1 out6=z
 Time = 22 b = 1 c=1  out1=1 out2=1 out3=0 out4=0 out5=1 out6=z
 Time = 25 b = 1 c=1  out1=1 out2=1 out3=0 out4=0 out5=1 out6=0
 Time = 30 b = 0 c=1  out1=1 out2=1 out3=0 out4=0 out5=1 out6=0
 Time = 32 b = 0 c=1  out1=1 out2=0 out3=0 out4=1 out5=1 out6=1
 Time = 35 b = 0 c=1  out1=1 out2=0 out3=0 out4=1 out5=0 out6=1
   

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  ../images/main/bullet_green_ball.gif N-Input Primitives

The and, nand, or, nor, xor, and xnor primitives have one output and any number of inputs

   

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  • The single output is the first terminal.
  • All other terminals are inputs.
   

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  ../images/main/bulllet_4dots_orange.gif Examples
   

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  1 module n_in_primitive();
  2 
  3 wire out1,out2,out3;
  4 reg in1,in2,in3,in4;
  5 
  6 // Two input AND gate
  7 and u_and1 (out1, in1, in2);
  8 // four input AND gate 
  9 and u_and2 (out2, in1, in2, in3, in4);
 10 // three input XNOR gate 
 11 xnor u_xnor1 (out3, in1, in2, in3);
 12 
 13 //Testbench Code
 14 initial begin
 15   $monitor (
 16   "in1 = %b in2 = %b in3 = %b in4 = %b out1 = %b out2 = %b out3 = %b",
 17   in1, in2, in3, in4, out1, out2, out3);
 18   in1 = 0;
 19   in2 = 0;
 20   in3 = 0;
 21   in4 = 0;
 22    #1  in1 = 1;
 23    #1  in2 = 1;
 24    #1  in3 = 1;
 25    #1  in4 = 1;
 26    #1  $finish;
 27 end
 28 
 29 endmodule
You could download file n_in_primitive.v here
   

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 in1 = 0 in2 = 0 in3 = 0 in4 = 0 out1 = 0 out2 = 0 out3 = 1
 in1 = 1 in2 = 0 in3 = 0 in4 = 0 out1 = 0 out2 = 0 out3 = 0
 in1 = 1 in2 = 1 in3 = 0 in4 = 0 out1 = 1 out2 = 0 out3 = 1
 in1 = 1 in2 = 1 in3 = 1 in4 = 0 out1 = 1 out2 = 0 out3 = 0
 in1 = 1 in2 = 1 in3 = 1 in4 = 1 out1 = 1 out2 = 1 out3 = 0
   

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  ../images/main/bullet_green_ball.gif N-Output Primitives

The buf and not primitives have any number of outputs and one input

   

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  • The outputs are the first terminals listed.
  • The last terminal is the single input.
   

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  1 module n_out_primitive();
  2 
  3 wire out,out_0,out_1,out_2,out_3,out_a,out_b,out_c;
  4 wire in;
  5 
  6 // one output Buffer gate
  7 buf u_buf0 (out,in);
  8 // four output Buffer gate 
  9 buf u_buf1 (out_0, out_1, out_2, out_3, in);
 10 // three output Invertor gate 
 11 not u_not0 (out_a, out_b, out_c, in);
 12  
 13 endmodule
You could download file n_out_primitive.v here
   

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