Lect# 9
Lect# 9
Simplification
Chapter 04
SOP (Sum –of-Product)
• When two or more product terms are
summed by Boolean addition, the resulting
expression is a Sum- of- product (SOP)
AB+ ABC
ABC + CDE + BCD
A’ B’ +A’B’C’+AC
Domain : Domain of an SOP expression is the set of
variables contained in the expression
SOP
SOP
• Implement the SOP expression
AB + BCD + AC
• (A+B)(B+C+D)
AC’ + BC’
SOP
• Convert following expression into standard
SOP form.
AB’C + A’B’ + ABC’D
– A’ +AB’+ABC’
– AB’C +A’BC+A’B’C+A’B’C’+AB’C’
– XY’Z +XYZ’+X’YZ+X’YZ’+XY’Z’+XYZ
– B’C’D’+A’BC’D’+ABC’D’+A’B’CD+AB’CD+A’B’CD’+A’BCD
’+ABCD’+AB’CD’
Other Techniques
• The Quine-McClusky Method
– For functions more than 4 or 5 variables
– Tabular form makes it more efficient for use
in computer algorithms
– Also known as tabulation method
• Espresso Algorithm
– More efficient in terms of reducing memory usage and
computation time
– No restrictions to the number of variables
– De-facto world standard
– Used in target devices like FPGA (Field programmable
Gate Array)
K- Map SOP Minimization