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Thus the above equations can be written as
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Here the output ‘1’of ‘10’ becomes the carry-out. The result is shown in a C Programming (14)
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From the above truth-table, the full adder logic can be implemented. We RTOS (2)
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adder circuits. The ៯�rst will half adder will be used to add A and B to
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produce a partial Sum. The second half adder logic can be used to add
CIN to the Sum produced by the ៯�rst half adder to get the ៯�nal S output. If State space analysis (2)
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