Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Metastability Window

Device t(set-up)
nS
t(hold)
nS
t(total)
nS

74C74 100.0 0.0 100.0
74HC74 20.0 0.0 20.0
74HCT74 20.0 0.0 20.0
7474 20.0 5.0 25.0
74ALS74 15.0 10.0 25.0
74LS74 20.0 0.0 20.0
74S74 3.0 2.0 5.0
74LS74 4.5 0.0 4.5
74AC74 4.0 0.5 4.5
74ACT74 3.0 1.0 4.0
74ACTQ74 3.0 1.5 4.5

The Table above shows various Set-Up times and Hold times for a number different Logic families. The combination of the two values determine the width of the Metastability window. The larger the window, the greater the chance the device will go Metastable. In most cases newer logic families have smaller Metastability windows which reduce the chance of the device going Metastable.

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