EXPERIMENT: 1
Design and implementation of half adder and full adder using
NAND gates
AIM: To design and verify Half adder and Full adder using minimum number of NAND
gates
COMPONENTS REQUIRED:
Sl.No Particulars Quantity
1 NAND Gate IC 7400 3
2 Trainer Kit 1
3 Patch cards 1 Bunch
4 Multimeter 1
THEORY:
Half-Adder: A combinational logic circuit that performs the addition of two data bits,
A and B, is called a half-adder. Addition will result in two output bits; one of which
is the sum bit, S, and the other is the carry bit, C. The Boolean functions describing
the half-adder are:
S =A ⊕ B C=AB
Full-Adder: The half-adder does not take the carry bit from its previous stage into
account. Thiscarry bit from its previous stage is called carry-in bit. A combinational
logic circuit that adds two data bits, A and B, and a carry-in bit, Cin, is called a full-
adder. The Boolean functions describing the full-adder are:
S = (A ⊕ B) ⊕ Cin C = AB + B Cin + A Cin
I. TO REALIZE HALF ADDER
A SUM
Half Adder
B Carry
FULL ADDER
TRUTH TABLE BOOLEAN EXPRESSIONS:
A
SUM
B Full Adder
Carry
Cin
PROCEDURE:
• Check the components for their working
• Insert the appropriate IC into the IC base
• Make connections as shown in the circuit diagram.
• Verify the Truth Table and observe the outputs.
RESULT:
Truth Table of half adder and full adder circuits verified.