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QuineMcCluskey Error

The document describes the steps of the Quine-McCluskey method to minimize a Boolean function. It shows the prime implicants found in step 1 and selects the essential prime implicants in step 2 to find a minimized expression for the function f.

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QuineMcCluskey Error

The document describes the steps of the Quine-McCluskey method to minimize a Boolean function. It shows the prime implicants found in step 1 and selects the essential prime implicants in step 2 to find a minimized expression for the function f.

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Quine-McCluskey example - Step 1 - Find prime implicants

f = ˜a˜b˜c˜d + ˜acd + ab˜c + ab˜d + bcd


0000 0-11 110- 11-0 -111

0000 0011 1100 1100 0111


0111 1101 1110 1111

0 0000

3 0011 3, 7 0-11 12,13,14,15 11--


12 1100 12,13 110- (12,14,13,15 11--)
12,14 11-0

7 0111 7,15 -111


13 1101 13,15 11-1
14 1110 14,15 111-

15 1111

prime implicants:
0000 ˜a˜b˜c˜d
0-11 ˜acd
-111 bcd
11-- ab

f = ˜a˜b˜c˜d + ˜acd + bcd + ab

not necessarily minimal


Quine-McCluskey example - Step 2 - Select smallest set of prime implicants

˜a˜b˜c˜d ˜acd bcd ab


0000 0-11 -111 11--
0 3,7 3,15 12,13,14,15

0 X

3 X X

12 X

7 X

13 X

14 X

15 X X

essential prime implicants: ˜a˜b˜c˜d, ˜acd, ab

f = ˜a˜b˜c˜d + ˜acd + ab

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