A negative-edge-triggered device changes its internal state strictly during the falling edge of a clock pulse. It ignores the steady high or low states and the rising edge. This design prevents race conditions in sequential logic by ensuring that data is sampled and latched only at one precise, predictable instant.
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Make sure you use a negative-edge-triggered flip-flop so it shifts data after the input settles.
Also heard as
- falling-edge-triggered
Related terms
Negative edge
A negative edge is the high-to-low transition of a digital signal.
Positive-edge-triggered
Describing a digital component that only changes state when its clock signal transitions from low to high.
Edge-triggered
A digital input that responds only to the transition of a clock signal.
Flip-flop
A bistable logic circuit that stores a single bit of binary data.