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本篇文档旨在教导读者如何撰写Verilog语言的测试文件(testbench)，这对于验证HDL(硬件描述语言)模型的功能至关重要。HDL，如Verilog和VHDL，是用于设计和实现数字电路系统的高级编程语言，它们允许工程师在软件级别模拟和验证硬件行为。测试bench作为设计流程中的关键环节，它提供了一个环境来驱动模块的输入，观察并验证其预期输出，确保设计的正确性和一致性。在撰写Verilog testbench时，首先理解何为一个测试文件至关重要。测试bench不仅仅是程序代码，它是一个独立于待验证模块的实体，其主要职责是设置输入信号、执行操作序列、捕获并检查输出结果，以及可能的错误处理。一个好的testbench应当能够覆盖模块的所有功能，并且通过不同的输入组合进行详尽的测试，以确保设计的鲁棒性。功能性验证是HDL模型的核心目标，这意味着在编写testbench时，需要考虑以下几个关键点： 1. **模块接口理解**：透彻了解待测试模块的接口，包括输入、输出和可能的内部信号，以便有效地驱动它们。 2. **测试用例设计**：精心设计一组测试用例，涵盖正常工作模式、边界条件、异常情况和潜在的故障模式，以全面评估模块的行为。 3. **时序分析**：在Verilog中，时间是关键因素。确保testbench能够模拟正确的时序关系，特别是在处理同步和异步信号交互时。 4. **模拟与仿真**：利用Verilog的模拟器或仿真器，如ModelSim或Xilinx ISE，运行testbench以观察模块的动态行为。 5. **assertions和断言检查**：使用assert语句来捕获设计的预期行为，以及在出现意外情况时提供有用的调试信息。 6. **覆盖率报告**：评估测试bench的有效性，确保已达到足够的代码覆盖率，从而确保设计的完整性。 7. **模块化和可重用性**：为了方便维护和扩展，好的testbench应遵循模块化原则，将公共部分抽象出来，便于复用。 8. **文档化**：编写清晰、简洁的注释，解释testbench的目的和逻辑，以便其他开发人员理解和协作。总结来说，学习和掌握Verilog测试文件(testbench)的编写技巧是硬件设计过程中不可或缺的一部分，它确保了设计的正确性和可靠性。通过遵循上述步骤，开发者能够创建出高效、可靠的测试环境，从而加速产品开发过程，降低风险。

With gate counts and system complexity growing exponentially,

engineers confront the most perplexing challenge in product

design: functional verification. The bulk of the time consumed in

the design of new ICs and systems is now spent on verification.

New and interesting design technologies like physical synthesis and

design reuse that create ever-larger designs only aggravate the

problem. What the EDA tool industry has continuously failed to

realize is that the real problem is not how to create a 12 million gate

IC that runs at 600 MHz, but how to verify it.

The true path to rapid and accurate system verification includes

both tool and methodology innovation. Engineers are compelled to

use the best verification and design tools available to shorten design

cycle time. But it is a grave mistake to assume that simply having

the best tools will result in quality ICs and systems that meet mar-

ket demands and mitigate competitive pressures. Indeed, the best

determinant of successful IC and system design is how the engineer

approaches the problem. The vast majority of engineers still

approach verification using methods dating back a dozen years or

more. If dramatic improvement in verification efficiency is to come

about, real change in the way engineers approach verification is

mandatory and urgent.

A review of available texts on verification reveals a lack of mature

knowledge and leadership on the topic: the EDA tool industry is

conspicuously silent. This text marks the first genuine effort at

Writing Testbenches: Functional Verification of HDL Models

FOREWORD

Preface

Basic language textbooks appeared early in the life of hardware

description languages. They continue to appear as the presentation

styles are refined to facilitate their understanding or as they are

tuned to a particular audience. But the benefits of additional lan-

guage textbooks is quickly diminishing.

Since the introduction of hardware description languages and logic

synthesis technology in the mid 80’s, a lot of expertise on coding

styles and synthesis methodologies has been developed to obtain

desired results. A lot of that expertise has been presented at confer-

ences, has been codified in textbooks, and is available as introduc-

tory and advanced training classes. Early language-focused

textbooks were re-edited to include chapters on synthesizeable cod-

ing and many books entirely devoted to that topic now exist. The

synthesis process, although complex, is now well understood and

many resources are available to communicate that understanding.

Standard procedures and techniques have been developed to pre-

dictably produce adequate results.

At the time I started writing this book, it was going to be the first

book specifically devoted to verification techniques for hardware

models. I will introduce you to the latest verification techniques

that have been successfully used to produce first-time-right ASICs,

Systems-on-a-Chip (SoC), boards, and entire systems.

WHAT THIS BOOK IS ABOUT

I will first introduce the necessary concepts and tools of verifica-

tion, then I’ll describe a process for carrying out an effective func-

tional verification of a design. It is necessary to cover some

language semantics that are often overlooked or oversimplified in

textbooks intent on describing the synthesizeable subset. These

unfamiliar semantics become important in understanding what

makes a well-implemented and robust testbench and in providing

the necessary control and monitor features.

I will also present techniques for applying stimulus and monitoring

the response of a design, by abstracting the operations using bus-

functional models. The architecture of testbenches built around

these bus-functional models is important to minimize development

and maintenance effort.

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Writing Testbenches: Functional Verification of HDL Models

What Prior Knowledge You Should Have

Behavioral modeling is another important concept presented in this

book. It is used to parallelize the implementation and verification of

a design and to perform more efficient simulations. For many,

behavioral modeling is synonymous with synthesizeable or RTL

modeling. In this book, the term “behavioral” is used to describe

any model that adequately emulates the functionality of a design,

usually using non-synthesizeable constructs and coding style.

WHAT PRIOR KNOWLEDGE YOU SHOULD HAVE

This book focuses on the functional verification of hardware

designs using either VHDL or Verilog. I expect the reader to have

at least a basic knowledge of one of the languages. Ideally, you

should have experience in writing synthesizeable models and be

familiar with running a simulation using any of the available

VHDL or Verilog simulators. There will be no description of lan-

guage syntax or grammar. It may be a good idea to have a copy of a

language-focused textbook as a reference along with this book

. I

do not describe the synthesizeable subset, nor limit the implementa-

tion of the verification techniques to using that subset. Verification

is a complex task: the power of either language will be used to their

fullest.

I also expect that you have a basic understanding of digital hard-

ware design. This book uses several hypothetical designs from var-

ious domains of application (video, datacom, computing, etc.).

How these designs are actually specified, architected, then imple-

mented is beyond the scope of this book. The content focuses on the

specification, architecture, then implementation of the verification

of these same designs.

1. For Verilog, I recommend The Verilog Hardware Description Language

by Thomas & Moorby, 3rd edition or later (Kluwer Academic Pub-

lisher). For VHDL, I recommend VHDL Coding Styles and Methodolo-

gies by Ben Cohen (Kluwer Academic Publisher).

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