bistable multivibrator


bistable multivibrator

[¦bī¦stā·bəl məl·ti′vī‚brād·ər] (electronics) A multivibrator in which either of the two active devices may remain conducting, with the other nonconducting, until the application of an external pulse. Also known as Eccles-Jordan circuit; Eccles-Jordan multivibrator; flip-flop circuit; trigger circuit.