Digital Electronics - Flip-Flops - Discussion

Discussion Forum : Flip-Flops - General Questions (Q.No. 1)
1.
Determine the output frequency for a frequency division circuit that contains 12 flip-flops with an input clock frequency of 20.48 MHz.
10.24 kHz
5 kHz
30.24 kHz
15 kHz
Answer: Option
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Discussion:
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Utkarsh Arora said:   10 years ago
A counter or a flip flop in series combination acts as a frequency divider and divides the frequency in the power of 2^n, where n represents the number of flip flops used.

Therefore, (20.48*10^6)/2^12.

Sowmiya said:   1 decade ago
What are the two stable states of flipflops?

John Brown said:   1 decade ago
What then is the relation between propagation delay and clock frequency of flip-flop?

Khitab Oza said:   1 decade ago
Output frequency = input frequency/n^12.

Where n=2 for divide-by-2 divider normally it takes n=2.

Deepika said:   1 decade ago
As the input given, we have to find the output frequency. The formula is:

Output frequency = input frequency/2^n.

Where n is no.of flip-flops.

Devaraj said:   1 decade ago
1FF are used divide the clock frequency by 2.

12ff divide the frequency by 2^(12).

Given i/p frequency = 20.48MHZ.

Then o/p frequency = (20.48*10^6)/(2^12).

= 5 khz.

Zoro said:   1 decade ago
Input frequency/no.of sequence of count.

DSingh said:   1 decade ago
The output frequency after each of the flip flop divided by 2.
So after 12 stages the clock frequency becomes

= 20.48*10^6/2^12=~5 KHz.

Hence option B is correct.

Sai said:   1 decade ago
They said 12 flip-flops that mean we require 12 <= 2^n. So we are taking n as 4. Then we know that the output frequency = input frequency/2^n.

So 20.48/2^4=5.

Pushp thakur said:   1 decade ago
12 ff contain 4096 bits and each ff has two states(2^12)
and we've given input frequency i.e.
f=20.48
so the output frequency=input frequency*(1/2^no.of ff)
and the output frequency=20.48*(1/4096)
i.e.o/p frequency=0.005hz(5khz)


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