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  • How to Use This Puzzle Bank
  • SystemVerilog Language Puzzles25
  • Difficulty Guide
  • Full Topic Map
  • Interview-Day Tips
  • OOP & Testbench Puzzles25
  • Concurrency & Timing Puzzles25
  • Randomization & Constraint Puzzles25
  • SVA Assertion Puzzles25
  • Functional Coverage Puzzles25
    • Covergroup and Coverpoint Puzzles
    • Cross Coverage Puzzles
    • Coverage Options Puzzles
    • Coverage Closure and Sampling Timing Puzzles
      • Sampling region off-by-one on state bins
      • Unreachable bin from stimulus constraints
      • Manual sample called at wrong phase
      • get_coverage vs get_inst_coverage interpretation
      • Unreachable cross tuple from protocol rules
      • at_least threshold causes closure plateau
    • Functional Coverage Puzzles: Tricky Q&A
  • Logic & Aptitude Puzzles25
  • Scenario & Debug Puzzles25
  • Interview Prep: Puzzle Rounds5
  • DV Puzzle Cheatsheet
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‹Functional Coverage Puzzles
  1. Topics
  2. DV Interview Puzzles
  3. Functional Coverage Puzzles
  4. Coverage Closure and Sampling Timing Puzzles

VLSI DV Interview Puzzles · All levels

Coverage Closure and Sampling Timing Puzzles

Diagnose closure stalls by separating true stimulus gaps from unreachable bins and sampling-region mistakes, then read metrics correctly across instances.

  • 6topics
  • 6lessons

Topics in this section

  1. 1Sampling region off-by-one on state bins1 lesson
  2. 2Unreachable bin from stimulus constraints1 lesson
  3. 3Manual sample called at wrong phase1 lesson
  4. 4get_coverage vs get_inst_coverage interpretation1 lesson
  5. 5Unreachable cross tuple from protocol rules1 lesson
  6. 6at_least threshold causes closure plateau1 lesson
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    About this puzzle set

    Diagnose closure stalls by separating true stimulus gaps from unreachable bins and sampling-region mistakes, then read metrics correctly across instances.

    Puzzles in this topic

    Diagram
    1. Sampling region off-by-one on state bins  [Medium]
    2. Unreachable bin from stimulus constraints  [Easy]
    3. Manual sample called at wrong phase  [Hard]
    4. get_coverage vs get_inst_coverage interpretation  [Medium]
    5. Unreachable cross tuple from protocol rules  [Hard]
    6. at_least threshold causes closure plateau  [Medium]

    Work each puzzle before reading the solution: predict the exact output or answer, name the rule that governs it, then check yourself.

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    • Functional Coverage Puzzles section

    • VLSI DV Interview Puzzles hub

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    • Covergroup and Coverpoint Puzzles
    • Cross Coverage Puzzles
    • Coverage Options Puzzles