Frequency divider 2026-10-24
Each stage has and therefore toggles. The printed clock symbols have no inversion bubble, so they are positive-edge triggered; each later clock is driven by the previous uncomplemented output. Consequently the circuit is a ripple counter that counts down modulo eight. A zero least significant bit rises to one and propagates the transition; a one falls to zero and stops it. For example, the settled transition from is , whereas is followed by .