Master slave flip-flop is also referred to as the-
Master slave flip-flop is also referred to as the-pulse triggered flip-flop.
Master-slave flip-flop:-A type of clocked flip-flop consisting of master and slave elements that are clocked on complementary transitions of the clock signal. Data is only transferred from the master to the slave, and hence to the output, after the master-device outputs have stabilized.
Master flip-flop is triggered by the external clock pulse train while the slave is activated at its inversion that is if the master is positive edge-triggered, then the slave is negative-edge triggered. This means that the data enters into the flip flop at leading/trailing edge of the clock pulse while it is obtained at the output pins during trailing/leading edge of the clock pulse. Hence a master-slave flip-flop completes its operation only after the appearance of one full clock pulse for which they are known as pulse-triggered flip-flops.