Introduction to Digital Systems
EECS 31
Solution Week 4
Problem 1
Complete a truth table for the combinational logic circuit below.
Problem 2
Complete a truth table for the combinational logic circuit below.
Problem 3 (Simplify equation)
(a) 𝑌 = 𝐴𝐶 + 𝐴̅𝐵̅𝐶 = (𝐴 + 𝐴̅𝐵̅)𝐶 = ((𝐴 + 𝐴̅)(𝐴 + 𝐵̅))𝐶 = (1(𝐴 + 𝐵̅))𝐶 =
(𝐴 + 𝐵̅)𝐶 = 𝐴𝐶 + 𝐵̅𝐶
(b) 𝑌 = 𝐴̅𝐵̅ + 𝐴̅𝐵𝐶̅ + (𝐴̅̅̅̅̅̅̅̅̅̅̅
+ 𝐶̅ ) = 𝐴̅𝐵̅ + 𝐴̅𝐵𝐶̅ + 𝐴̅𝐶 = 𝐴̅(𝐵̅ + 𝐵𝐶̅ + 𝐶) =
𝐴̅((𝐵̅ + 𝐵)(𝐵̅ + 𝐶̅ ) + 𝐶) = 𝐴̅(1(𝐵̅ + 𝐶̅ ) + 𝐶) = 𝐴̅(𝐵̅ + 𝐶̅ + 𝐶) = 𝐴̅(𝐵̅ + 1) = 𝐴̅
(c) 𝑌 = 𝐴̅𝐵̅𝐶̅ 𝐷
̅ + 𝐴𝐵̅𝐶̅ + 𝐴𝐵̅𝐶𝐷 ̅ + 𝐴𝐵𝐷 + 𝐴̅𝐵̅𝐶𝐷 ̅ + 𝐵𝐶̅ 𝐷 + 𝐴̅ = 𝐴̅(𝐵̅𝐶̅ 𝐷
̅+
𝐵̅𝐶𝐷 ̅ + 1) + 𝐴(𝐵̅𝐶̅ + 𝐵̅𝐶𝐷 ̅ + 𝐵𝐷) + 𝐵𝐶̅ 𝐷 = 𝐴̅ + 𝐴(𝐵̅(𝐶̅ + 𝐶𝐷̅ ) + 𝐵𝐷) + 𝐵𝐶̅ 𝐷 =
𝐴̅ + 𝐴(𝐵̅(𝐶̅ + 𝐶)(𝐶̅ + 𝐷̅ ) + 𝐵𝐷) + 𝐵𝐶̅ 𝐷 = 𝐴̅ + 𝐴(𝐵̅(𝐶̅ + 𝐷
̅ ) + 𝐵𝐷) + 𝐵𝐶̅ 𝐷 =
𝐴̅ + 𝐴(𝐵̅𝐶̅ + 𝐵̅𝐷̅ + 𝐵𝐷) + 𝐵𝐶̅ 𝐷 = (𝐴̅ + 𝐴)(𝐴̅ + 𝐵̅𝐶̅ + 𝐵̅𝐷
̅ + 𝐵𝐷) + 𝐵𝐶̅ 𝐷 = 𝐴̅ +
𝐵̅𝐶̅ + 𝐵̅𝐷
̅ + 𝐵𝐷 + 𝐵𝐶̅ 𝐷 = 𝐴̅ + 𝐵̅𝐶̅ + 𝐵̅𝐷̅ + 𝐵𝐷(1 + 𝐶̅ ) = 𝐴̅ + 𝐵̅𝐶̅ + 𝐵̅𝐷
̅ + 𝐵𝐷
Problem 4 (Simplify equations)
(a) 𝑌 = 𝐴̅𝐵𝐶 + 𝐴̅𝐵𝐶̅ = 𝐴̅𝐵(𝐶 + 𝐶̅ ) = 𝐴̅𝐵
(b) 𝑌 = ̅̅̅̅̅̅
𝐴𝐵𝐶 + 𝐴𝐵̅ = 𝐴̅ + 𝐵̅ + 𝐶̅ + 𝐴𝐵̅ = 𝐴̅ + 𝐵̅(1 + 𝐴) + 𝐶̅ = 𝐴̅ + 𝐵̅ + 𝐶̅ =
̅̅̅̅̅̅
𝐴𝐵𝐶
(c) 𝑌 = 𝐴𝐵𝐶𝐷 ̅ + 𝐴𝐵𝐶𝐷 ̅̅̅̅̅̅̅̅̅̅̅̅̅̅̅̅̅̅̅̅̅̅
̅̅̅̅̅̅ + (𝐴 + 𝐵 + 𝐶 + 𝐷) = 𝐴𝐵𝐶𝐷 ̅ + 𝐴(𝐵̅ + 𝐶̅ + 𝐷 ̅) +
𝐴̅𝐵̅𝐶̅ 𝐷
̅ = 𝐴(𝐵𝐶𝐷 ̅ + 𝐵̅ + 𝐶̅ + 𝐷 ̅ ) + 𝐴̅𝐵̅𝐶̅ 𝐷̅ = 𝐴((𝐵𝐶 + 1)𝐷 ̅ + 𝐵̅ + 𝐶̅ ) + 𝐴̅𝐵̅𝐶̅ 𝐷
̅=
𝐴(𝐵̅ + 𝐶̅ + 𝐷̅ ) + 𝐴̅𝐵̅𝐶̅ 𝐷
̅ = 𝐴𝐵̅ + 𝐴𝐶̅ + 𝐴𝐷 ̅ + 𝐴̅𝐵̅𝐶̅ 𝐷
̅ = 𝐴𝐵̅ + 𝐴𝐶̅ +
(𝐴 + 𝐴̅𝐵̅𝐶̅ )𝐷
̅ = 𝐴𝐵̅ + 𝐴𝐶̅ + ((𝐴 + 𝐴̅)(𝐴 + 𝐵̅𝐶̅ ))𝐷 ̅ = 𝐴𝐵̅ + 𝐴𝐶̅ + (𝐴 + 𝐵̅𝐶̅ )𝐷 ̅=
𝐴𝐵̅ + 𝐴𝐶̅ + 𝐴𝐷 ̅ + 𝐵̅𝐶̅ 𝐷
̅ = 𝐴(𝐵̅ + 𝐶̅ + 𝐷 ̅ ) + 𝐵̅𝐶̅ 𝐷 ̅̅̅̅̅̅ + 𝐵̅𝐶̅ 𝐷
̅ = 𝐴𝐵𝐶𝐷 ̅