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4c Digital System - K-Map

The document discusses Karnaugh maps and their use in simplifying Boolean logic functions. Karnaugh maps provide a graphical representation of a truth table that allows grouping of adjacent cells containing ones to minimize logic functions. The output of the truth table is used to fill in the K-map. Groups are formed based on rules like containing adjacent cells and as many cells as possible to simplify the number of literals and terms in the Boolean expression. Larger K-maps can simplify functions with more variables into the minimum sum of products expression. K-maps provide a straightforward way to simplify complex Boolean logic compared to Boolean algebra alone.

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4c Digital System - K-Map

The document discusses Karnaugh maps and their use in simplifying Boolean logic functions. Karnaugh maps provide a graphical representation of a truth table that allows grouping of adjacent cells containing ones to minimize logic functions. The output of the truth table is used to fill in the K-map. Groups are formed based on rules like containing adjacent cells and as many cells as possible to simplify the number of literals and terms in the Boolean expression. Larger K-maps can simplify functions with more variables into the minimum sum of products expression. K-maps provide a straightforward way to simplify complex Boolean logic compared to Boolean algebra alone.

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Karnaugh Map (K-Map) and Combinational Logic

Circuit
K-Map

• Complex boolean function can be simplified by using


boolean algebra but it lacks specific rules and
becomes tedious sometimes. The map method
provides a simple and straightforward method.
• The Karnaugh Map will simplify logic faster and
more easily in most cases.
 Graphical representation of a truth table
 Can be used to minimize logic functions
 Uses Logic Adjacency
– A.B + A.B' = A (Boolean Algebra Law)
 Group adjacent cells to reduce
– the number of literals in a term
– the number of terms in a Boolean expression
 The output from the table is used to fill-in the K-map.
 1’s are used to create a Sum of Product (SOP)
solution. (min terms)
 0’s are used to create a Product of Sum (POS)
solution. (max terms)
2 variable map 3 variable map 4 variable
map

• Note the sequence of numbers across the top of the map. It is not in
binary sequence which would be 00, 01, 10, 11. It is 00, 01, 11, 10
which is Gray code sequence.
Karnaugh Maps - Rules of Simplification
The K-Map uses the following rules for simplification
of expressions by grouping together adjascent cells
containing ones.

1. Groups may not include any cell containing a


zero
2. Groups may be horizontal or vertical, but not diagonal.

3. Groups must contain 1, 2, 4, 8, or in general 2n cells.


That is if n = 1, a group will contain two 1's since 2 1 = 2.
If n = 2, a group will contain four 1's since 22 = 4.
4. Each group should be as large as possible.

5. Each cell containing a one must be in at least one group.


6. Groups may overlap.

7. Groups may wrap around the table. The leftmost cell in a row may
be grouped with the rightmost cell and the top cell in a column may
be grouped with the bottom cell.
8. There should be as few groups as possible, as long as this does not
contradict any of the previous rules.
3 variable map

Mapping the four product terms (p-terms)


yields a single group of four, which is A’.
Mapping the four p-terms above yields a group of four. Visualize the group of four
by rolling up the ends of the map to form a cylinder, then the cells are adjacent.
We normally mark the group of four as above left. Out of the variables A, B, C,
there is a common variable: C'. C' is a 0 over all four cells. Final result is C'
Larger 4-variable Karnaugh maps

The above Boolean expression has seven


product terms. The dashed horizontal group
corresponds the the simplified product term
AB. The vertical group corresponds to
Boolean CD. Since there are two groups,
there will be two product terms in the Sum-
Of-Products result of Out=AB+CD.
The four cells above are a group of four because B=0 for the four cells, and D=0 for
the four cells. Thus, these variables (A, B) are not involved with this group of four.
This single group comes out of the map as one product term for the simplified
result: Out=B'D'.
The above group of eight has one Boolean variable in common: B=0. Therefore, the
one group of eight is covered by one p-term: B'. The original eight term Boolean
expression simplifies to Out=B'
Boolean function obtained from a k-map may not be unique.
Often times there is more than one minimum cost solution to a simplification
problem. Such is the case illustrated below.
Both results above have four product terms of three Boolean variable each. Both
are equally valid minimal cost solutions. The difference in the final solution is due
to how the cells are grouped as shown above. A minimal cost solution is a valid
logic design with the minimum number of gates with the minimum number of
inputs.
Example
Example
Example
What is the resulting minimum SOP expression?
Example: POS
Exercise

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