Fundamentals of Industrial Electronics

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Digital Design—Combinational Logic

Buren Earl Wells

The University of Alabama in Huntsville

Sin Ming Loo

Boise State University

20.1    Introduction

20.2    Number Representation

20.3    Two-Valued Boolean Logic

20.4    Logic Minimization

20.5    Common Combinational Elements

20.6    Modern Combinational Design Practices

References

20.1    Introduction

Digital design has become the most modern and efficient way of implementing a wide variety of electronic systems. These systems are the heart of today’s computer, wireless, and multimedia technology and are becoming more ubiquitous in nature where they are often embedded in an ever-increasing range of appliances from toasters to automobiles. A major property of digital systems is that they utilize ...