keyword "AFTER"

Hello.

This might be a very simple question.
In VHDL it it possible the use the keyword AFTER for signal assignment.

Question:
Is this time delay only for simulation or also for the synthesis ?
If it is also for synthesis - how is it possible to generate a delay of
exactly e.g. 175,3 ps ??
How is it synthesized / How is done in hardware??

Thanks for any helpful explanations


Greetings,
Tobias Möglich

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Tobias Möglich wrote:

> This might be a very simple question.
> In VHDL it it possible the use the keyword AFTER for signal assignment.
>
> Question:
> Is this time delay only for simulation or also for the synthesis ?
> If it is also for synthesis - how is it possible to generate a delay of
> exactly e.g. 175,3 ps ??
> How is it synthesized / How is done in hardware??

Hello Tobias,

the AFTER keyword will be ignored by the synthesis. There is no way
to synthesize a timing-delay.
There are possibilities to synthesize some delays by constraints
in the synthesis, but not exact.

greetings,

Steffen Netz

Steffen Netz