I need to construct a combinational circuit
for the below truth table
using a decoder
and a OR
gate. I'm familiar with the normal procedure of drawing combinational circuit diagrams
but got confused when I saw "using a decoder" part.
According to the truth table
it should be a 4X16 decoder
. But How Can I mark the 16 outputs of the decoder
with respective to the truth table's sum of production
??? I know how to use OR
gate in this question, but implementing the outputs of the decoder
is the problem.
Best Answer
The decoder is a given. It is takes 4 inputs, and has 16 outputs. Outputs could be labeled 0 to 15. For any combination of inputs exactly one of the outputs will go high. Draw a block with 4 inputs on the left and 16 outputs on the right. That is given in the setup to the problem. For example, a 74LS154 IC is a decoder (but the outputs are active low).
The exercise is about combining the decoder and OR gates to get the output shown in the question.