TON DUC THANG UNIVERSITY
FACULTY OF ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING
DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS & TELECOMMUNICATIONS ENGINEERING
CHAPTER 7:
LATCHES, FLIP-FLOPS
AND TIMERS
DIGITAL SYSTEM DESIGN 1
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
The picture content of this slide is from
Thomas L. Floyd, [2015],Digital Fundamentals,
11e. Prentice Hall.
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OUTLINE
1. Latches
2. Flip-flop and characteristics
3. Flip-flop applications
4. One-shots
5. The 555 timer
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OBJECTIVES
Use logic gates to construct basic latches
Explain the different between an S-R latch
and a D latch
Recognize the difference between a latch
and a flip-flop
Explain how D and J-K flip-flops differ
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OBJECTIVES
Understand some metrics in the application of
flip-flops
Apply flip-flops in basic applications
Explain how retriggerable and nonretriggerable
one-shots differ
Connect a 555 timer to operate as either an
astable multivibrator or a one-shot
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LATCHES
A latch is a temporary storage device that
has two stable states (bistable).
It is a basic form of memory.
NOR Active-HIGH Latch NAND Active-LOW Latch
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LATCHES
The active-LOW S R latch is available as the
74LS279A IC.
74LS279A
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LATCHES
A gated latch is a variation on the basic latch.
Ex: Find waveform of Q
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LATCHES
D latch
Rule: Q follows D when the ENable is active
Inputs Outputs
D EN Q Q Comments
0 1 0 1 RESET
1 1 1 0 SET
X 0 Q0 Q0 No change
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FLIP-FLOPS
A flip-flop is a clocked device
Dynamic
input
indicator
Positive-edge trigger Negative-edge trigger
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FLIP-FLOPS
D flip-flops
Inputs Outputs Inputs Outputs
D CLK Q Q Comments D CLK Q Q Comments
1 1 0 SET 1 1 0 SET
0 0 1 RESET 0 0 1 RESET
Positive-edge triggered Negative-edge triggered
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FLIP-FLOPS
J-K flip-flops
Inputs Outputs
J K CLK Q Q Comments
0 0 Q0 Q0 No change
0 1 0 1 RESET
1 0 1 0 SET
1 1 Q0 Q0 Toggle
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FLIP-FLOP CHARACTERISTICS
Propagation delay time is specified for the
rising and falling outputs.
It is measured between the 50% level of the
clock to the 50% level of the output transition.
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FLIP-FLOP CHARACTERISTICS
Set-up time and hold time are times
required before and after the clock transition
that data must be present to be reliably
clocked into the flip-flop.
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FLIP-FLOP APPLICATIONS
Frequency divider
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FLIP-FLOP APPLICATIONS
Data storage Output lines
D Q0
C
D Q1
C
D Q2
C
Parallel
data input R
lines D Q3
Clock C
Clear
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ONE-SHOTS
The one-shot or monostable multivibrator is
a device with only one stable state.
When triggered, it goes to its unstable state
for a predetermined length of time, then returns
to its stable state.
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ONE-SHOTS
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555 TIMER
The 555 timer can be configured in various
ways, including as a one-shot.
The pulse width is determined by R1C1 and is
approximately tW = 1.1R1C1.
The trigger is a
negative-going
pulse.
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555 TIMER
The 555 can be configured as a basic astable
multivibrator
1.44
The output frequency is given by: f
R1 2 R2 C1
The frequency and duty
cycle are set by these
components.
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SUMMARY
In this chapter, we have learned:
basic latches
the difference between a latch and a flip-flop
different types of flipflop: D and J-K flip-flops
metrics in the application of flip-flops
one-shot and timer
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HW #7
DIGITAL FUNDAMENTALS 11th edition (borrow
from the library)
Prob: pg 439 – 445 every even problem
Prepare chap 9: Counters
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