✏️ Explanatory Question

[Computer Hardware]

Question:

Following is the circuit diagram of a Full Adder. Redraw the circuit diagram by adding the missing logic gates.

Diagram of a full adder
Figure: Diagram of a full adder

👁 3 Views
📘 Detailed Answer
🟢 Easy
💡

Answer with Explanation

Answer:

The missing logic gates are:

Diagram of a full adder answer
Figure: Diagram of a full adder answer

(i)  XOR Gate
(ii) AND Gate
(iii) OR Gate
(iv) AND Gate

Explanation:

A Full Adder has:

  • Three inputs:
    A, B, C_in
  • Two outputs:
    Sum, C_out

Sum Expression:

Sum = A ⊕ B ⊕ C_in

Therefore, gate (i) must be:

XOR Gate

Carry Output Expression:

C_out = AB + BC_in + AC_in

Carry output is produced using:

  • AND gates to generate partial carries
  • OR gate to combine them

Hence:

(ii) → AND Gate
(iv) → AND Gate
(iii) → OR Gate

Conclusion:

  • (i) → XOR Gate
  • (ii) → AND Gate
  • (iii) → OR Gate
  • (iv) → AND Gate