clockgate - extract clock gating out of flip flops¶
- yosys> help clockgate¶
clockgate [options] [selection]
This pass transforms each set of FFs sharing the same clock and enable signal into a clock-gating cell and a set of enable-less FFs. Primarily a power-saving transformation on ASIC designs.
-pos <celltype> <ce>:<clk>:<gclk>
If specified, rising-edge FFs will have CE inputs removed and a gated clock will be created by the user-specified <celltype> ICG (integrated clock gating) cell with ports named <ce>, <clk>, <gclk>. The ICG's clock enable pin must be active high.
-neg <celltype> <ce>:<clk>:<gclk> If specified, falling-edge FFs will have CE inputs removed and a gated clock will be created by the user-specified <celltype> ICG (integrated clock gating) cell with ports named <ce>, <clk>, <gclk>. The ICG's clock enable pin must be active high.
-liberty <filename> If specified, ICGs will be selected from the liberty file if available. Priority is given to cells with fewer tie_lo inputs and smaller size. This removes the need to manually specify -pos or -neg and -tie_lo.
-dont_use <celltype> Cells <celltype> won't be considered when searching for ICGs in the liberty file specified by -liberty.
-tie_lo <port_name> Port <port_name> of the ICG will be tied to zero. Intended for DFT scan-enable pins.
-min_net_size <n> Only transform sets of at least <n> eligible FFs.