Electronics and Communication Engineering
GATE ECE concept:hold-time PYQs
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Question 62
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In the circuit shown below, the AND gate has a propagation delay of 1 ns. The edge-triggered flip-flops have a set-up time of 2 ns, a hold-time of 0 ns, and a clock-to-Q delay of 2 ns.
The maximum clock frequency (in MHz, rounded off to the nearest integer) such that there are no setup violations is __________.

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For the components in the sequential circuit shown below,
is the propagation delay,
is the setup time, and
is the hold time. The maximum clock frequency (rounded off to the nearest integer), at which the given circuit can operate reliably, is ____ MHz. 
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