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Logic Gates and


Logic Circuits

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1.

Revision notes

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Introduction
▪ Logic gates are the building blocks of electronic circuits that are
used in computer components like memory and other controlling
devices. A computer understands binary language. So, the
components of the computer contain logic gates, which work on
a binary system. The data and instructions are processed in
binary form.

▪ Logic gates work on the principle that the binary digit 1


represents the ON or TRUE state and 0 represents the OFF or
FALSE state. Logic gates are combined to form a logic circuit that
performs a specific function.

▪ Six logic gates are discussed in this article. Its logic notation,
Boolean algebra, truth tables and symbols are also discussed.

Figure 1: Logic gates

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Truth Table
A truth table is used to denote the different outputs of the logic
gates or circuit with respect to different inputs. A NOT gate has one
input and, therefore, has 21 possible combinations. The OR and AND
gates have two inputs and 22 output combinations are possible. Logic
circuits can also have more than two inputs. For n inputs, the
number of possible output combinations is 2n.

Number of Number of
possible Inputs possible Outputs

1 21 = 2

2 22 = 4

n 2n

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Activities

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Activity 1
Duration: 10 minutes

A logic circuit is given below. Find out the output of this circuit by
filling in the truth table. Then, write down the logical statement for
the final output in the space given.

Answer:

Input Intermediate Final


output output
A B C
0 0 0
0 0 1
0 1 0
0 1 1
1 0 0
1 0 1
1 1 0
1 1 1

Final output =

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Activity 1
Duration: 10 minutes

A logic circuit is given below. Find out the output of this circuit by
filling in the truth table. Then, write down the logical statement for
the final output in the space given.

Answer:

Input Intermediate Final


output (P) output
A B C
0 0 0 0 1
0 0 1 0 0
0 1 0 0 1
0 1 1 0 0
1 0 0 0 1
1 0 1 0 0
1 1 0 1 1
1 1 1 1 1

Final output =

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Flashcards

Logic gates are building


What are logic blocks of electronic circuits
that are used in computer
gates? components. Logic gates
works on the binary system.

Logic circuits are


What are logic combinations of logic gates
circuits? that perform a specific
function.

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Glossary

A logic gate whose output is 1 only when


AND gate
both the inputs are 1.

A part of a processor that is responsible for


Arithmetic and logic arithmetic functions such as addition,
unit subtraction, multiplication, etc. and logic
operations such as AND, OR, NOT, etc.

Binary A number system with base 2.

CPU consists of a control unit, ALU and cache


Central processing
memory. It is responsible for the processing
unit (CPU)
of the instructions given to a computer.

Half-adder logic Circuit used to perform binary addition of


circuit two bits.

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Quiz
1. Which of the following statement is FALSE about logic gates?
A. Logic gates are the building blocks of electronic circuits.
B. It is used in computer components like memory.
C. A combination of logic gates is called logic circuit.
D. A logic gate understands binary language.
E. None of the above

2. What is a truth table?


A. A table that denotes the different outputs of the logic gates
or circuit with respect to different inputs.
B. A table that represents how logic gates are combined to form
a logic circuit.
C. A table that shows the input combinations that result in a
binary output 1 in a logic gate.

3. A logic circuit has 4 inputs. How many output combinations are


possible?
A. 8
B. 16
C. 32
D. 4

4. A logic circuit has n inputs. How many output combinations are


possible?
A. 2×n
B. 2n
C. n÷2
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