AR# 10013

Description

General Description: 

When I simulate an Asynchronous FIFO from Core Generator, a glitch appears on the signal on the WR_COUNT output. This glitch appears both in behavioral simulation as well as timing simulation. 

This behavior exists if the EMPTY flag is high and the WR_CLK is toggling with WRITE_EN on. A circuit resets the WR_COUNT when the EMPTY flag is high, and the circuit then resets itself. However, the EMPTY flag remains high (active) as long as there is no RD_CLK to update it. If the RD_CLK is slow in comparison to the WR_CLK, the circuit constantly sets and resets itself, since the empty_flag is active.

Solution

A possible way to work around this issue is to use the EMPTY flag to mask the WR_COUNT.  

Take the output of the WR_COUNT and "AND" it with the inverse of EMPTY. This should mask the erratic behavior of the WR_COUNT when empty is active.  

NOTE: This will cause WR_COUNT to be zero until a RD_CLK comes along the clear EMPTY.

This problem was fixed in 3.1i IP Update #2 (D_ip2).