T Flip flops
T flip flop or toggle flip flop avoids the indeterminate state found in the working of RS flip flop and provides only one input, hence the flip flop acts as a toggle switch.
In T flip flop extremely narrow triggers drive the T input. For example, the Q input equals 0 before the trigger and the upper AND gate is enables and the lower AND gate is disabled. After the trigger, the S input is higher.
There is one disadvantage in T flip flops i.e, the trigger is known only if the previous state is known.
Truth table for T flip flops:
Qn | T | Qn+1 |
0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 1 | 1 |
1 | 0 | 1 |
1 | 1 | 0 |
Excitation table for T flip flop
T | Q |
0 | Qn |
1 | n |
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