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-- CERN BE-CO-HT
-- General Cores Library
-- https://www.ohwr.org/projects/general-cores
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--
-- unit name:   gc_sync
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-- description: Elementary synchronizer.
--
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-- Copyright CERN 2014-2018
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library ieee;
use ieee.std_logic_1164.all;

entity gc_sync is
  port (
    clk_i     : in  std_logic;
    rst_n_a_i : in  std_logic;
    d_i       : in  std_logic;
    q_o       : out std_logic
end gc_sync;

-- make Altera Quartus quiet regarding unknown attributes:
-- altera message_off 10335

architecture rtl of gc_sync is

  --  Use an intermediate signal with a particular name and a keep attribute
  --  so that it can be referenced in the constraints in order to ignore
  --  timing (TIG) on that signal.
  signal gc_sync_ffs_in : std_logic;

  signal sync0, sync1        : std_logic;

  attribute shreg_extract                   : string;
  attribute shreg_extract of gc_sync_ffs_in : signal is "no";
  attribute shreg_extract of sync0          : signal is "no";
  attribute shreg_extract of sync1          : signal is "no";

  attribute keep                   : string;
  attribute keep of gc_sync_ffs_in : signal is "true";
  attribute keep of sync0          : signal is "true";
  attribute keep of sync1          : signal is "true";

  attribute async_reg                   : string;
  attribute async_reg of gc_sync_ffs_in : signal is "true";
  attribute async_reg of sync0          : signal is "true";
  attribute async_reg of sync1          : signal is "true";

begin

  process(clk_i, rst_n_a_i)
  begin
    if rst_n_a_i = '0' then
      sync1 <= '0';
      sync0 <= '0';
    elsif rising_edge(clk_i) then
      sync0 <= gc_sync_ffs_in;
      sync1 <= sync0;
    end if;
  end process;

  gc_sync_ffs_in <= d_i;
  q_o            <= sync1;
end rtl;