D Flip-flop Latch A latch is D FF. It is called transparent latch.eg IC 7475 .

. When clock G is high Q changes as ie holds the last value of D when G was high. input D changes. When G goes low , the output Q is latched . Latch is used to interface I/O devices. It holds data for few seconds.
D i/p D CLK Q G 1 1 0 D 0 1 X Qn+1 0 1 Qn

Edge Triggered D Flip-flop This kind of FF samples the data bit at a unique point in time. The output changes only during the transient operation of the FF brought about by the leading / trailing edge of the clock. Eg. IC7474 It is +ve edge- triggered FF.In this case the o/p Q changes with the +ve edge of the clock , otherwise stays at previous value. CLK D Qn+1 0
D CLK /Q Q

X Qn 0 1 0 1

No Change RESET SET No Change

X Qn

Octal Latch -- IC 74LS373-- It has 8 D latches with tri state buffers.It has two i/p controle signals Enable & o/p controle signal. IC 74LS373 is a transparent octal latch meaning that while the enable (G) is HIGH the Q

outputs will follow the data (D) inputs. When the enable is taken LOW the output will be latched at the level of the data that was set up. O/p controle signal is active low ie when is low data is passed to the o/p.
It is used to latch 8-bit data.

They are particularly attractive for implementing buffer registers, I/O ports, bidirectional bus drivers, and working registers.

L L L H

Enable G H H L X

D H L X X

Output H L Q0 Z