The Clock Pair Classification column provides information about the missing common primary clock, missing common node, missing common phase, and missing common period between two clocks, as well as the presence of a virtual clock.
The possible values, from the highest to the lowest priority, are listed below. As soon as a condition is detected, the report command does not perform the remaining checks.
- Ignored: When the clock pair is entirely covered by a Clock Group, a False Path, or a Max Delay Datapath Only, the analysis is ignored.
- Virtual Clock: At least one of the clocks is virtual, and common primary clock or common node checks do not apply.
- No Common Clock: The two clocks do not have a common primary clock.
- No Common Period: The periods of the two clocks are not expandable.
- Partial Common Node: The two clocks appear synchronous, but a subset of the crossing paths do not have a common node and cannot be safely timed.
- No Common Node: The two clocks appear synchronous, but the crossing paths do not have a common node.
- No Common Phase: The two clocks do not have a known phase relationship.
- Clean: None of the above conditions applies.