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11 years ago

MetaStability

How long is the duration of metastability in a flipflop? If metastability occurs in one cycle i.e. data edge coincides with clock edge and in the next cycle data is stable at the clock edge, will the...
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11 years ago

No, it should go stable again.

If there is a risk of meta stable values in your system (other than synchronisers) you have a problem with your design.