Electronic – Emulating Logic-AND gate

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The following is an image of the AND logic gate from electronics-tutorials and my representation of that in EveryCircuit, where I've used the "Logic input" as the A/B inputs on the left (equivalent to a 5V battery).

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Is this the correct representation of the AND circuit? Additionally, what is the usual voltage or current requirement for an A/B input to be considered in the 'on' position?

Best Answer

That circuit isn't very good.

... what is the usual voltage or current requirement for an A/B input to be considered in the 'on' position?

It's whatever you define it to be based on what you consider acceptable as high and low on the output.

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simulate this circuit – Schematic created using CircuitLab

Figure 1. The problem.

The problem is that the Q1 and Q2 will behave differently. If input B is pulled high then current will flow through R2, Q2's base-emitter junction (which is a diode, remember) and to your output.

On the other hand, if B is off and A is on you won't get the same diode behavior.

The circuit might perform adequately for some application but it's not true logic. Have a look at how AND gates are done in TTL logic to get a better idea of how it's done.

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