Report Logic Depth Dialog Box

The Timing Analyzer's Reports > Design Metrics > Report Logic Depth... command allows you to report the number of logic levels within a clock domain. This value typically corresponds to the number of look-up tables (LUTs) that a path passes through.
The equivalent scripting command is report_design_metrics -logic_depth. Report Logic Depth shows the distribution of logic depth among the critical paths, allowing you to identify areas where you can reduce logic levels in your RTL.

You can specify various options to customize the reporting.

Table 1. Report Logic Depth Settings
Option Description
Clocks From Clock and To Clock filter paths in the report to show only the launching or latching clocks you specify.
Targets Specifies the target node for From Clock and To Clock to report logic depth with only those endpoints. Specify an I/O or register name or I/O port for this option. The field also supports wildcard characters. When the From, To, or Through boxes are empty, the Timing Analyzer assumes all possible targets in the device. The Through option limits the report for paths that pass through combinatorial logic, or a particular pin on a cell.
Analysis type The Setup, Hold, Recovery, and Removal analyses report the logic depths of the top X paths by slack. Topology analysis reports the logic depths of the top X paths by logic depth.
Paths Specifies the number of paths to display by endpoint and slack level. The default value for Report number of paths is 10, otherwise, the report can be very long. Enable Pairs only to list only one path for each pair of source and destination. Limit further with Maximum number of paths per endpoints. You can also filter paths by entering a value in the Maximum slack limit field.
Detail Specify whether to display on Histogram or full Path level of detail.
Report panel name Specifies the name of the report panel. You can optionally enable File name to write the information to a file. If you append .htm or .html as a suffix, the Timing Analyzer produces the report as HTML. If you enable File name, you can Overwrite or Append the file with latest data.
Tcl command Displays the Tcl syntax that corresponds with the GUI options you select. You can copy the command from the Console into a Tcl file.