摘要 |
A decoder circuit for fully decoding N input variables includes 2N logic gates arranged into 2N-1 pairs of gates, with each gate having N inputs, and one output. The decoder also includes (N-1) inverters for producing the complements of N-1 of the N input variables whereby the (N-1) input variables and their complements are arranged into 2(N-1) different combinations of (N-1) signals for generating a different combination of (N-1) signals per pair of logic gates. (N-1) inputs of each of the two gates forming a pair of gates are interconnected to receive the same N-1 input signals forming one of the 2N-1 combinations. The Nth input variable is applied to the Nth input of one gate from each pair of gates and the output of the one gate from each pair is connected to the Nth input of the other gate with which it is paired.
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