Quine Mcclusky Method (Tabular Method)
Quine Mcclusky Method (Tabular Method)
(Tabular Method)
Step 1
⚫ In the 1st column, list all the minterms in
binary for which the output is a 1 or don’t care
Step 2
⚫ Arrange the terms present in column 1 and
column 2 considering the number of 1’s in
each term
Step 3
⚫ Identify terms that differ from another by only
1 digit and list them in the 3rd column.
⚫ Replace the different digit by hyphen (-)
Step 4
⚫ Repeat step3 until no more combinations can
be made
Step 5
⚫ The terms which are not carried to the next
column are called “PRIME IMPLICANTS”.
⚫ Select sufficient prime implicants to cover all
the minterms
⚫ For this purpose, prepare a “table of choice”.
(prime implicants table)
⚫ To prepare a table of choice, write PI’s in
rows and minterms in columns and check the
minterms covered by each PI.
⚫ If a Minterm is present only in one PI, that PI
is called an “ESSENTIAL PI”
Step 6
⚫ Select the optimal set of PI; which covers all
the original minterms, and this gives the
solution
Example 1
⚫ Z = f (A, B, C, D)
⚫ Z= 1 for the minterms (0, 3, 5, 11, 13)
⚫ Z = don’t care for the minterms (1, 4, 12)
⚫ Z = 0 for the remaining minterms
⚫ Simplify Z using:
⚫ K – Map method
⚫ Tabular method
Using Tabular Method
MT 0 3 5 11 13 1 4 12
PI
P
Q
R
S
PRIME IMPLICANT TABLE / PI
MT 0 3 5 11 13 1 4 12
PI
P √ √ √ √
Q
R
S
PRIME IMPLICANT TABLE / PI
MT 0 3 5 11 13 1 4 12
PI
P √ √ √ √
Q √ √ √ √
R √ √
S √ √
Z = P + Q+ S
EXAMPLE 2
⚫ Z = A’B’C’D’ + A’BC’D’ +ABC’D’ + AB’C’D’ +
A’B’C’D+ ABCD’ + AB’CD’
EXAMPLE 3
⚫ Z = f (A, B, C, D)
⚫ Z= 1 for the minterms (0, 2, 5, 11, 13, 15)
⚫ Z = don’t care for the minterms (7, 8, 10)
⚫ Z = 0 for the remaining minterms
⚫ Simplify Z using:
⚫ Tabular method
Question 1
Z= f (A, B, C, D)
⚫ Z = ∑ m (1,2,3,4,5,6,7,10,14,20,22,28)
⚫ Z is a function of A, B, C, D , E
⚫ Simplify Z using:
⚫ K – Map method
⚫ Tabular method