Term · Physical Design & Signoff
Case analysis
Fixing a control signal to a constant during timing analysis so the tool propagates that value and prunes the paths it disables. Used to analyse a specific functional or test mode.
- Also known as
- set_case_analysis, Constant propagation
- Type
- Term
- Domain
- Physical Design & Signoff, Timing signoff
Notes
Case analysis is how a single netlist yields separate functional, scan shift and capture mode timing views.
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