D flip-flop 2026-10-24
At the active clock edge, . An asynchronous clear, when provided and asserted, takes precedence over this data-sampling rule.
Flip-flop 2026-10-24
A flip-flop stores one bit and updates it at a specified clock edge; an asynchronous clear can override that clocked update. Signal polarity is part of the specification, not something inferred from the name alone.
With , a JK flip-flop obeys at its positive clock edge: holds its old state and sets it. Thus each original stage is a sticky record of a previously sampled high input until Start clears it. A D flip-flop instead obeys , so a later sample of zero can clear the output.
Connect each replacement D input where the corresponding J input was connected, preserving the clocks and asynchronous clear. The first valid sequence after Start still sets both outputs. Afterwards, let fall and apply another rising clock edge to . The D version clears ; the JK version retains . A subsequent rising clock edge of can therefore clear only in the D version. Neither circuit continuously tracks its data input between clock edges.