ecc_pkg.sv

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// Author: Florian Zaruba <zarubaf@iis.ee.ethz.ch>
//
/// Contains common ECC definitions and helper functions.

package ecc_pkg;

  // Calculate required ECC parity width:
  function automatic int unsigned get_parity_width (input int unsigned data_width);
    // data_width + cw_width + 1 <= 2**cw_width
    int unsigned cw_width = 2;
    while (unsigned'(2**cw_width) < cw_width + data_width + 1) cw_width++;
    return cw_width;
  endfunction

  // Calculate required ECC codeword width:
  function automatic int unsigned get_cw_width (input int unsigned data_width);
    // data width + parity width + one additional parity bit (for double error detection)
    return data_width + get_parity_width(data_width);
  endfunction

endpackage