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--

-- Purpose: Test bench for the Wideband Complex radix 2 FFT

--

--

-- Usage:

--   > run -all

--   > testbench is selftesting. The first four spectrums are verified. 

--

library ieee, common_pkg_lib, dp_pkg_lib, diag_lib, rTwoSDF_lib, common_ram_lib, mm_lib;

use IEEE.std_logic_1164.all;

use IEEE.numeric_std.all;

use IEEE.std_logic_textio.all;

use STD.textio.all;

use common_pkg_lib.common_pkg.all;

use common_ram_lib.common_ram_pkg.ALL;

use common_pkg_lib.common_lfsr_sequences_pkg.all;

use common_pkg_lib.tb_common_pkg.all;

use mm_lib.tb_common_mem_pkg.ALL;

use dp_pkg_lib.dp_stream_pkg.ALL;

use rTwoSDF_lib.twiddlesPkg.all;

use rTwoSDF_lib.rTwoSDFPkg.all;

use work.tb_fft_pkg.all;

use work.fft_pkg.all;

entity tb_fft_wide_unit is

  generic(

    -- generics for tb

    g_use_uniNoise_file  : boolean  := true;

    g_use_sinus_file     : boolean  := false;

    g_use_sinNoise_file  : boolean  := false;

    g_use_impulse_file   : boolean  := false;

    g_use_2xreal_inputs  : boolean  := false;  -- Set to true for running the two-real input variants  

    g_fft : t_fft := (true, false, false, 0, 4, 0, 1024, 16, 18, 0, 18, 2, true, 56, 2)

    --  type t_rtwo_fft is record

    --    use_reorder    : boolean;  -- = false for bit-reversed output, true for normal output

    --    use_fft_shift  : boolean;  -- = false for [0, pos, neg] bin frequencies order, true for [neg, 0, pos] bin frequencies order in case of complex input

    --    use_separate   : boolean;  -- = false for complex input, true for two real inputs

    --    nof_chan       : natural;  -- = default 0, defines the number of channels (=time-multiplexed input signals): nof channels = 2**nof_chan         

    --    wb_factor      : natural;  -- = default 1, wideband factor

    --    twiddle_offset : natural;  -- = default 0, twiddle offset for PFT sections in a wideband FFT

    --    nof_points     : natural;  -- = 1024, N point FFT

    --    in_dat_w       : natural;  -- = 8, number of input bits

    --    out_dat_w      : natural;  -- = 13, number of output bits: in_dat_w + natural((ceil_log2(nof_points))/2 + 2)  

    --    out_gain_w     : natural;  -- = 0, output gain factor applied after the last stage output, before requantization to out_dat_w

    --    stage_dat_w    : natural;  -- = 18, data width used between the stages(= DSP multiplier-width)

    --    guard_w        : natural;  -- = 2,  Guard used to avoid overflow in FFT stage. 

    --    guard_enable   : boolean;  -- = true when input needs guarding, false when input requires no guarding but scaling must be skipped at the last stage(s) (used in wb fft)

    --    stat_data_w    : positive; -- = 56

    --    stat_data_sz   : positive; -- = 2

    --  end record;

  );

end entity tb_fft_wide_unit;

architecture tb of tb_fft_wide_unit is

  constant c_clk_period : time    := 100 ns;

  -- input/output data width

  constant c_in_dat_w   : natural := g_fft.in_dat_w;

  constant c_twiddle_w  : natural := 16;

  constant c_out_dat_w  : natural := g_fft.out_dat_w; --   g_rtwo_fft.in_dat_w + natural((ceil_log2(g_rtwo_fft.nof_points))/2 + 2);  -- bit growth

  -- input/output files

  constant c_nof_spectra_in_file : natural := 4;

  constant c_file_len            : natural := c_nof_spectra_in_file*g_fft.nof_points;

  -- block generator  

  constant c_bg_mem_size           : natural := c_nof_spectra_in_file*g_fft.nof_points/g_fft.wb_factor;

  constant c_bg_addr_w             : natural := ceil_log2(c_bg_mem_size);

  constant c_nof_samples_in_packet : natural := c_bg_mem_size/c_nof_spectra_in_file;

  constant c_gap                   : natural := 3;    -- Gapsize is set to 0 in order to generate a continuous stream of packets. 

  constant c_nof_accum_per_sync    : natural := 8;

  constant c_bsn_init              : natural := 32;

  constant c_bg_prefix             : string  := "UNUSED";

  constant c_nof_sync_periods      : natural := 6;

  constant c_bst_skip_nof_sync     : natural := 3;

  constant c_normal                : BOOLEAN  := TRUE;

      -- input from uniform noise file created automatically by MATLAB testFFT_input.m

  constant c_noiseInputFile    : string := "data/test/in/uniNoise_p"  & natural'image(g_fft.nof_points)& "_b"& natural'image(c_twiddle_w) &"_in.txt";

  constant c_noiseGoldenFile   : string := "data/test/out/uniNoise_p" & natural'image(g_fft.nof_points)& "_b"& natural'image(c_twiddle_w) &"_tb"&natural'image(wTyp'length) &"_out.txt";

  constant c_noiseOutputFile   : string := "data/test/out/uniNoise_out.txt";

  -- input from sinus file. Data is from diag_wg_wideband. 

  constant c_sinusInputFile    : string := "data/test/in/sinus_p"     & natural'image(g_fft.nof_points)& "_b"& natural'image(g_fft.in_dat_w) &"_in.txt";

  constant c_sinusGoldenFile   : string := "data/test/out/sinus_p"    & natural'image(g_fft.nof_points)& "_b"& natural'image(g_fft.in_dat_w) &"_tb"&natural'image(wTyp'length) &"_out.txt";

  constant c_sinusOutputFile   : string := "data/test/out/sinus_out.txt";

  -- input from combined sinus with noise file. Real part is sinus, imaginary part is noise

  constant c_sinNoiseInputFile    : string := "data/test/in/sinNoise_p"     & natural'image(g_fft.nof_points)& "_b"& natural'image(g_fft.in_dat_w) &"_in.txt";

  constant c_sinNoiseGoldenFile   : string := "data/test/out/sinNoise_p"    & natural'image(g_fft.nof_points)& "_b"& natural'image(g_fft.in_dat_w) &"_tb"&natural'image(wTyp'length) &"_out.txt";

  constant c_sinNoiseOutputFile   : string := "data/test/out/sinNoise_out.txt";

  -- input from impulse files

  constant c_impulseInputFile  : string := "data/impulse_p"           & natural'image(g_fft.nof_points)& "_b"& natural'image(c_twiddle_w)& "_in.txt";

  constant c_impulseGoldenFile : string := "data/impulse_p"           & natural'image(g_fft.nof_points)& "_b"& natural'image(c_twiddle_w)& "_out.txt";

  constant c_impulseOutputFile : string := "data/impulse_out.txt";

  -- input from 2xreal impulse files

  constant c_2xrealImpulseInputFile   : string := "data/2xreal_impulse_p"    & natural'image(g_fft.nof_points)& "_b"& natural'image(c_twiddle_w)& "_in.txt";

  constant c_2xrealImpulseGoldenFile  : string := "data/2xreal_impulse_p"    & natural'image(g_fft.nof_points)& "_b"& natural'image(c_twiddle_w)& "_out.txt";

  constant c_2xrealImpulseOutputFile  : string := "data/2xreal_impulse_out.txt";

  constant c_2xrealNoiseGoldenFile    : string := "data/test/out/uniNoise_2xreal_p" & natural'image(g_fft.nof_points)& "_b"& natural'image(c_twiddle_w) &"_tb"&natural'image(wTyp'length) &"_out.txt";

  constant c_2xrealSinusGoldenFile    : string := "data/test/out/sinus_2xreal_p"    & natural'image(g_fft.nof_points)& "_b"& natural'image(g_fft.in_dat_w) &"_tb"&natural'image(wTyp'length) &"_out.txt";

  constant c_2xrealSinNoiseGoldenFile : string := "data/test/out/sinNoise_2xreal_p" & natural'image(g_fft.nof_points)& "_b"& natural'image(g_fft.in_dat_w) &"_tb"&natural'image(wTyp'length) &"_out.txt";

  -- determine active stimuli and result files

  constant c_preSelImpulseInputFile   : string := sel_a_b(g_use_2xreal_inputs, c_2xrealImpulseInputFile,   c_impulseInputFile);

  constant c_preSelImpulseGoldenFile  : string := sel_a_b(g_use_2xreal_inputs, c_2xrealImpulseGoldenFile,  c_impulseGoldenFile);

  constant c_preSelImpulseOutputFile  : string := sel_a_b(g_use_2xreal_inputs, c_2xrealImpulseOutputFile,  c_impulseOutputFile);

  constant c_preSelNoiseGoldenFile    : string := sel_a_b(g_use_2xreal_inputs, c_2xrealNoiseGoldenFile,    c_noiseGoldenFile);

  constant c_preSelSinusGoldenFile    : string := sel_a_b(g_use_2xreal_inputs, c_2xrealSinusGoldenFile,    c_sinusGoldenFile);

  constant c_preSelSinNoiseGoldenFile : string := sel_a_b(g_use_2xreal_inputs, c_2xrealSinNoiseGoldenFile, c_sinNoiseGoldenFile);

  constant c_inputFile  : string := sel_a_b(g_use_uniNoise_file, c_noiseInputFile,

                                    sel_a_b(g_use_sinus_file,    c_sinusInputFile,

                                    sel_a_b(g_use_sinNoise_file, c_sinNoiseInputFile,        c_preSelImpulseInputFile)));

  constant c_goldenFile : string := sel_a_b(g_use_uniNoise_file, c_preSelNoiseGoldenFile,

                                    sel_a_b(g_use_sinus_file,    c_preSelSinusGoldenFile,

                                    sel_a_b(g_use_sinNoise_file, c_preSelSinNoiseGoldenFile, c_preSelImpulseGoldenFile)));

  constant c_outputFile : string := sel_a_b(g_use_uniNoise_file, c_noiseOutputFile,

                                    sel_a_b(g_use_sinus_file,    c_sinusOutputFile,

                                    sel_a_b(g_use_sinNoise_file, c_sinNoiseOutputFile,       c_preSelImpulseOutputFile)));

  -- signal definitions

  signal tb_end         : std_logic := '0';

  signal clk            : std_logic := '0';

  signal rst            : std_logic := '0';

  signal out_sync       : std_logic:= '0';

  signal out_val        : std_logic:= '0';

  signal out_re_arr     : t_fft_slv_arr(g_fft.wb_factor-1 downto 0);

  signal out_im_arr     : t_fft_slv_arr(g_fft.wb_factor-1 downto 0);

  signal in_file_data   : t_integer_matrix(0 to c_file_len-1, 1 to 2) := (others=>(others=>0));  -- [re, im]

  signal in_file_sync   : std_logic_vector(0 to c_file_len-1):= (others=>'0');

  signal in_file_val    : std_logic_vector(0 to c_file_len-1):= (others=>'0');

  signal gold_file_data : t_integer_matrix(0 to c_file_len-1, 1 to 2) := (others=>(others=>0));  -- [re, im]

  signal gold_file_sync : std_logic_vector(0 to c_file_len-1):= (others=>'0');

  signal gold_file_val  : std_logic_vector(0 to c_file_len-1):= (others=>'0');

  signal gold_sync      : std_logic;

  signal gold_re_arr    : t_integer_arr(g_fft.wb_factor-1 downto 0);

  signal gold_im_arr    : t_integer_arr(g_fft.wb_factor-1 downto 0);

  signal init_waveforms_done   : std_logic;

  signal in_sosi_arr     : t_dp_sosi_arr(g_fft.wb_factor-1 downto 0);

  signal in_siso_arr     : t_dp_siso_arr(g_fft.wb_factor-1 downto 0);

  type   t_dp_sosi_matrix  is array (integer range <>) of t_dp_sosi_arr(0 downto 0);

  type   t_dp_siso_matrix  is array (integer range <>) of t_dp_siso_arr(0 downto 0);

  signal in_sosi_matrix  : t_dp_sosi_matrix(g_fft.wb_factor-1 downto 0);

  signal in_siso_matrix  : t_dp_siso_matrix(g_fft.wb_factor-1 downto 0);

  signal result_sosi_arr : t_dp_sosi_arr(g_fft.wb_factor-1 downto 0);

  signal ram_sst_mosi    : t_mem_mosi := c_mem_mosi_rst;

  signal ram_sst_miso    : t_mem_miso := c_mem_miso_rst;

  signal ram_bg_data_mosi_arr : t_mem_mosi_arr(g_fft.wb_factor-1 downto 0) := (others => c_mem_mosi_rst );

  signal reg_bg_ctrl_mosi : t_mem_mosi;

  -- Subband Statistics output

  -- . DUT result

  signal result_sst_arr_temp   : t_slv_64_arr(c_nof_samples_in_packet-1 downto 0);

  signal result_sst_arr        : t_slv_64_arr(g_fft.nof_points-1 downto 0);

  -- . Expected result

  signal expected_sst_arr      : t_slv_64_arr(g_fft.nof_points-1 downto 0) := (others => (others => '0'));

begin

  clk <= (not clk) or tb_end after c_clk_period/2;

  rst <= '1', '0' after c_clk_period*7;

  ---------------------------------------------------------------

  -- READ STIMULI DATA FROM INPUT FILE

  ---------------------------------------------------------------  

  proc_read_input_file(clk, in_file_data, in_file_sync, in_file_val, c_inputFile);

  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

  -- WRITE THE WAVEFORMS INTO MEMORY FOR EACH INPUT STREAM.

  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

  gen_init_waveforms : for I in 0 to g_fft.wb_factor-1 generate

    p_init_waveforms_memory : process

      variable v_mem_data : std_logic_vector(c_nof_complex*g_fft.in_dat_w-1 downto 0);

    begin

      init_waveforms_done <= '0';

      proc_common_wait_until_low(clk, rst);      -- Wait until reset has finished

      proc_common_wait_some_cycles(clk, 10);     -- Wait an additional amount of cycles

      for J in 0 to c_bg_mem_size-1 loop

        v_mem_data := (others => '0');

        v_mem_data := TO_SVEC(in_file_data(I+J*g_fft.wb_factor, 2), g_fft.in_dat_w) & TO_SVEC(in_file_data(I+J*g_fft.wb_factor, 1), g_fft.in_dat_w);  -- two k_bf.in_dat_w = 16 fits in c_word_w = 32 bit

        proc_mem_mm_bus_wr(J, v_mem_data, clk, ram_bg_data_mosi_arr(I));

      end loop;

      init_waveforms_done <= '1';

      wait;

    end process;

  end generate;

  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

  -- CONFIGURE AND ENABLE THE BLOCK GENERATORS (Start Stimuli)

  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

  p_control_input_stream : process

  begin

    reg_bg_ctrl_mosi <= c_mem_mosi_rst;

    -- Wait until reset is done

    proc_common_wait_until_high(clk, rst);

    proc_common_wait_some_cycles(clk, 10);

    wait until init_waveforms_done = '1';       -- Wait until the waveform data is written. 

    -- Set and enable the waveform generators. All generators are controlled by the same registers

    proc_mem_mm_bus_wr(1, c_nof_samples_in_packet, clk, reg_bg_ctrl_mosi);  -- Set the number of samples per block

    proc_mem_mm_bus_wr(2, c_nof_accum_per_sync,    clk, reg_bg_ctrl_mosi);  -- Set the number of blocks per sync

    proc_mem_mm_bus_wr(3, c_gap,                   clk, reg_bg_ctrl_mosi);  -- Set the gapsize

    proc_mem_mm_bus_wr(4, 0,                       clk, reg_bg_ctrl_mosi);  -- Set the start address of the memory

    proc_mem_mm_bus_wr(5, c_bg_mem_size-1,         clk, reg_bg_ctrl_mosi);  -- Set the end address of the memory

    proc_mem_mm_bus_wr(6, c_bsn_init,              clk, reg_bg_ctrl_mosi);  -- Set the BSNInit low  value

    proc_mem_mm_bus_wr(7, 0,                       clk, reg_bg_ctrl_mosi);  -- Set the BSNInit high value

    proc_mem_mm_bus_wr(0, 1,                       clk, reg_bg_ctrl_mosi);  -- Enable the BG

    -- Run time is defined by:

    --   * the number of sync periods

    --   * the number of packets in a sync period (c_nof_accum_per_sync)

    --   * the number of samples in a packet

    --   * the gap size

    proc_common_wait_some_cycles(clk, c_nof_sync_periods*c_nof_accum_per_sync*(c_nof_samples_in_packet+c_gap));

    -- Disable the BG

    proc_mem_mm_bus_wr(0, 0, clk, reg_bg_ctrl_mosi);

    -- Wait some additional time in order to let release the pipline stages of the FFT. 

    proc_common_wait_some_cycles(clk, 4*g_fft.nof_points);

    tb_end <= '1';

    wait;

  end process;

  ---------------------------------------------------------------  

  -- GENERATE BLOCK GENERATORS FOR STIMULI GENERATION

  ---------------------------------------------------------------  

  gen_block_gen : for I in 0 to g_fft.wb_factor-1 generate

    u_block_generator : entity diag_lib.mms_diag_block_gen

    generic map(

      g_nof_streams        => 1,

      g_buf_dat_w          => c_nof_complex*g_fft.in_dat_w,

      g_buf_addr_w         => c_bg_addr_w,

      g_file_name_prefix   => c_bg_prefix

    )

    port map(

     -- Clocks and Reset

      mm_rst           => rst,

      mm_clk           => clk,

      dp_rst           => rst,

      dp_clk           => clk,

      en_sync          => '1',

      ram_bg_data_mosi => ram_bg_data_mosi_arr(I),

      ram_bg_data_miso => open,

      reg_bg_ctrl_mosi => reg_bg_ctrl_mosi,

      reg_bg_ctrl_miso => open,

      out_siso_arr     => in_siso_matrix(I),

      out_sosi_arr     => in_sosi_matrix(I)

    );

    in_sosi_arr(I)       <= in_sosi_matrix(I)(0);

    in_siso_matrix(I)(0) <= c_dp_siso_rdy;

  end generate;

  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------  

  -- READ THE BEAMLET STATISTICS     

  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

  -- Read statistics from the memory interface once every sync interval.

  p_read_sst_memory : process

    variable c_sync_cnt : natural;

  begin

    proc_common_wait_until_low(clk, rst);    -- Wait until reset has finished

    -- Skip reading for the initial syncs to save simulation time

    for J in 0 to c_bst_skip_nof_sync-2 loop

      wait until result_sosi_arr(0).sync = '1';

      wait until result_sosi_arr(0).sync = '0';

    end loop;

    while(true) loop

      wait until result_sosi_arr(0).sync = '1';

      proc_common_wait_some_cycles(clk, c_nof_samples_in_packet+10);

      for I in 0 to g_fft.wb_factor-1 loop

        proc_fft_read_subband_statistics_memory(I, g_fft, clk, ram_sst_mosi, ram_sst_miso, result_sst_arr_temp);

        result_sst_arr((I+1)*c_nof_samples_in_packet-1 downto I*c_nof_samples_in_packet) <= result_sst_arr_temp;  -- can not use result_bst_arr2(I) directly as argument in proc_bf_read_beamlet_statistics_memory()

      end loop;

    end loop;

  end process;

  ---------------------------------------------------------------  

  -- DUT = Device Under Test

  ---------------------------------------------------------------  

  u_dut : entity work.fft_wide_unit

  generic map (

    g_fft          => g_fft

  )

  port map (

    dp_rst          => rst,

    dp_clk          => clk,

    mm_rst          => rst,

    mm_clk          => clk,

    ram_st_sst_mosi => ram_sst_mosi,

    ram_st_sst_miso => ram_sst_miso,

    in_sosi_arr     => in_sosi_arr,

    out_sosi_arr    => result_sosi_arr

  );

  ---------------------------------------------------------------  

  -- REARRANGE THE OUTPUT-DATA FOR VERIFICATION

  ---------------------------------------------------------------  

  gen_extract_data : for I in 0 to g_fft.wb_factor-1 generate

    out_re_arr(I) <= RESIZE_SVEC(result_sosi_arr(I).re, out_re_arr(I)'length);

    out_im_arr(I) <= RESIZE_SVEC(result_sosi_arr(I).im, out_im_arr(I)'length);

  end generate;

  out_val <= result_sosi_arr(0).valid;

  ---------------------------------------------------------------  

  -- READ GOLDEN FILE WITH THE EXPECTED DUT OUTPUT

  ---------------------------------------------------------------  

  proc_read_input_file(clk, gold_file_data, gold_file_sync, gold_file_val, c_goldenFile);

  ---------------------------------------------------------------  

  -- CREATE THE GOLDEN ARRAY FOR VERIFICATION

  ---------------------------------------------------------------  

  p_create_golden_array : process

    constant c_sst_in_w       : natural := 16;

    variable v_nof_outs       : natural := g_fft.nof_points/g_fft.wb_factor;

    variable v_bin_index      : natural := 0;

    variable v_spectrum_index : natural := 0;

    variable v_list_index     : natural := 0;

    variable v_int_time       : integer := 0;

    variable v_subband_cnt    : integer := 0;

    variable v_sum_re         : std_logic_vector(c_sst_in_w-1 downto 0);

    variable v_sum_im         : std_logic_vector(c_sst_in_w-1 downto 0);

    variable v_sum_pwr        : std_logic_vector(g_fft.stat_data_w-1 downto 0) := (others => '0');

    variable v_acc_pwr_arr    : t_slv_64_arr(g_fft.nof_points-1 downto 0) := (others => (others => '0'));

  begin

    wait until rising_edge(clk);

    if(out_val = '1') then

      if(v_spectrum_index = v_nof_outs - 1) then

        v_spectrum_index := 0;

        v_bin_index := v_bin_index + g_fft.nof_points - v_nof_outs;

      else

        v_spectrum_index := v_spectrum_index + 1;

      end if;

      v_bin_index := v_bin_index + 1;

      if(v_list_index = c_file_len/g_fft.wb_factor-1) then

        v_bin_index    := 0;

        v_list_index   := 0;

      else

        v_list_index := v_list_index + 1;

      end if;

      for I in 0 to g_fft.wb_factor-1 loop

        -- Calculate the auto correlation power:

        v_sum_re := RESIZE_SVEC(TO_SVEC(gold_re_arr(I), c_word_w), v_sum_re'length);

        v_sum_im := RESIZE_SVEC(TO_SVEC(gold_im_arr(I), c_word_w), v_sum_im'length);

        v_sum_pwr(32 downto 0) := func_complex_multiply(v_sum_re, v_sum_im, v_sum_re, v_sum_im, c_normal, "RE", 33);

        v_acc_pwr_arr(I*v_nof_outs + v_subband_cnt) := ADD_UVEC(v_acc_pwr_arr(I*v_nof_outs + v_subband_cnt), v_sum_pwr);

      end loop;

      if(v_subband_cnt = v_nof_outs-1) then

        v_subband_cnt := 0;

      else

        v_subband_cnt := v_subband_cnt + 1;

      end if;

      ------------------------------------------------------------------------

      -- Latch the expected accumulated statistics to the output at the sync

      ------------------------------------------------------------------------

      if(v_int_time = c_nof_accum_per_sync*v_nof_outs-1) then

        v_int_time := 0;

        -- Output the expected BST array

        expected_sst_arr <= v_acc_pwr_arr;

        v_acc_pwr_arr    :=(others => (others => '0'));

        assert expected_sst_arr = result_sst_arr   report "Output statistics error" severity error;

        assert expected_sst_arr /= result_sst_arr   report "Output statistics OK!!!!" severity note;

      else

        v_int_time := v_int_time + 1;

      end if;

    end if;

    for I in 0 to g_fft.wb_factor-1 loop

      gold_re_arr(I) <= gold_file_data(v_bin_index + I*v_nof_outs, 1);

      gold_im_arr(I) <= gold_file_data(v_bin_index + I*v_nof_outs, 2);

    end loop;

    gold_sync  <= gold_file_sync(v_bin_index);

  end process;

  -- Verify the output of the DUT with the expected output from the golden reference file

  p_verify_output : process(clk)

  begin

    -- Compare

    if rising_edge(clk) then

      if out_val='1' then

        -- only write when out_val='1', because then the file is independent of cycles with invalid out_dat

        assert out_sync = gold_sync report "Output sync error"  severity error;

        for I in 0 to g_fft.wb_factor-1 loop

          assert TO_SINT(out_re_arr(I)) = gold_re_arr(I)   report "Output real data error" severity error;

          assert TO_SINT(out_im_arr(I)) = gold_im_arr(I)   report "Output imag data error" severity error;

        end loop;

      end if;

    end if;

  end process;

end tb;