Component · Design & Architecture
Flip-flop
An edge-triggered storage element that captures its data input at a clock edge and holds it until the next edge, forming the basic register bit of synchronous digital design.
- Also known as
- FF, Register bit, DFF
- Type
- Component
- Domain
- Design & Architecture, RTL and HDL
Notes
Setup and hold requirements around the capture edge are the constraints that all synchronous timing closure revolves around.
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