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The diagram below is an attempt to build a 3-bit majority detector (Y = AB + AC

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Question

The diagram below is an attempt to build a 3-bit majority detector (Y = AB + AC + BC). Is the circuit correct? Prove your answer.


8.      This circuit is drawn in the Multisim application and shows three inputs, labeled A, B and C going into a circuit that consists of 5 two-input NAND gates, in three stages, with an output labeled

The diagram below is an attempt to build a 3-bit majority detector (Y = AB + AC + BC). Is the circuit correct? Prove your answer. This circuit is drawn in the Multisim application and shows three inputs, labeled A, B and C going into a circuit that consists of 5 two-input NAND gates, in three stages, with an output labeled "Y". Inputs A, B and C are shown on the left of the diagram denoted using white 1/16 inch squares. Output Y is shown on the right of the diagram denoted using a white 1/16 inch square.

Explanation / Answer

First let us the output logic of Y from the figure.

Y = ((((AC)' (AB)')') ((BC)'))'

The truth table for this expression is

Hence the circuit diagram shown above is not the 3 bit majority detector.

A B C (AC)'=d (AB)'=e (de)'=f (BC)'=g Y = (fg)' AB+BC+AB 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1