SYNCHRONOUS 4-BIT UP/DOWN DECADE AND BINARY COUNTERS

The ALS190 and ALS191 are synchronous, reversible up/down Counters The ALSL90 is a 4-bit decade Counter and the ALS191 is a 4-bit binary Counter Synchronous counting operation is provided by having all Flip-Flops clocked simultaneously so that the outputs change coincident with each other when so instructed by the steering Logic This mode of operation eliminates the output counting spikes normally associated with asynchronous (ripple clock) Counters The outputs of the four Flip-Flops are triggered on a low-to-high-level transition of the Clock input if the enable input CTEN is low. A high at CTEN inhibits counting. The direction of the count is determined by the level of the down/up D/U input. When D/U is low, the Counter counts up and when D/U is high, it counts down. These Counters feature a fully independent Clock circuit. Changes at the control inputs (CTEN and D/U) that will modify the operating mode have no effect on the contents of the Counter until clocking occurs. The function of the Counter will be dictated solely by the condition meeting the stable setup and hold times. These Counters are fully programmable; that is, the outputs may each be preset to either level by placing a low on the load input and entering the desired data at the data inputs. The output will change to agree with the data inputs independently of the level of the Clock input. This feature allows the Counters to be used as modulo-N dividers by simply modifying the count length with the preset inputs. The CLK, D/U, and LOAD inputs are buffered to lower the drive requirement, which significantly reduces the loading on, or current required by, Clock Drivers etc., for long parallel words. By Texas Instruments