What type of Flip Flop is used in Counters?

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  2. SR Flip Flop
  3. T Flip Flop
  4. Comparator

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Option 3 : T Flip Flop
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A T flip-flop, also known as a toggle flip-flop, has a single input called T (toggle) and a single output Q. When the T input is high (logic 1) and the flip-flop is triggered by a clock pulse, the output toggles between its previous state and its complemented state.

In other words, if the output was 0 before the , it becomes 1 after the pulse; if it was 1, it becomes 0.

By using T flip-flops in a counter, we can create a circuit that counts by toggling the output of each flip-flop on each clock pulse.

For example, in a 2-bit counter, we can use two T flip-flops connected in a chain, with the output of the first flip-flop connected to the input of the second flip-flop, and the clock input of both flip-flops connected to the same clock signal.

The output of the first flip-flop toggles on each clock pulse, and the output of the second flip-flop toggles on each second clock pulse, creating a 2-bit binary count.

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