Typical Application of a MUX

Multiple Sources Selector Single Destination

MP3 Player
Docking Station

D0
Laptop
D1

MUX
Sound Card Y
D2

D3

Surround Sound System

Digital B A Selected Source

Satellite
0 0 MP3
0 1 Laptop
1 0 Satellite
Digital
1 1 Cable TV
Cable TV
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 What is a Multiplexer (MUX)?
• A MUX is a digital switch that has
multiple inputs (sources) and a single Multiplexer
output (destination).(Data selector) Block Diagram

• The select lines determine which input

is connected to the output.
2N 1

MUX
Inputs Output
• MUX Types (sources) (destination)
→ 2-to-1 (1 select line)
→ 4-to-1 (2 select lines)
→ 8-to-1 (3 select lines) N
→ 16-to-1 (4 select lines) Select
Lines

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 MULTIPLEXERS (Data Selectors)

A multiplexers (MUX) is a device that allows digital information

from several sources to be routed onto a single line for
transmission over that line to a common destination.

The basic multiplexers has several data input lines and a

single output line. It also has data- select inputs, which permit
digital data on any one of the inputs to be switched to the
output line.

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 Multiplexers

Data
inputs
Z = A′.I0 + A.I1
Control
input

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 Design of a 2*1 Mux
• 2*1 mux Block Diagram • Truth Table

D0 S D1 D0 Y
Y
D1 2*1 mux 0 0 0 0
0 0 1 1
S 0 1 0 0
0 1 1 1
1 0 0 0
1 0 1 0
1 1 0 1
1 1 1 1
 Design of 2*1 Mux Continued
• K-Map
SA 00 01 11 10
B
0 1

1 1 1 1

O = S’A + SB
 Two-input multiplexer

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 Functional diagram of MUX

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 4-to-1 Multiplexer (MUX)
D0

MUX
D1
Y
D2

D3

B A

B A Y

0 0 D0

0 1 D1

1 0 D2

1 1 D3
Y= A’B’D0+A’BD1 +AB’D2+ABD3

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 Uses of Multiplexers

• Used in data communications for several computers to

communicate over 1 line
• Used in radio to select one channel from many
• Used to route data within a computer
• Used for Logic function generation
Logic gate designing using MUX
 Logic function generation

Implement the Given truth table using a suitable MUX

A B C F
0
0 0 0 0 8*1 mux
0
0 0 1 0
1
0 1 0 1
0
0 1 1 0 0 F
1 0 0 0
1
1 0 1 1 1
1 1 0 1 1
1 1 1 1
S2 S1 S0
A B C
F(x,y,z) = Sm(1, 2, 6, 7) using 4*1 mux
Function Generation using Multiplexers
• Given the following truth table use an 4*1 Mux to generate F

A B C F
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 1 0 4*1 MUX
C’
0 1 0 1
0 1 1 0 C

1 0 0 0 1

1 0 1 1
1 1 0 1 S1 S0
1 1 1 1 A B
Using an 8-to-1 multiplexer, design a logic circuit to realize the following
Boolean function

F(A,B,C) = Sm(2, 3, 5, 6, 7)

0
0 8*1 MUX
1
1
0 F
1
1
1

A B C
Implement the Half-adder circuit by using suitable
multiplexer.
 Example: F(A,B,C,D) = Sm(1,3,4,11,12–15) using 8*1 mux

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Example: F(A,B,C,D) = Sm(1,3,4,11,12–15) using 4*1 mux
LOGIC FUNCTION GENERATION USING MUX

Exercise 1:
Implement the logic circuit function specified in the table given below by using 74LS151
8-input data selector/multiplexer.

Input Output

A2 A1 A0 Y
0 0 0 0 0
0 0 1 1 1
0 1 0 0 2
0 1 1 1 3
1 0 0 0 4
1 0 1 1 5
1 1 0 1 6
1 1 1 0 7
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Solution :

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 LOGIC FUNCTION GENERATION USING 4 * 1 MUX

Implement the Boolean function F=x’y’z +x’yz’ + xyz’ + xyz

using a suitable MUX

0
1

2
3

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 LOGIC FUNCTION GENERATION USING 8*1 MUX
Implement the Boolean function
F=A’B’C’D+A’B’CD+A’BC’D’+AB’CD+ABC’D’+ABC’D+ABCD’+ABCD
using a suitable MUX and 8*1 Mux.

0
1
2
3
4
5
6

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Find out the Boolean expression of given block diagram

0
0
1
0
0 F
1
1
1

S2 S1 S0
A B C
 Medium Scale Integration MUX
4-to-1 MUX 8-to-1 MUX 16-to-1 MUX

Inputs Output (Y)

(and inverted output)

Select
Enable

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 Cascading multiplexers/Mux Tree
Using three 2-1 MUX to make one 4-1 MUX
The enable input is also known as controlling input
which is used to cascade two or more multiplexer ICs
to construct a multiplexer with larger number of
inputs.

S1 S0 F
0 0 I0
0 1 I1
1 0 I2
1 1 I3
Construct an 8-to-1 multiplexer using 2-to-1 multiplexers.

I0
I1

S2 S1 S0 F
0 0 0 I0 I2
I3
0 0 1 I1 2-1 F
MUX
0 1 0 I2 S E

0 1 1 I3 I4 S2 E

I5
1 0 0 I4
1 0 1 I5
1 1 0 I6
I6
1 1 1 I7 I7
Example: Construct 8-to-1 multiplexer using one 2-to-1 multiplexer and
two 4-to-1 multiplexers

S2 S1 S0 F
0 0 0 I0
0 0 1 I1
0 1 0 I2
0 1 1 I3
1 0 0 I4
1 0 1 I5
1 1 0 I6
1 1 1 I7