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tristated

tristated adjective: in a high-impedance state that is neither the high output state nor the low output state, and allows other devices to drive the bus without interference from the tristate buffer.

Adjective

tristated (not comparable)

  1. In a high-impedance state that is neither the high output state nor the low output state, and allows other devices to drive the bus without interference from the tristate buffer.
    • the data out drivers are tristated1984, Northcon/84: Mini/Micro Northwest-84 Conference Record, page 8
    • Even after the output enable signal is true, the output remains tristated until the senseamp's cross coupled latch has resolved the data value, […]2012, Anantha P. Chandrakasan, Robert W. Brodersen, Low Power Digital CMOS Design, page 336

Questions about tristated

What does tristated mean?
Tristated means in a high-impedance state that is neither the high output state nor the low output state, and allows other devices to drive the bus without interference from the tristate buffer.
What part of speech is tristated?
Tristated is an adjective.

Words near tristated in the dictionary

  1. Tristanian
  2. Tristanians
  3. Tristans
  4. tristar
  5. tristate
  6. tristated
  7. tristates
  8. tristatic
  9. triste
  10. tristearate
  11. tristearates

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