Quine-McClusky

Minimization Method
Lecture L5.3
Section 5.3
 Quine-McCluskey Method
Tabular Representations
Prime Implicants
Essential Prime Implicants
 Tabular Representations
YZ
WX 00 01 11 10 !W & Y & !Z
0-10
!W & X 00 1
01--
01 1 1 1 1

11 1 1 1

10 X&Y
1
W & !Y & Z -11-
1-01
F = X & Y # !W & Y & !Z
# W & !Y & Z # !W & X
 Prime Implicants

F = X & !Y & Z Each product term

# !X & !Z is an implicant
# !X & Y

A product term that cannot have any of its

variables removed and still imply the logic
function is called a prime implicant.
 Prime Implicants
YZ
X 00 01 11 10 -10
0 1

1 1 1 1 1

1--
F = Y & !Z
# X
 Prime Implicants
Minterm X Y Z F YZ -10
X 00 01 11 10
0 O O O 0
1 0 0 1 0 0 1
2 0 1 0 1
3 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1
4 1 O O 1
5 1 0 1 1 1--
6 1 1 0 1 F = Y & !Z
7 1 1 1 1 # X
 Finding Prime Implicants

Step 1 Step 2 Step 3

2 0 1 0 (2,6) - 1 0 (4,5,6,7) 1 - -
4 1 O 0 (4,5) 1 0 - (4,6,5,7) 1 - -
5 1 0 1 (4,6) 1 - 0
6 1 1 0 (5,7) 1 - 1
7 1 1 1 (6,7) 1 1 -

All unchecked entries are Prime Implicants

-10 Y & !Z
1-- X
 Prime Implicants
Minterm X Y Z F YZ -10
X 00 01 11 10
0 O O O 0
1 0 0 1 0 0 1
2 0 1 0 1
3 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1
4 1 O O 1
5 1 0 1 1 1--
6 1 1 0 1 F = Y & !Z
7 1 1 1 1 # X
 Essential Prime Implicants
YZ
WX 00 01 11 10
00 1 1 1 1 Find the essential
01 1 1
prime implicants
using the Q-M
11 1 1 method.
10 1 1
 Essential Prime Implicants
minterms
YZ
WX 00 01 11 10 0 0000
1 0001
00 1 1 1 1
2 0010
01 1 1 8 1000
3 0011
11 1 1 5 0101
10 1010
10 1 1 7 0111
14 1110
15 1111
 Finding Prime Implicants
Step 1 Step 2 Step 3
0 0000 (0,1) 000- (0,1,2,3) 00--
1 0001 (0,2) 00-0 (0,2,1,3) 00--
2 0010 (0,8) -000
(1,3) 00-1 (0,2,8,10) -0-0
8 1000
3 0011 (1,5) 0-01 (0,8,2,10) -0-0
(2,3) 001- (1,5,3,7) 0--1
5 0101
10 1010 (2,10) -010
(1,3,5,7) 0--1
7 0111 (8,10) 10-0
14 1110 (3,7) 0-11 6 Prime Implicants
15 1111 (5,7) 01-1
1-10 00--
(10,14) 1-10
-111 -0-0
(7,15) -111
111- 0--1
(14,15) 111-
 Find Essential Prime Implicants
Prime Covered Minterms
Implicant minterms 0 1 2 3 5 7 8 10 14 15
1-10 10,14 X X
-111 7,15 X X
X X
* 111-
00--
14,15
0,1,2,3 X X X X
-0-0 0,2,8,10 X X X X
0--1 1,3,5,7 X X X X
 3 Prime Implicants
F = !W & Z # W & X & Y # !X & !Z
YZ
WX 00 01 11 10
00 1 1 1 1
0--1
01 1 1
!W & Z
11 1 1
111-
!X & !Z 10 1 1
W & X & Y
-0-0