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Logic NOT Function - Digital Logic Gates

The Logic NOT Function outputs true when its input is false and vice versa, acting as a single input inverter. It is represented in Boolean algebra with an overline and is commonly referred to as an inverter due to its function of negation. The document also discusses the use of NOT gates in conjunction with other logic gates to create more complex circuits and provides alternatives for implementing NOT functions using spare NAND or NOR gates.

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Logic NOT Function - Digital Logic Gates

The Logic NOT Function outputs true when its input is false and vice versa, acting as a single input inverter. It is represented in Boolean algebra with an overline and is commonly referred to as an inverter due to its function of negation. The document also discusses the use of NOT gates in conjunction with other logic gates to create more complex circuits and provides alternatives for implementing NOT functions using spare NAND or NOR gates.

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Logic NOT Function


The Logic NOT Function output is true when its single input is false, and false when its single input is true

The Logic NOT Function is simply a single input inverter that changes the input of a logic level “1” to an output
of logic level “0” and vice versa.

The “logic NOT function” is so called because its output state is NOT the same as its input state with its Boolean
Expression generally denoted by a bar or overline ( ¯ ) over its input symbol which denotes the inversion
operation, (hence its name as an inverter).

As NOT gates perform the logic INVERT or COMPLEMENTATION function they are more commonly known
as Inverters because they invert the signal. In logic circuits this negation can be represented by a normally
closed switch.

Switch Representation of the NOT Function

If A means that the switch is closed, then NOT A or simply A says that the switch is NOT closed or in other
words, it is open. The logic NOT function has a single input and a single output as shown.
NOT Function Truth Table

Switch Output

1 0

0 1

Boolean Expression not-A or A

The inversion indicator for a logic NOT function is a “bubble”, ( O ) symbol on the output (or input) of the logic
elements symbol. In Boolean algebra the inverting Logic NOT Function follows the Complementation Law
producing inversion.

Logic NOT gates or “Inverters” as they are more commonly called, can be connected with standard AND and
OR gates to produce NAND and NOR gates respectively. Inverters can also be used to produce
“Complementary” signals in more complex decoder/logic circuits for example, the complement of logic A is A
and two Inverters connected together in series will give a double inversion which produces at its output the
original value of A.

When designing logic circuits and you may only need one or two inverters within your design, but do not have
the space or the money for a dedicated Inverter chip such as the 74LS04. Then you can easily make a logic NOT
function easily by using any spare NAND or NOR gates by simply connecting their inputs together as shown
below.

NOT Function Equivalents

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