Department of Technical Education

Andhra Pradesh
Name : G. Subhadra
Designation : Lecturer in ECE
Branch : Electronics and comm. Engg.
Institute : Govt institute of electronics, Hyderabad
Year/Semester : III
Subject : Digital Electronics
Subject code : EC-304
Topic : Combinational logic circuits
Duration : 50 mts.
Sub topic : Full Adder using two Half Adders.
Teaching aids : Diagrams

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Objectives

On completion of this period, you would be

able to :

• Construct full adder using two HA’S.

• Draw Block diagram of full adder.

• Write Truth table of full adder.

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Addition of two 3-bit binary numbers

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Full Adder

• A full adder adds three bits automobile a time.

• A half adder can be used in addition of LSBs to add two

binary numbers.

• A full adder is essential to add subsequent bits in

addition of two binary numbers.

• It is a combinational logic circuit

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Logic circuit of Full Adder

A full adder consists of two half adders and an OR gate

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Truth table of full adder

CARRY CARRY SUM

input B input A
IN OUT digit

0 0 0 0 0

0 0 1 0 1

0 1 0 0 1

0 1 1 1 0

1 0 0 0 1

1 0 1 1 0

1 1 0 1 0

1 1 1 1 1

Table 1
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Simple representation of a full adder

A B

Cin Full Cout

Adder

Sum

DS = A +̀ B +̀ Ci

= ABCi+ABCi+ABCi+ABC

Co= AB+BCi+ACi
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Summary

• A full adder adds three bits automobile a time.

• A full adder is a combinational logic circuit that consists

of two half adders and one OR gate.

• A full adder is used in construction of parallel binary

adder.

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Quiz

1. A full adder adds……bits at a time

c) 1

e) 2

g) 3

i) Any number

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2. A full adder has three inputs and….. Outputs

c) 1

e) 2

g) 3

i) Any number

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3. A full adder consists of

c) Two NAND gates and one OR gate

e) Two half adders and one OR gate

g) One EX-OR gate, one NOR gate, one And gate

i) One NOR gate, two half adders

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Frequently Asked Questions

1. Construct full adder and draw its truth table.

3. Show that a full adder can be constructed using two

half adders and an OR gate.

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Assignment

1. Construct full adder using three AND gates and one EX-
OR gate.

2. Show that a full adder can be constructed using two half

adders and an OR gate.

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