[time-nuts] Frequency divider design critique request

[Bruce Griffiths]

John Miles wrote:
> Right; when the thumbswitches are toggled, the RC integrators will slow down
> the edges into pins 9-11.  Sometimes CMOS parts will latch up or otherwise
> fail to reliably with slow edges -- it probably comes down to the
> "complementary" thing, where both halves of a totem pole can turn on
> erratically during a slow transition.
>
> I have seen large capacitors used on TTL MUXes for EMI suppression, but
> never on CMOS.  I have a feeling 100 pF would be safer and still adequate.
> Probably no big deal, but if you want to be anal about it, it could pay to
> check the edge-time specs for the HC family.
>
> -- john, KE5FX
>
>   
During a transition a CMOS inverter acts as an amplifier, the gain can 
be high with a buffered input where 2 or more inverters are cascaded.
Thus any noise riding on a slowly slewing input can be amplified 
considerably as the input signal passes through Vcc/2 where a CMOS 
inverter small signal gain is maximum.

Bruce