DEPARTMENT OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION

ANDHRA PRADESH
Name : M. Hemalatha
Designation : Lecturer
Branch : ECE
Institute : G.M.R.P., Madanapalle
Semester : III Semester
Subject : Digital Electronics
Subject Code : EC – 304
Topic : Sequential logic circuits
Duration : 100 Mts.
Sub-Topic : Modulo-n, modulo-3, Mod-10
counter
Teaching Aids : PPT, Diagrams
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 OBJECTIVES

On completion of this Period, you would be able

to know

 The working of Modulo-n counter

 The working of Mod-3 counter

 The working of Mod-10 Ripple counter

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 Modulo-n counter(Divide-N counter)

 The modulus of the counter is the number of output

states of the counter.

 n- stage counter will have 2n states.

 Counting modulus N =2n

 counter having the number of states N = 2n is called

‘Divide-by-N ’ counter.

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 MOD-3 COUNTER

The modulus 3 is not the power of 2.

2 Flip-Flops are required o construct this counter.

Consider n which should be smaller for which 2n >3. So

n is 2.

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Mod-3 counter is as shown in the figure

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 This counter has to reset to 0 when the output reads 11.

 Hence the output of the two Flip-Flops are connected to

the feedback NAND gate.

 When the third clock pulse occurs, NAND gate gets the
two inputs QA and QB as HIGH, hence Output of NAND
gate LOW, which resets all the FlipFlops.

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MOD-3 COUNTER TIMING DIAGRAM

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 Mod-10 ripple counter(Decade counter)

 Modulus for a decade counter is 10.

 These counters are useful in display applications.

 Counter with a sequence of 0(0000) through 9(1001) is a

BCD decade counter, because it’s ten state sequence is the
BCD code.

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Decade counter

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Q1 and Q3 are connected to the NAND gate inputs.

Q1=1, Q3=1 at the count 1010, so the OP of the NAND

gate is LOW and RESET’s all the FF’s.

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Timing diagrams of decade counter

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 SUMMARY

We have discussed about

 Divide-n counter

 Mod-3 counter

 Mod-10 counter(Decade counter)

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 Quiz

1. The modulus of the decade counter is

a) 9
b) 10
c) 16
d) 4

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 Quiz

1. Modulo-N counter is also known as

a) Decade counter
b) Divide by N counter
c) Hexadecimal counter
d) Ring counter

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 Frequently asked questions

1. Draw the logic diagram of Mod-3 counter and

explain
2. Draw the circuit of decade counter and explain
with timing diagrams

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