D flip-flop timing

• Definitions

  • tsu: setup time
  • th: hold time
  • tpd: propagation delay

There is a timing "window" around  the clock edge during which the  input must remain stable

clock

data

D

Q

D

Q

clock

data

changing

stable

tsu

th

tpd

clock

data

dataout

dataout

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