Logic Gates and Logic Circuits: Grade 11
Logic Gates and Logic Circuits: Grade 11
LOGIC CIRCUITS
GRADE 11
SPECIFIC OUTCOMES
• Identify the five types of logic gate and recognize their symbols.
• Write down a truth table for a give gate from its truth table
LOGIC GATE AND LOGIC CIRCUIT
• A gate is a device that performs a basic operation on electrical
signals. Gates are combined into circuits to perform more
complicated tasks.
• Logic gates are electronic circuits that operate on one or more input signals to produce
an output signal. Binary information is represented in digital computers by physical
quantities called signals.
• Electrical signals such as voltages exist throughout the computer in either one of two
recognizable states. The two states represent a binary variable that can be equal to 1 or 0.
LOGIC GATE AND LOGIC CIRCUIT
• Binary logic deals with binary variables and with operations that assume a logical
meaning. It is used to describe, in algebraic or tabular form, the manipulation and
processing of binary information.
• The manipulation of binary information is done by logic gates. Gates are blocks of
hardware that produce signals of binary 1 or 0 when input logic requirements are
satisfied.
• A variety of logic gates are commonly used in digital computer systems. Each gate
has a distinct graphic symbol and its operation can be described by means of an
algebraic expression.
LOGIC GATE AND LOGIC CIRCUIT
• The input-output relationship of the binary variables for each gate can be
represented in tabular form by a truth table. Each gate has one or two
binary input variables designated by A and B and one binary output
variable designated by x.
NOTATIONAL METHODS
Boolean expressions
expressions in this algebraic notation are an
elegant and powerful way to demonstrate the
activity of electrical circuits.
NOTATIONAL METHODS
logic diagrams
A graphical representation of a circuit
– Each type of gate is represented by
a specific graphical symbol
NOTATIONAL METHODS
Truth tables
Defines the function of a gate by listing all
possible input combinations
that the gate could encounter, and the
corresponding output.
TYPES OF GATES