Addition of two 3-bit binary numbers

Full Adder

• A full adder adds three bits automobile a time.

• A half adder can be used in addition of LSBs to add two

binary numbers.

• A full adder is essential to add subsequent bits in

addition of two binary numbers.

• It is a combinational logic circuit

Logic circuit of Full Adder

A full adder consists of two half adders and an OR gate

Truth table of full adder

CARRY CARRY SUM

input B input A
IN OUT digit

0 0 0 0 0

0 0 1 0 1

0 1 0 0 1

0 1 1 1 0

1 0 0 0 1

1 0 1 1 0

1 1 0 1 0

1 1 1 1 1

Table 1
Simple representation of a full adder

A B

Cin Full Cout

Adder

Sum

DS = A +̀ B +̀ Ci

= ABCi+ABCi+ABCi+ABC

Co= AB+BCi+ACi
Summary

• A full adder adds three bits automobile a time.

• A full adder is a combinational logic circuit that consists

of two half adders and one OR gate.

• A full adder is used in construction of parallel binary

adder.
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