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SYLLABUS
Digital Circuits and Logic Design

Objectives: To enable the student to understand digital circuits and design of logic gates. Student will learn Boolean algebra,
various types of logic gates, combinational circuits, sequential circuits. Student will also learn the storage
mechanism of various memories and conversion system.

S. No. Description
1. Basic Concepts: Number systems - Binary, Octal, Decimal, Hexadecimal, conversion from one to another.
2. Boolean Algebra: Complement arithmetic, Boolean theorems of Boolean algebra.
3. Minimization of Boolean Algebra: Sum of products and product of sums, Minterms and Maxterms, Karnaugh
map, Tabulation and computer aided minimization procedures.
4. Logic Gates: RTL, DTL, TTL, ECL, ICL, HTL, NMOS & CMOS logic gates, Circuit diagram and analysis
characteristics and specifications, tri-state gates.
5. Combinational Circuits: Problem formulation and design of combinational circuits, Adder / Subtractor, Encoder
/ decoder, Mux /Demux, Code-converters, Comparators, Implementation of combinational logic using standard
ICs.
6. Memories: ROM, EPROM, EEPROM, PAL, PLA and their use in combinational circuit design.
7. Sequential Circuits: Flipflops - SR, JK, T, D, Master/Slave FF, Triggering of FF, Analysis of clocked sequential
circuits - their design.
8. State minimization, state assignment, Circuit implementation, Registers-Shift registers, Ripple counters, Synchronous
counters, Timing signal, RAM, Memory decoding, Semiconductor memories.
9. A/D and D/A Converters: Principle of analog to digital conversion, Weighted resistor and ladder networks, single
slope, dual slope, successive approximation and flash converters.