PANGASINAN UNIVERSITY LOGIC CIRCUIT AND DESIGN

College of Engineering and Architecture

LOGIC GATES

I. OBJECTIVES:

At the end of this exercise, the students are expected to

• To study the basic logic gates: INVERTER

• To study the representation of these functions by truth tables, logic diagrams and Boolean algebra.
• To observe the pulse response of logic gates

II. MATERIALS REQUIRED:

1 Power Supply (w/ 5v DC source)

LED / Logic Probe
Connecting Wires
Breadboard
1 74LS04 INVERTER Gate

III. PRINCIPLES:

INVERTER GATE - An inverter circuit outputs a voltage representing the opposite logic-level to its input. The
symbolic representation of the INVERTER gate is shown in Fig. 1a.

Fig 1a.

IV. PROCEDURES:

1. For the NOT gate look on the data sheets, connect the circuit on Breadboard and test the gate.
2. Using logic switches SW1 and SW2, apply the logic levels 0 and 1 to gate inputs
3. Create a truth table and record the results
4. Also simulate the given gate using the Circuit Wizard simulation software
5. Obtain the corresponding circuit diagram using the simulation software of the Boolean expression
F(A,B,C)= A’B’C’
6. From the obtain circuit diagram develop the corresponding truth table
7. From the figure below obtain the equivalent Boolean expression and develop its corresponding truth
Table

NOTE: Never supply the circuit with more than 5v DC source.

LED ON = Logic 1, (High)
LED OFF = Logic 0 (Low)

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V. DATA AND RESULTS:

INVERTER GATE DATA SHEET

Simulate Fig. 1a using logic input, apply the logic levels 0 and 1 to gate inputs.

Results INPUT A

INPUT A = OFF
LED = On

INPUT A = ON
LED = Off

Create a truth table of AND GATE and record the results

A LED
0 1
1 0

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Obtain the corresponding circuit diagram using the simulation software of the Boolean expression F(A,B,C) =
A’B’C’

Results SW1 and SW2

INPUT A = Off
INPUT B = Off
INPUT C = Off
LED = On

INPUT A = Off
INPUT B = Off
INPUT C = On
LED = Off

From the obtain circuit diagram develop the corresponding truth table.

A B C A’ B’ C’ OUTPUT
0 0 0 1 1 1 1
0 0 1 1 1 0 0
0 1 0 1 0 1 0
0 1 1 1 0 0 0
1 0 0 0 1 1 0
1 0 1 0 1 0 0
1 1 0 0 0 1 0
1 1 1 0 0 0 0

From the figure below obtain the equivalent Boolean expression and develop its corresponding truth Table.

TRUTH TABLE:
INPUT OUTPUT
0 1
1 0

 BOOLEAN EXPRESSION: Z(A, B) = Z(A’,B’)

VI. OBSERVATIONS:

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As I simulate the Fig. 1a, we can notice that the output was RED (HIGH) even though the input was not
turned on. And when the input is turned on, the output is GREEN (LOW).
Similarly, in the given Boolean Expression, I was able to obtain the circuit diagram and simulated it in Circuit
Wizard. In this case there was 3 inputs with three inverter gate and an AND gate. At first, all the inputs are turned off
but the LED was HIGH (RED). And in the next one, input C is turned on and the LED became LOW (GREEN).
This is because all the three inputs passed through the inverter gate so whatever the input is, it will be the
opposite. And the circuit given has an AND gate, so if all of the three inputs are LOW, passing the inverter gate, the
three inputs will became HIGH and by that the logic of the AND gate is satisfied so the output was HIGH. And if one of
the input is turned on (HIGH), passing through the inverter gate the inputs will became HIGH, HIGH and LOW, by that
following the logic of the AND gate, the output will be LOW (GREEN).

VII. CONCLUSION

Inverter Gate is very simple. It outputs a voltage representing the opposite logic-level to its input. Its main
function is to invert the input signal applied. If the applied input is low then the output becomes high and vice versa. It
has a bar above the variable or sometimes just a single quotation after the variable.

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