Mastering Digital Electronics: An Ultimate Guide to Logic Circuits and Advanced Circuitry

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H. H. WardMastering Digital ElectronicsMaker Innovations Serieshttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-9878-7_1

1. Introduction to Logic Gates

Hubert Henry Ward¹  

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Leigh, UK

 

In this chapter we will look at what an integrated circuit (IC) is and the main classification of integrated circuits. We will look at the main logic gates and how their circuitry has developed from the Diode-Resistor (DR) Logic circuit to the main Transistor-Transistor Logic (TTL) and CMOS technology.

We will look at using an Electronic Computer-Aided Design (ECAD) package that will allow us to simulate the circuits and create truth tables for the logic gates. We will study how we can use ...