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Carry Save Adder (CSaA)

Addition of four 4−Bit Numbers

A0 B0 C0 A1 B1 C1 A2 B2 C2 A3 B3 C3

Carry−Save
a b a b a b a b Stages
ci co ci co ci co ci co
s s s s
D0 D1 D2 D3

a b a b a b a b
’0’ ci co ci co ci co ci co
s s s s

a b a b a b a b
’0’ ci co ci co ci co ci co Co
s s s s

S0 S1 S2 S3 S4

Ripple−Carry Adder

Note: Carry propagates diagonally through the array of adder cells


Worst case Delay for Addition of N numbers with m−Bit Resolution: Tpd = [N−2+m]*tpd(FA)

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