4011 N0n-gate

The 4011 is a member of the 4000 Series CMOS range, and contains four independent NAND
gates, each with two inputs. The pinout diagram, given on the right, is the standard two-input
CMOS logic gate IC layout:

 Pin 7 is the negative supply

 Pin 14 is the positive supply
 Pins 1&2, 5&6, 8&9, 12&13 are gate inputs
 Pins 3, 4, 10, 11 are gate outputs

The truth table for one of the four gates is shown to the right. For more information about the
NAND gate in general, see this module.

This chip is widely available, and usually comes in a DIL-14 or SOIC-14 package.

This chip is different in pinout to the TTL 7400, but can fulfill its function if the wiring is
modified.

4011 Quad 2-pin NAND

The relation between the state of the output variable and that of the input variables is represented in
the form of the table. This table is called the Truth Table. The Truth Table of the NAND Gate along with
its schematics symbol is shown below:

The output of the NAND Gate is LOW if and only if both of its inputs are HIGH otherwise its output is
HIGH, note that the output of the NAND Gate is exact complement of the AND Gate in which output will
be HIGH if only if inputs are HIGH otherwise the output is LOW for all other combinations of the input
variables.

NAND Gate has a very useful property which makes it unique and important among all other Gates. The
Boolean expression of any complexity can be implemented using NAND Gate only that NAND Gate alone
can be employed to realize all possible Boolean expressions without the need of any other Gate. This
property of NAND Gate is called Functional Completeness, due to this property the entire
microprocessor can be designed using NAND Gate only! NAND Gate shares this property with NOR Gate
and both of the gates are called Universal Gates.

NAND gates are available in the IC packages. The TTL (Transistor-Transistor Logic) and CMOS
(Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor) technologies are used to design NAND gate. One of the
most popular IC for NAND Gate is 4011 which is a QUAD two inputs NAND Gate IC which means that this
IC contains four independent two input NAND Gates. The pinout and connection diagram of the 7404 IC
is shown below:

NAND Gate IC 4011

NAND Gate Symbol