Course: ECE 222 Digital Design Logic Lecturers: Hossam Shalaby
Semester: Fall 2019 Assistants: Mahmoud Khodier
Assignment 5: Gate Level Minimization
1) Simplify the following Boolean functions, using three-variable maps:
a. 𝑭(𝒙, 𝒚, 𝒛) = ∑(𝟎, 𝟐, 𝟒, 𝟓)
b. 𝑭(𝒙, 𝒚, 𝒛) = ∑(𝟎, 𝟐, 𝟒, 𝟓, 𝟔)
c. 𝑭(𝒙, 𝒚, 𝒛) = ∑(𝟏, 𝟐, 𝟑, 𝟕)
2) Simplify the following Boolean expressions, using three-variable maps:
a. 𝑭(𝒙, 𝒚, 𝒛) = 𝒙’ 𝒚’ + 𝒚𝒛 + 𝒙’𝒚𝒛’
b. 𝑭(𝒙, 𝒚, 𝒛) = 𝒙’𝒚 + 𝒚𝒛’ + 𝒚’𝒛’
c. 𝑭(𝒙, 𝒚, 𝒛) = 𝒙’𝒚𝒛 + 𝒙𝒚’𝒛’ + 𝒙𝒚’𝒛
3) Simplify the following Boolean functions, using four-variable maps:
a. 𝑭 (𝑨, 𝑩, 𝑪, 𝑫) = ∑(𝟏, 𝟒, 𝟓, 𝟔, 𝟏𝟐, 𝟏𝟒, 𝟏𝟓)
b. 𝑭 (𝑨, 𝑩, 𝑪, 𝑫) = ∑(𝟐, 𝟑, 𝟔, 𝟕, 𝟏𝟐, 𝟏𝟑, 𝟏𝟒)
c. 𝑭 (𝑨, 𝑩, 𝑪, 𝑫) = ∑(𝟏, 𝟑, 𝟒, 𝟓, 𝟔, 𝟕, 𝟗, 𝟏𝟏, 𝟏𝟑, 𝟏𝟓)
d. 𝑭 (𝑨, 𝑩, 𝑪, 𝑫) = ∑(𝟎, 𝟐, 𝟒, 𝟓, 𝟔, 𝟕, 𝟖, 𝟏𝟎, 𝟏𝟑, 𝟏𝟓)
4) Simplify the following Boolean expressions, using four-variable maps:
a. 𝒘’ 𝒛 + 𝒙𝒛 + 𝒙’ 𝒚 + 𝒘𝒙’ 𝒛
b. 𝑨𝑫’ + 𝑩’𝑪’𝑫 + 𝑩𝑪𝑫’ + 𝑩𝑪’𝑫
c. 𝑨𝑩’𝑪 + 𝑩’𝑪’𝑫’ + 𝑩𝑪𝑫 + 𝑨𝑪𝑫’ + 𝑨’𝑩’𝑪 + 𝑨’𝑩𝑪’𝑫
d. 𝒘𝒙𝒚 + 𝒙𝒛 + 𝒘𝒙’𝒛 + 𝒘’𝒙
5) Find all the prime implicants for the following Boolean functions, and determine which are essential:
a. 𝑭 (𝒘, 𝒙, 𝒚, 𝒛) = ∑(𝟎, 𝟐, 𝟒, 𝟓, 𝟔, 𝟕, 𝟖, 𝟏𝟎, 𝟏𝟑, 𝟏𝟓)
b. 𝑭 (𝑨, 𝑩, 𝑪, 𝑫) = ∑(𝟎, 𝟐, 𝟑, 𝟓, 𝟕, 𝟖, 𝟏𝟎, 𝟏𝟏, 𝟏𝟒, 𝟏𝟓)
c. 𝑭(𝒘, 𝒙, 𝒚, 𝒛) = ∑(𝟏, 𝟑, 𝟔, 𝟕, 𝟖, 𝟗, 𝟏𝟐, 𝟏𝟑, 𝟏𝟒, 𝟏𝟓)
6) Convert the following Boolean function from a sum-of-products form to a simplified product-of-sums form.
𝑭(𝑨, 𝑩, 𝑪, 𝑫) = ∑(𝟎, 𝟏, 𝟐, 𝟓, 𝟖, 𝟏𝟎, 𝟏𝟑)
7) Simplify the following expressions to (1) sum-of-products and (2) products-of-sums:
a. (𝑨’ + 𝑩 + 𝑫’)(𝑨’ + 𝑩’ + 𝑪’)(𝑨’ + 𝑩’ + 𝑪)(𝑩’ + 𝑪 + 𝑫’)
b. 𝑩𝑪𝑫’ + 𝑨𝑩𝑪’ + 𝑨𝑪𝑫
8) Simplify the following Boolean function F, together with the don’t-care conditions d. Express
the simplified function in sum-of-product form:
a. 𝐹(𝑥, 𝑦, 𝑧) = ∑(0,1,4,5,6) , 𝑑(𝑥, 𝑦, 𝑧) = ∑(2,3,7)
b. 𝐹(𝐴, 𝐵, 𝐶, 𝐷) = ∑(4,5, 7, 12,13, 14) , 𝑑(𝐴, 𝐵, 𝐶, 𝐷) = ∑(9, 11, 15)
c. 𝐹(𝐴, 𝐵, 𝐶, 𝐷) = ∑(1,3,8,10,15) , 𝑑(𝐴, 𝐵, 𝐶, 𝐷) = ∑(0,2, 9)