Exercise 4.

In this particular case using a K-map to simplify the problem will not be very useful since
adjacent cells in a K-map vary by only one bit, and because this is a parity function every
adjacent cell will be opposites.

Starting with the truth table for the function:

Input Output
0000 1
0001 0
0010 0
0011 1
0100 0
0101 1
0110 1
0111 0
1000 0
1001 1
1010 1
1011 0
1100 1
1101 0
1110 0
1111 1

Using Boolean algebra the function can be expressed as follows:

f = A’B’C’D’ + A’B’CD + A’BC’D + AB’C’D + A’BCD’ + AB’CD’ +

ABC’D’ + ABCD

= A’B’ ( C’D’ + CD ) + A’B ( C’D + CD’ ) + AB’ ( C’D + CD’ ) + AB ( C’D’ + CD )

= ( A’B’ + AB ) ( C’D’ + CD ) + ( A’B + AB’ ) ( C’D + CD’ )

= [ ( A’B’ + AB ) ( C’D’ + CD ) + ( A’B + AB’ ) ( C’D + CD’ ) ]””

= [ [ ( A’B’ + AB ) ( C’D’ + CD ) ]’ [ ( A’B + AB’ ) ( C’D + CD’ ) ]’ ]’”

= [ [ ( A’B’ + AB ) ( C’D’ + CD ) ]’ [ ( A’B + AB’ ) ( C’D + CD’ ) ]’ ]’”

= [ [ ( A’B’ + AB )’ + ( C’D’ + CD )’ ] [ ( A’B + AB’ )’ + ( C’D + CD’ )’ ] ]’”

= [ [ ( A’B’ )’ ( AB )’ + ( C’D’ )’ ( CD )’ ] [ ( A’B )’ ( AB’ )’ + ( C’D )’ ( CD’ )’ ] ]’”

= [ [ ( A’B’ )’ ( AB )’ + ( C’D’ )’ ( CD )’ ]’ + [ ( A’B )’ ( AB’ )’ + ( C’D )’ ( CD’ )’ ]’]”

 = [[( A’B’ )’ ( AB )’]’ [( C’D’ )’ ( CD )’]’ + [( A’B )’ ( AB’ )’]’ [( C’D )’ ( CD’ )’]’ ]”

= [[( A’B’ )’ ( AB )’]’ [( C’D’ )’ ( CD )’]’’ [( A’B )’ ( AB’ )’]’ [( C’D )’ ( CD’ )’]’’ ]’

Assuming that both inputs and their complements are available, the diagram below shows
how many NAND gates are required:

Since there are four to a package, this will take 3 packages to implement. Going back to
the Boolean simplification, and then simplifying to XOR gates gives the following result:

f = ( A’B’ + AB ) ( C’D’ + CD ) + ( A’B + AB’ ) ( C’D + CD’ )

= ( A ⊕ B )’ ( C ⊕ D )’ + ( A ⊕ B ) ( C ⊕ D )

= ( A’ ⊕ B ) ( C ⊕ D )’ + ( A’ ⊕ B )’ ( C ⊕ D )

= ( A’ ⊕ B ) ⊕ ( C ⊕ D )

Which can be implemented using a single package of XOR gates.

Exercise 4.2

In each of the parts below the prob4_2 blocks can be assumed to implement the function
Z = ( AB + CD )’.

(a)

(b)
(c)

(d)
Exercise 4.3
Exercise 4.4
The table below matches inputs and outputs to the corresponding pin numbers:

PIN Signal
2 A
3 B
4 C
5 D
13 C6
14 C5
15 C4
16 C3
17 C2
18 C1
19 C0
Exercise 4.5

As is shown with the multilevel functions given in the chapter, it is incredibly difficult to
even factor the equations into a multilevel functions that have a total of 8 outputs from
the PLA, and only two outputs that use 4 AND gates. Thus, you cannot fit the solution
entirely in a P14H8 PAL.
Exercise 4.6

The main difference between solutions 4.3 and 4.4 is that in 4.3 you have fully
programmable OR plane, whereas in 4.4 you have a fully programmable AND plan. The
advantage of the OR plane is that you can utilize common product terms for each
function; however, this leads to OR gates with 2 # of inputs fan in. In the case of the PAL,
the advantage is being able to have smaller fan-in OR gates, and only 2*(# of inputs) fan-
in on the AND gates.

The advantage of the PLA implementation is that both of these strategies can be
combined in order to reduce the number of AND gates and the number of OR gates.
However, a PLA is generally slower because the programmable planes tend to slow the
circuit down a bit.
Exercise 4.7

(a)

(b)
(c)
(d)
Exercise 4.8

(a) A multiplexer with n control bits takes 2n inputs, and based on the binary value of the
control bits outputs, suppose this number is i, the i-th input is connected to the output
bit. A demultiplexer takes a single input and has 2n outputs. Based on the binary
value of the n control bits, it will pass the input value into the i-th output bit. A
decoder is the same as a demultiplexer except that in general the input bit is viewed
more as an enable signal in this case.

(b) The function below implements a 2:4 demultiplexer.

Exercise 4.9
Exercise 4.10

(a)

(b)

(c)
(d)
Exercise 4.11

AB CD XYZ
00 00 000
00 01 001
00 10 010
00 11 011
01 00 001
01 01 010
01 10 011
01 11 100
10 00 010
10 01 011
10 10 100
10 11 101
11 00 011
11 01 100
11 10 101
11 11 110

X = A’BCD + AB’CD’ + AB’CD + ABC’D + ABCD’ + ABCD

Y = A’B’CD’ + A’B’CD + A’BC’D + A’BCD’ + AB’C’D’ + AB’C’D + ABC’D’ +

ABCD

Z = A’B’C’D + A’B’CD + A’BC’D’ + A’BCD’ + AB’C’D + AB’CD + ABC’D’ +

ABCD’
Exercise 4.12

Assuming F’ is also available:

(a) To implement this function, this would take 5 packages, 4 of which would be 8:1
multiplexers and the last one would be a 4:1 multiplexer.
(b) The component below implements a 4:1 multiplexer. Since each control signal only
needs to be inverted once for the entire chip, only one package of inverters is needed.
A 32:1 multiplexer can be implemented using 10 of this component, and 2:1
multiplexer (where the 2:1 multiplexer uses three 2-input NAND gates).

The table below demonstrates how many of each type of gate is required, and how many
packages for each.

Gate Type Number of Gates Number of Packages

Inverters 6 1
2-input NAND 3 1
3-input NAND 40 14
4-input NAND 10 5
TOTAL 59 21
Exercise 4.13

(a)
(b)
(c) Only five 2:1 multiplexers are needed to implement the function:

(d) Yes it is possible as shown in part (c).

Exercise 4.14

(a)

(b)
(c)
(d) Note: in order to simplify the diagram a single or gate is used. In this case the dots
connecting output wires should be interpreted as separate connections to the OR gate
since the drawing tool used does not have an or gate with sufficient fan-in. When a
23-input OR gate is not available, using a hierarchy of smaller OR gates will
accomplish the same thing.
Exercise 4.15

This implementation uses a 2:4 decoder to enable a set of 4:16 decoders. Thus the first
16 outputs will be enabled when A’B’ is asserted, the second 16 outputs when A’B and
so on.
Exercise 4.16
Exercise 4.17

(a) Note: Due to the limitations of the software being used, the dots connecting wires
should be considered separate inputs to the OR gate. In this case the OR-gate is an 8-
input OR gate.

(b) Using the naïve implementation in discrete gates, this function takes four 3-input
AND gates and one 4-input OR gate. Which compared to the single package for the
decoder and single package for the 8-input OR gate seems pretty bad in terms of
number of gates and wires required. However, by simplifying the function first:

f = A’B’D + A’BD + AC’D’ + ACD’

= A’ ( B’ + B ) D + A ( C’ + C ) D’

= A’D + AD’

=A⊕D

This can be implemented using a single discrete gate which has significantly less fan-
in than the 8-input OR gate, and this is accomplished with only one level of logic
instead of two.
Exercise 4.18

(a) By simplifying the function, it is realized that AB’C is already covered by AC, so B is
not needed as an input to the multiplexer.

(b)
(c)
(d)

(e) Program the CLB such that the output function F corresponds to the function of four
variables passed in to the block.
(f)
Exercise 4.19

(a)

(b)
(c) Note: The Hint in the book appears to be incorrect for this problem, putting A and B
on the control inputs requires more than just a single OR gate to implement the input
functions. Putting C and D on the inputs was found to only require a single XOR gate
to implement the function.

(d)
Exercise 4.20

(a) f( A, B, C, D ) = ∏ M( 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 13 ) + ∏ D( 0, 2, 9, 10 )

(b) f( A, B, C, D ) = ∑ m( 1, 8, 11, 12, 14, 15 ) + ∑ d( 0, 2, 9, 10 )

(c) f( A, B, C, D ) = AC + B’C + AD’

(d) The solution below assumes that each input and its complement is available.
Utilizing DeMorgan’s laws, the AND-OR-INVERT gate is the same as doing a
product-of-sums solution, except each of the inputs into the AND gates must be
inverted.

(e)
(f)
Exercise 4.21

(a) The following K-maps show the minimum sum-of-products form for each of the 3
equations. This solution has 6 distinct product terms.

A
0 0 0 0

1 1 1 1
D
1 1 1 1
C
1 0 0 0
B

X = D + A’B’C

A
1 0 0 0

1 0 1 1
D
0 0 1 1
C
0 0 0 0
B

Y = AD + A’B’C’
 A
1 0 0 0

1 1 0 0
D
1 1 0 0
C
1 0 0 0
B

Z = A’D + A’B’

(b) The following solution only has 4 distinct product terms:

X = A’D + AD + A’B’C

Y = AD + A’B’C’

Z = A’D + A’B’C’ + A’B’C

(c)
Exercise 4.22

(a) To simplify the diagram, output bits from the 2764 chips have not been shown.
Dealing with the output would involve applying the OR function for each bit of the
2764 outputs with all the other 2764 chips. Note that the thicker wires are busses and
are being used to reduce the number of wires in the diagram.
(b) The trick is to use the Enable signal on the decoder as another address bit. By
inverting the enable on half of the 2764 chips, it will enable when the address bit is
low and be disabled when that address bit is high.
Exercise 4.23

(a)

(b)
(c)
Exercise 4.24

(a)

Input0 Input1 Input2 Input3 Output0 Output1

0 0 0 0 X X
0 0 0 1 1 1
0 0 1 0 1 0
0 0 1 1 1 1
0 1 0 0 0 1
0 1 0 1 1 1
0 1 1 0 1 0
0 1 1 1 1 1
1 0 0 0 0 0
1 0 0 1 1 1
1 0 1 0 1 0
1 0 1 1 1 1
1 1 0 0 0 1
1 1 0 1 1 1
1 1 1 0 1 0
1 1 1 1 1 1
(b)

Output0 = Input3 + Input2

Input0

X 0 0 0

1 1 1 1
Input3
1 1 1 1
Input2
1 1 1 1
Input1

Output1 = Input1 Input2’ + Input3

Input0

X 1 1 0

1 1 1 1
Input3
1 1 1 1
Input2
0 0 0 0
Input1
(c)
Exercise 4.25

(a)

A B C D W X Y Z
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1
0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0
0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0
1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1
1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0
1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1
(b)
W = ABCD

A
0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0
D
0 0 1 0
C
0 0 0 0
B

X = ACD’ + AB’C

A
0 0 0 0

0 0 0 0
D
0 0 0 1
C
0 0 1 1
B
Y = AB’D + AC’D + A’BC + BCD’

A
0 0 0 0

0 0 1 1
D
0 1 0 1
C
0 1 1 0
B

Z = BD

A
0 0 0 0

0 1 1 0
D
0 1 1 0
C
0 0 0 0
B
(c) The terms are mapped to the following pins:

Term Pin #
A 2
B 3
C 4
D 5
W 18
X 17
Y 16
Z 15

This solution requires only one P16H8 PAL.

Exercise 4.26

(a) It should be recognized that V and W are the outputs of a full adder function. Using
3 variable K-maps reveals that W cannot be simplified, and V can be simplified to the
following function:

V = AB + BC + AC

W = A’B’C + A’BC’ + ABC + AB’C’

(b)

VWXYZ Output
00000 0
00001 0
00010 0
00011 0
00100 0
00101 0
00110 0
00111 1
01000 0
01001 0
01010 0
01011 1
01100 0
01101 1
01110 1
01111 1
10000 0
10001 0
10010 0
10011 1
10100 0
10101 1
10110 1
10111 1
11000 0
11001 1
11010 1
11011 1
11100 1
11101 1
11110 1
11111 1
(c)

V=1 W
0 0 1 0

V=0 W 0 1 1 1
Y
0 0 0 0
1 1 1 1
Z
0 0 1 0
Y 0 1 1 1
0 1 1 1 X
Z
0 0 1 0
X

Q = WXY + WXZ + WYZ + XYZ + VYZ + VXY + VXZ + VWX + VWZ + VWY

(d)

V=1 W
0 0 1 0

V=0 W 0 1 1 1
Y
0 0 0 0
1 1 1 1
Z
0 0 1 0
Y 0 1 1 1
0 1 1 1 X
Z
0 0 1 0
X

Q = ( W’ + X’ + Y’ ) ( W’ + X’ + Z’ ) ( W’ + Y’ + Z’ ) ( X’ + Y’ + Z’ ) ( V’ + W’ + X’ )
( V’ + W’ + Y’ ) ( V’ + W’ + Z’ ) ( V’ + X’ + Y’ ) ( V’ + X’ + Z’ ) ( V’ + Y’ + Z’ )
(e) This would require 3 CLB chips. Each circuit would use a separate CLB chip. In the
case where only 4-input CLB’s are available, each of the terms in the minimized sum-
of-products form can be implemented with 3 or less terms. This means that dividing
Circuit #3 into 4 CLB’s with VWXY, VWXZ, VXYZ, WXYZ plus one additional
CLB to determine if any of these are asserted.
Exercise 4.27

X = C’ + D’

Y = B’C’

C0 = C3 + A’BX’ + ADY
= B’C’D’ + A’CD’ + A’BC’D + A’B’CD + A’BCD + AB’C’D

A
1 0 X 1

0 1 X 1
D
1 1 X X
C
1 1 X X
B

= A + BD + C + B’D’ √

C1 = Y + A’C5’ + C’D’C6
= B’C’ + A’ ( C + D ) ( B’ + D ) ( B’ + C ) + AC’D’ + BC’D’
= B’C’ + A’ ( B’C + B’D + CD ) + AC’D’ + BC’D’
= B’C’ + A’B’C + A’B’D + A’CD + AC’D’ + BC’D’

A
1 1 X 1

1 0 X 1
D
1 1 X X
C
1 0 X X
B

= A + C’D’ + CD + B’ √
C2 = C5 + A’B’D + A’CD
= B’C’D’ + AB’C’ + A’BC’ + A’BD’ + A’B’D + A’CD

A
1 1 X 1

1 1 X 1
D
1 1 X X
C
0 1 X X
B

= A + B + C’ + D √

C3 = C4 + BDC5 + A’B’X’
= B’C’D’ + A’CD’ + BD (B’C’D’ + AB’C’ + A’BC’ + A’BD’ ) + A’B’ ( C’ + D’ )’
= B’C’D’ + A’CD’ + A’BC’D + A’B’CD

A
1 0 X 1

0 1 X 0
D
1 1 X X
C
1 1 X X
B

= B’D’ + CD’ + BC’D + B’C √

C4 = D’Y + A’CD’
= B’C’D’ + A’CD’

A
1 0 X 1

0 0 X X
D
0 0 X X
C
1 1 X X
B

= B’D’ + CD’ √

C5 = C’C4 + AY + A’BX
= C’ ( B’C’D’ + A’CD’ ) + A ( B’C’ ) + A’B ( C’ + D’ )
= B’C’D’ + AB’C’ + A’BC’ + A’BD’

A
1 1 X 1

0 1 X 1
D
0 0 X X
C
0 1 X X
B

= A + C’D’ + BD’ + BC’ √

C6 = AC4 + CC5 + C4’C5 + A’B’C
= AB’C’D’ + C ( B’C’D’ + AB’C’ + A’BC’ + A’BD’ ) + (B’C’D’ + A’CD’)’
(B’C’D’ + AB’C’ + A’BC’ + A’BD’) + A’B’C
= AB’C’D’ + A’BCD’ + ( B’C’D’ )’ ( A’CD’ )’ (B’C’D’ + AB’C’ + A’BC’ + A’BD’)
+ A’B’C
= AB’C’D’ + A’BCD’ + ( B + C + D ) ( A + C’ + D ) (B’C’D’ + AB’C’ + A’BC’
+ A’BD’) + A’B’C
= AB’C’D’ + A’BCD’ + ( AB + AC + D + BC’) (B’C’D’ + AB’C’ + A’BC’
+ A’BD’) + A’B’C
= AB’C’D’ + A’BCD’ + AB’C’D + A’BC’D + A’BC’ + A’B’C

A
0 1 X 1

0 1 X 1
D
1 0 X X
C
1 1 X X
B

= A + CD’ + BC’ + B’C √

Exercise 4.28

(a) The following K-maps determine the minimized sum-of-products forms for each of
the 7 terms for the LED display decoder.
A
X X 1 X

X X 0 X
D
X X 1 0
C
X X 1 1
B

C0 = BC + D’

A
X X 0 X

X X 1 X
D
X X 0 0
C
X X 0 1
B

C1 = C’D + B’D’
 A
X X 0 X

X X 1 X
D
X X 0 1
C
X X 0 1
B

C2 = B’ + C’D

A
X X 1 X

X X 1 X
D
X X 0 1
C
X X 1 1
B

C3 = C’ + B’ + D’
 A
X X 1 X

X X 1 X
D
X X 1 1
C
X X 1 1
B

C4 = 1

A
X X 1 X

X X 0 X
D
X X 1 1
C
X X 1 0
B

C5 = BD’ + CD
 A
X X 0 X

X X 1 X
D
X X 1 1
C
X X 1 1
B

C6 = C + D
(b) Notice in the implementation some of the expressions in the minimized sum-of-
products form are implemented using other available terms. For example, C4 uses C’
and C to implement the “true” function.
Exercise 4.29

A
1 0 X 0

1 0 X 0
D
1 0 X X
C
1 0 X X
B

C0 = A’B’

A
1 1 X 1

0 0 X 1
D
0 0 X X
C
0 1 X X
B

C1 = C’D’ + A + BD’
 A
1 0 X 1

0 1 X 1
D
0 1 X X
C
0 0 X X
B

C2 = B’C’D’ + A + BD

A
1 0 X 0

0 1 X 0
D
1 0 X X
C
0 0 X X
B

C3 = A’B’C’D’ + BC’D + B’CD

 A
1 0 X 1

0 1 X 1
D
0 0 X X
C
0 1 X X
B

C4 = A + BC’D + BCD’ + B’C’D’

A
1 1 X 1

0 0 X 1
D
0 1 X X
C
0 0 X X
B

C5 = C’D’ + A + BCD
 A
0 1 X 0

0 1 X 1
D
1 1 X X
C
1 0 X X
B

C6 = BD + AD + B’C + BC’
Exercise 4.30

It is really tempting to use K-maps to try and simplify each of the output functions.
However, using the K-map method eventually leaves it so each function is harder to
implement using existing terms, and usually gives a lot more than 16 AND terms.
Instead of using the K-map, using the brute force 0000 to 1111 leaves only 16 AND
terms and 7 OR terms as expected. However each of the OR terms will have larger fan-in
than if the K-map method was used. Note: the diagram below utilizes the short-hand for
a PLA implementation in order to preserve space.
Exercise 4.31

Ain Bin Cin Din Aout Bout Cout Dout

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1
0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0
0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0
0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1
0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1
0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0
1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1
1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1
1 0 1 1 1 1 1 0
1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0
1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1
1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1
1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0
ROM Implementation
PLA Implementation