Digital Electronics
Combinational Circuits
Practice questions from Combinational Circuits.
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IncorrectA full adder and an XOR gate are used to design a digital circuit with inputs , and , and output , as shown below. The input is connected to the carry-in input of the full adder.
If the input is set to logic ' ', then the circuit functions as _________ with and as inputs.
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Sign in to UnlockA 4-bit priority encoder has inputs , and in descending order of priority. The two-bit output is generated as , and 11 corresponding to inputs , and , respectively. The Boolean expression of the output bit is_____.
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Sign in to UnlockThe propagation delay of the MUX shown in the circuit is 10 ns. Consider the propagation delay of the inverter as .
If is set to 1 then the output is________.
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Sign in to UnlockIn the circuit shown below, and are the inputs. The logical function realized by the circuit shown below is
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Sign in to UnlockFor the circuit shown below, the propagation delay of each NAND gate is . The critical path delay, in ns, is ________ (rounded off to the nearest integer).
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Sign in to UnlockConsider the 2-bit multiplexer (MUX) shown in the figure. For OUTPUT to be the XOR of and , the values for and are ________.
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Sign in to UnlockAddressing of a memory is realized using a single decoder. The minimum number of AND gates required for the decoder is
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Sign in to UnlockThe propagation delays of the XOR gate, AND gate and multiplexer (MUX) in the circuit shown in the figure are and , respectively.
If all the inputs and are applied simultaneously and held constant, the maximum propagation delay of the circuit is
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Sign in to UnlockThe figure below shows a multiplexer where and are the select lines. to are the input data lines, is the enable line, and is the output. is
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Sign in to UnlockA four-variable Boolean function is realized using multiplexers as shown in the figure. The minimized expression for is
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Sign in to UnlockConsider the circuit shown in the figure.
The Boolean expression F implemented by the circuit is
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Sign in to UnlockA programmable logic array (PLA) is shown in the figure.
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Sign in to UnlockFigure I shows a 4-bit ripple carry adder realized using full adders and Figure II shows the circuit of a full-adder (FA). The propagation delay of the XOR, AND and OR gates in Figure II are 20 ns. 15 ns and 10 ns. respectively. Assume all the inputs to the 4-bit adder are initially reset to 0.
At t = 0, the inputs to the 4-bit adder are changed to
The output of the ripple carry adder will be stable at t (in ns) = _______________
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Sign in to UnlockIdentify the circuit below.
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Sign in to UnlockThe functionality implemented by the circuit below is
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Sign in to UnlockA 4:1 multiplexer is to be used for generating the output carry of a full adder. A and B are the bits to be added while is the input carry and is the output carry. A and B are to be used as the select bits with A being the more significant select bit.
Which one of the following statements correctly describes the choice of signals to be connected to the inputs , , and so that the output is ?
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Sign in to UnlockFor the circuit shown in the figure, the delays of NOR gates, multiplexers and inverters are 2 ns, 1.5 ns and 1 ns, respectively. If all the inputs P, Q, R, S and T are applied at the same time instant, the maximum propagation delay (in ns) of the circuit is ___________
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Sign in to UnlockIn a half-subtractor circuit with X and Y as inputs, the Borrow (M) and Difference (N = X - Y) are given by
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Sign in to UnlockConsider the multiplexer-based logic circuit shown in the figure.
Which one of the following Boolean functions is realized by the circuit?
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Sign in to UnlockIn the circuit shown, W and Y are MSBs of the control inputs. The output F is given by
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Sign in to UnlockIf X and Y are inputs and the Difference (D = X – Y) and the Borrow (B) are the outputs, which one of the following diagrams implements a half-subtractor?
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Sign in to UnlockAn 8-to-1 multiplexer is used to implement a logical function Y as shown in the figure. The output Y is given by
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Sign in to UnlockA 16-bit ripple carry adder is realized using 16 identical full adders (FA) as shown in the figure. The carry-propagation delay of each FA is 12 ns and the sum-propagation delay of each FA is 15ns. The worst case delay (in ns) of this 16-bit adder will be __________.
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Sign in to UnlockThe output Y of a 2-bit comparator is logic 1 whenever the 2-bit input A is greater than the 2-bit input B. The number of combinations for which the output is logic 1, is
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Sign in to UnlockThe logic function implemented by the circuit below is (ground implies a logic “0”)
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Sign in to UnlockIn the circuit shown, the device connected to Y5 can have address in the range
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Sign in to UnlockThe Boolean function realized by the logic circuit shown is
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Sign in to UnlockFor the circuit shown in the following figure, are inputs to the 4:1 multiplexer. R (MSB) and S are control bits. The output Z can be represented by
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Sign in to UnlockIn the following circuit, X is given by
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Sign in to UnlockThe Boolean function f implemented in the figure using two input multiplexers is
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Sign in to UnlockThe minimum number of 2 to 1 multiplexers required to realize a 4 to 1 multiplexer is
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Sign in to UnlockWithout any additional circuitry, an 8:1 MUX can be used to obtain
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Sign in to UnlockThe circuit shown in figure has 4 boxes each described by inputs P, Q, R and outputs Y, Z with
The circuit acts as a
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Sign in to UnlockIf the input to the ROM in figure are 8-4-2-1 BCD numbers, then the outputs are
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Sign in to UnlockThe inputs to a digital circuit shown in Figure are the external signals A, B and C.
( and are not available. The +5V power supply (logic 1) and the ground (logic 0) are also available. The output of the circuit is .
(a) Write down the output function in its canonical SOP and POS forms.
(b) Implement the circuit using only two 2:1 multiplexers shown in Figures, where S is the data-select line, and are the input data lines and Y is the output lines. The function table for the multiplexer is given in table.
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Sign in to UnlockFor the ring oscillator shown in the figure, the propagation delay of each inverter is 100pico second. What is the fundamental frequency of the oscillator output?
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Sign in to UnlockIn the TTL circuit in figure, to are select lines and and are input lines. and are LSBs. The output Y is
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Sign in to UnlockA one-bit full adder is to be implemented using 8-to-1 multiplexers (MUX).
(a) Write the truth table for sum (S) and carry to the next stage in terms of the two bits (A, B) and carry from the previous stage , The truth table should be in the ascending order of , i.e. .
(b) Implement S and using 8-to-1 multiplexers.
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Sign in to UnlockFor a binary half-sub-tractor having two inputs A and B, the correct set of logical expressions for the outputs D (=A minus B) and X (=borrow) are
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Sign in to UnlockA 2-bit binary multiplier can be implemented using
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Sign in to UnlockThe decoding circuit shown in the figure is has been used to generate the active low chip select signal for a microprocessor peripheral. (The address line are designated as AO to A7 for I/O addresses)
The peripheral will correspond to I/O addresses in the range
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Sign in to UnlockA ring oscillator consisting of 5 inverters is running at a frequency of 1.0MHz. The propagation delay per gate is _________ n sec.
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Sign in to UnlockThe look-ahead carry adder is a parallel carry adder where all sum digits are generated directly from the input digits. (True=1, False=0)
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Sign in to UnlockSignals A, B, C, D and are available. Using a single 8 to 1 multiplexer and no other gate, implement the Boolean function
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Sign in to UnlockThe logic realized by the circuit shown in figure is:
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Sign in to UnlockA combinational circuit has three inputs, A, B and C and an output F.F. is true only for the following input combinations?
A is false and B is true
A is false and C is true
A, B and C are all false
A, B and C are all true
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Sign in to UnlockA sequential multiplexer is connected as shown in figure. Each time the multiplexer receives the clock, it switches to the next channel (From 6 it goes to 1). If the input signals are
A =
B =
C =
D =
The minimum clock frequency should be _______ KHz.
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Sign in to UnlockA 1-to-8 de-multiplexer with data input , address inputs (with as the LSB) and and as the eight de-multiplexed outputs, is to be designed using two 2-to-4 decoders (with enable input and address inputs and ) as shown in the figure. and are to be connected to P, Q, R and S, but not necessarily in this order. The respective input connections to P, Q, R, and S terminals should be
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