Physics A-Level
Combinational gates
What Combinational gates means in Physics A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Combinational gates
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Gates that respond only to their present inputs and are not assumed to depend on past inputs.
Topics that use Combinational gates
- Sequential logic (A-level only) (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Asynchronous output changes
- Boolean expression
- Clock
- Clock-edge triggering
- Johnson counter
- Reset input
- Sequential logic circuits
- Timing diagram
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