negative-edge-triggered

See also: negative edge-triggered

English

Circuit symbol of an S-R flip-flop. The bubble and arrow tip at the clock input indicate that the flip-flop is negative-edge-triggered.

Alternative forms

• negative edge-triggered

Adjective

negative-edge-triggered (not comparable)

1. (electronics) Describing a circuit or component that changes its state only when an input signal becomes low.

   Master-slave flip-flops tend to be negative-edge-triggered; however, the clock input can be inverted in order to make the master-slave flip-flop be positive-edge-triggered.

Antonyms

• positive-edge-triggered

Hypernyms

• edge-triggered