TIA schematic question

Subject: TIA schematic question
From: Adam Wozniak <adam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2004 07:40:11 -0800 (PST)
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Refering to the TIA schematic, page 1, section D5

There are two boxes labelled F1, which appear to be S/R latches with
inverted inputs (details for F1 are on page 1, section C1).  The two
latches are used to derive Hphi1 and Hphi2.

As near as I can tell, and by looking at simulations, they are configured
in an unstable manner.

While the clock is high (OSC=1), if the one on the left is outputting
Q=1, it will set the one on the right to output Q=1, which will reset
the one on the left to Q=0, which will reset the one on the right to Q=0,
which will set the one on the left to Q=1, and so on, in an unending loop.

How is this resolved?

Of course this loop stops when OSC=0, but I find it hard to believe
that the main clocks used to drive all the LFSRs (Hphi1 and Hphi2) are
dependant on the propogation delays of the various gates.  I don't think
the TIA designers would have left something that important to chance.

What am I missing?

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