DocumentCode
948165
Title
On the "Metastable region" of flip-flop circuits
Author
Liu, Bede ; Gallagher, Neal C.
Author_Institution
Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
Volume
65
Issue
4
fYear
1977
fDate
4/1/1977 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
581
Lastpage
583
Abstract
In [1], Couranz and Wann studied the behavior of synchronizers operating in the metastable region; their analysis of the circuit was based on a probabilistic description using random noise as the driving force. We present an alternate and much simpler deterministic description of the circuit behavior based on a study of the circuit differential equation.
Keywords
Active filters; Capacitors; Displays; Flip-flops; Frequency; Metastasis; Pulse circuits; Resistors; Solid state circuits; Switches;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Proceedings of the IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9219
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/PROC.1977.10526
Filename
1454795
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