Multiplexer

Multiplexer m control signals

• Also called as Data n i/p signals

Selector.
1 o/p signal
• Multiplex means Many
Multiplexer
into one.

• It is a combinational logic circuit

• Multiplexer is a circuit with many inputs and only one output.
• i.e. it accepts several data inputs and allows only one of them
AT A TIME to get through to the output
• The routing of desired data input to output is controlled by
SELECT (CONTROL) LINES.
• Above diagram is of n:1 multiplexer with n input lines, m
control lines and 1 output line. Here
2m = n
• So we can have
2:1 MUX ;with 1 control line
4:1 MUX ;with 2 control line
8:1 MUX ;with 3 control line
16:1 MUX ;with 4 control line
 2:1 Multiplexer
Circuit Diag.
Inputs
S0 Output

0 D0
1 D1

• Here the 2: 1 MUX has two I/P lines D0 and D1 and one
select (control) line S0
• When S0 =0 then output= D0
• When S0 =1 then output= D1
 4:1 Multiplexer
Circuit diagram and truth table of 4:1 MUX are shown below:

Inputs Output
S1 S0
0 0 D0
0 1 D1
1 0 D2
1 1 D3
• Assignment:
• Draw circuit diagram and write the truth table of 8:1
Multiplexer and 16:1 multiplexer.
realizations of a 4-to-1 multiplexer from a decoder, AND
gate and an OR gate:
 Demultiplexer
m control signals
• Also called as Data
distributor.
• Demultiplex means one
to Many.
1 i/p signals n o/p
Demultiplexer signal

• Demultiplexer is a circuit with one input and many outputs.

• i.e. it accepts one data input and steer the input signal to one of
the output line.
• The routing of data input to one of the output is controlled by
CONTROL SIGNALS.
• The circuit has 1 i/p signal, m control signals & n o/p signals
• Demultiplexer is exactly reverse of multiplexer.
• Above diagram is of 1:n demultiplexer. Relationship b/w
m & n is given by
2m = n
where m = no. of control lines, n = no. of output lines
• So we can have
1:2 DEMUX ;with 1 control line
1:4 DEMUX ;with 2 control line
1:8 DEMUX ;with 3 control line
1:16 DEMUX ;with 4 control line
 1:2 Demultiplexer

Circuit Diag.

• Here the 1:2 DEMUX has 2 O/P lines Y0 and Y1 and one
select (control) line S0
• When S0 =0 then output= Y0
• When S0 =1 then output= Y1
 1:4 Demultiplexer
Circuit diagram and truth table of 1:4 DEMUX are shown below:

Inputs Output
S1 S0
0 0 Y0=D
0 1 Y1=D
1 0 Y2=D
1 1 Y3=D
• Assignment:
• Draw circuit diagram and write the truth
table of 1:8 Demultiplexer and 1:16
Demultiplexer.
 Applications
• A very common application for this type of circuit is found
in computers, where dynamic memory uses the same
address lines for both row and column addressing. A set of
multiplexers is used to first select the row address to the
memory, then switch to the column address