Register transfer level

Register transfer level description (RTL), also called register transfer logic is a description of a digital electronic circuit in terms of data flow between registers, which store information between clock cycles in a digital circuit. The RTL description specifies what and where this information is stored and how it is passed through the circuit during its operation.

Related Topics:
Digital - Electronic circuit - Data flow - Register - Clock cycle

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RTL design is the design of an RTL description of a system. The term is also used synonymously with "RTL description".

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RTL is used in the logic design phase of the IC design cycle.

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Logic simulator tools may verify the correctness of the design by simulating its functionality using its RTL description, among other things.

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Logic synthesis tools may be used to automatically convert the RTL description of a digital system into a gate level description of the system.

Related Topics:
Logic synthesis - Digital system - Gate level description

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