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2.5.3. Multiple Simulation Power Analysis Flow
You can perform multiple simulations of an entire design or specific modules of a design. For example, in the process of verifying the top-level design, you can have three different simulation testbenches: one for normal operation, and two for corner cases. Each of these simulations produces a separate .vcd. In this case, apply the different .vcd file names to the same top-level entity, as shown in the following table.
File Name | Entity |
---|---|
normal.vcd | Top |
corner1.vcd | Top |
corner2.vcd | Top |
The resulting power analysis uses an arithmetic average of the signal activities calculated from each simulation file to obtain the final signal activities used. If a signal err_out has a toggle rate of zero transition per second in normal.vcd, 50 transitions per second in corner1.vcd, and 70 transitions per second in corner2.vcd, the final toggle rate in the power analysis is 40 transitions per second.
If you do not want the Power Analyzer to read information from multiple instances and take an arithmetic average of the signal activities, use a .vcd that includes only signals from the instance that you care about.