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Sop & Pos Methods

The document discusses methods for designing logic circuits from truth tables using Sum of Products (SOP) and Product of Sums (POS) expressions. It explains that SOP is better when there are fewer high outputs and POS is better when there are fewer low outputs in the truth table. An example truth table is given and SOP and POS expressions are written for it. Finally, designing logic circuits from the expressions and using a multiplexer is discussed.

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Sop & Pos Methods

The document discusses methods for designing logic circuits from truth tables using Sum of Products (SOP) and Product of Sums (POS) expressions. It explains that SOP is better when there are fewer high outputs and POS is better when there are fewer low outputs in the truth table. An example truth table is given and SOP and POS expressions are written for it. Finally, designing logic circuits from the expressions and using a multiplexer is discussed.

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METHODS OF

DESIGNING LOGIC
CIRCUITS

SOP & POS METHODS

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When to opt which method?
• From a given Truth Table we can extract or
obtain both the type of expressions,
SOP & POS

• So, if in a given Truth Table number of High


outputs is less than the number of low outputs,
then its better to opt SOP method, and

• If number of Low outputs is less than the number


of High outputs then its better to opt POS method

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EXPLANATION
• It is because if we have less number of High
outputs in the truth table, then there would be
less number of ‘Products’ or ‘ANDed terms’ and we
can make a simpler & smaller expression of SOP
type

• Otherwise, if in the same table we go for Low


outputs (which are more in number than High
outputs) then we would have more ‘Sums’ i.e
more ‘Ored terms’ and there would be a complex
and larger expression of POS type

3
EXPLANATION
• Same is the case with less number of Low
outputs and in this situation we get a
simpler POS expression than a SOP
expression

• And if we have equal number of High &


Low outputs in a table, then we can
choose any one of the two methods

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EXAMPLE….Consider the following truth table
with three inputs A,B,C and Y as a output. Make expressions of
both the types (SOP & POS).

A B C Y
0 0 0 0
0 0 1 1
0 1 0 1
0 1 1 0
1 0 0 0
1 0 1 1
1 1 0 1
1 1 1 0 5
Contd…
SOP EXPRESSION:

Y = (A.B.C)+(A.B.C)+(A.B.C)+(A.B.C)

POS EXPRESSION:

Y = (A+B+C).(A+B+C).(A+B+C)

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Designing Logic Circuits
• Tasks:
• From the above expressions design
SOP & POS type Logic circuits
• For the same truth table can you use
MUX?
• If Yes, then How? Show
• If No, then, why? Reason

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Designing Logic Circuits
• Design a logic circuit based on your knowledge of
Digital logic for the following problem;

• A bulb is installed in a staircase of a house with


Ground plus two floors (i.e Ground, first & second
floors). It is required to operate the bulb by all
the three floors with a separate switch on each
floor, when required

• Design a logic circuit to operate the bulb as


mentioned above

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THE END

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