KAMBAN ENGINEERING COLLEGE, TIRUVANNAMALAI

DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING

UNIT II COMBINATIONAL CIRCUITS

MODEL QUESTIONS
Two marks questions
Define a combinational circuit. Draw its block diagram.
Define propogation delay.
Draw the block diagram of Half adder and give its truthtable.
Describe the truth table of a half-subtractor and write the Boolean expression
corresponding to the difference and borrow.
5. Implement the given function in 4 : 1 multiplexer : F =m (0,1,3,5,6)
6. List some applications of multiplexer.
7. Give the other names for multiplexer and demultiplexer.
8. List some important demultiplexer ICs.
9. Mention the difference between DMUX and MUX.
10. Draw a 1 to 2 demultiplexer circuit.
11. Draw a 2 to 1 multiplexer circuit.
12. Define decoder. Give its applications.
13. Draw a 4 X 16 decoder constructed with two 3 X 8 decoders.
14. Define encoder.
15. What is priority encoder?
16. Design 1: 8 demultiplexer using two 1: 4 demultiplexer.
17. Give the applications of demultiplexer.
18. What is the function of the enable input in a multiplexer?
19. Can a decoder function as a demultiplexer?
20. Explain the design procedure for combinational circuit.
Answer in Detail
1. Describe and explain the following circuits :
i)
Full adder
ii)
Comparator
(8)
2. Design and explain the working of a 4 to 1 Multiplier.
(8)
3. Implement a 3 to 8 line decoder.
(8)
4. Implement the logic function Y = (A,B,C) = m (1,2,7) using 74151A and 74153.
5. Design a BCD adder to add two BCD digits.
(16)
6. Design a 4 bit binary to BCD code converter.
(10)
7. Design a 4 bit binary to gray code converter.
(6)
8. Implement the following function with a multiplexer.
(6)
F(a,b,c,d ) = (0,1,3,,4.8,9.15)
9. Explain with truth table and gate level circuit diagram for a full adder.
(12)
10. Implement the given function using multiplexer
F(x,y,z) = (0,2,6,7)
11. Explain the concept and working of quadruple 2 to 1 line multiplexer.
(6)
12. Design a 4 bit adder/subtractor using logic gates and explain its operation. (8)
13. What is a decoder? With necessary diagrams explain the operation of 4 to16 line
decoder.
(16)
14. What is a decoder? How is it different from encoder?
(4)
15. What is the simplest logic circuit for a decoder that produces a 1 output when the
BCD input is 0000.
16. Explain in detail about magnitude comparator.
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