Handling asynchronous inputs

Q0

Clock

Clock

Q1

Async

Input

Q0

Clock

Clock

Q1

Async

Input

Clocked

Synchronous

System

Synchronizer

• Never allow asynchronous inputs to fan-out to more than one flip-flop

  • synchronize as soon as possible and then treat as synchronous signal

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