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The toggle condition appears in J-K flip-flop when

A. J=1, K=1

B. J=0, K=0

C. J=0, K=1

D. J=1, K=0

E. J=0, K=1 and J=1, K=0

Choose the correct answer from the options given below :

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UGC NET 2023 Electronic Science Question Paper (13-Dec-2023) (Shift 1)
The correct answer is

A only

The J-K flip-flop's four input combinations. Its characteristic equation is

\(Q_{n+1}=J\overline{Q_n}+\overline{K}Q_n\)

which gives the complete excitation table:

JKQn+1 Action
00QnHold (no change)
010Reset
101Set
11\(\overline{Q_n}\)Toggle

Check the toggle row against the equation. Putting J = K = 1:

\(Q_{n+1}=1\cdot\overline{Q_n}+\overline{1}\cdot Q_n=\overline{Q_n}\)

so the output complements on every active clock edge — that is the toggle condition, i.e. statement A.

Why the other statements are not toggle. B (J = K = 0) holds the previous state; C (J = 0, K = 1) forces a reset to 0; D (J = 1, K = 0) forces a set to 1. E merely pairs those set and reset conditions, so it is not toggle either.

Why this matters. The J = K = 1 state is the whole reason the J-K flip-flop was introduced: in an S-R flip-flop the equivalent input S = R = 1 is forbidden (indeterminate output), and the J-K's internal cross-coupled feedback turns that useless combination into a well-defined complement operation. Tying J and K permanently to 1 converts the device into a T (toggle) flip-flop, which divides the clock frequency by 2 and is the building block of ripple counters.

One practical caution. In a level-triggered (non-edge) J-K, holding J = K = 1 while the clock is high causes the output to oscillate repeatedly — the "race-around" problem — which is cured by edge-triggering or by the master–slave configuration.

Hence, the toggle condition occurs only for J = 1, K = 1, i.e. A only.

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