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  • How to Use This Puzzle Bank
  • SystemVerilog Language Puzzles25
  • Difficulty Guide
  • Full Topic Map
  • Interview-Day Tips
  • Study Route: One Week Before the Interview
  • Study Route: Two Weeks
  • Study Route: Four Weeks (Full Course)4
  • 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
      • Sampling on a derived clock sees the updated value
      • Reset-time samples filtered by iff
      • Unreachable cross tuple from protocol rules
      • at_least threshold causes closure plateau
    • Functional Coverage Puzzles: Tricky Q&A
  • Logic & Aptitude Puzzles25
  • Scenario & Debug Puzzles25
  • UVM Testbench Puzzles25
  • Clock, Reset & CDC Puzzles25
  • Bus and Interface Protocol Puzzles25
  • Interview Prep: Puzzle Rounds7
  • DV Puzzle Cheatsheet
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  3. Functional Coverage Puzzles
  4. Coverage Closure and Sampling Timing Puzzles
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    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. 3Sampling on a derived clock sees the updated value1 lesson
    4. 4Reset-time samples filtered by iff1 lesson
    5. 5Unreachable cross tuple from protocol rules1 lesson
    6. 6at_least threshold causes closure plateau1 lesson

    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. Sampling on a derived clock sees the updated value  [Medium]
    4. Reset-time samples filtered by iff  [Medium]
    5. Unreachable cross tuple from protocol rules  [Medium]
    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