350 Solved Electrical Engineering Problems: For the FE/PE Exams in Electrical Engineering

Chapter 7.0: Digital

7.1 Minterms

The following truth table defines the input-output relationship of the logic block diagram shown in Figure 7.1. Derive the corresponding minterm canonical form.


Figure 7.1: Minterms

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Solution:

Use a "1" to represent an uncomplemented literal and a "0" to represent a complemented literal.

f(A, B, C, D) = ? (m 0, m 2, m 5, m 7, m 9, m 11, m 12, m 14)

f(A, B, C, D) = ABCD + ABCD + ABCD + ABCD + ABCD + ABCD + ABCD + ABCD

7.2 Maxterms

The following truth table defines the input-output relationship of the logic block diagram in Figure 7.2. Derive the corresponding maxterm canonical form.


Figure 7.2: Maxterms

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