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Electronics and Communication Engineering (ECE) : Digital Electronics - Quiz(MCQ)
A 4 bit ripple counter starts in 0000 state. When the counter reads 0010 the number of clock pulses which have occurred is
A)
2
B)
18
C)
2 or 18
D)
2 or 18 or 34

Correct Answer : Option (D) :   2 or 18 or 34


Explanation : At pulse 1 the state changes to 0001 and at pulse 2 it changes to 0010 Since it has a total of 16 states, the counter returns to 0000 after 16 and 32 pulses.

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