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    Updated: Oct 25, 2024
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    Why on earth do we go for NAND and NOR implementation of simple ckts like adder

    My external pissed me of with this question in my semester pracs

    So want to know the true reason for using so
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  • [Prototype]

    MemberNov 1, 2012

    I dont know how relevant my answer is to your question, but if we take the perspective of CMOS circuits, inverting gates are preferable as they can be built with less number of cmos structure as opposed to the non inverting gates like AND and NOT stage seperately. This not only reduces the number of gates required but also increases the speed as several delays are skipped.

    Not to forget, the lesser is the number of gates, the easier it will be to integrate them.

    Getting more inside, nand is the most preferred gate as its faster than nor and easier in construction.
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  • Jeffrey Arulraj

    MemberNov 1, 2012

    So the CMOS arrays in general are constructed mostly in NAND than in any other gates

    Thanks friend that external b***h slapped me with it I hardly knew any thing about it
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  • [Prototype]

    MemberNov 1, 2012

    jeffrey samuel
    So the CMOS arrays in general are constructed mostly in NAND than in any other gates

    Thanks friend that external b***h slapped me with it I hardly knew any thing about it
    Yes, practical circuits will mostly use nand gates. I am quite shocked that external asked you such question when you are still in 2nd year. Perhaps you seem to have given question to his all answers and he might have been looking to let you down atleast once. Else you are from IIT/NIT...😁
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  • Jeffrey Arulraj

    MemberNov 1, 2012

    Not that I had a simple experiment to do implement a Full Adder and Subtractor using NAND I got the op verified and the three questions She asked in the Viva where like hell one was this So got it clarified

    That devil was a PhD holder it seems
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  • [Prototype]

    MemberNov 1, 2012

    jeffrey samuel
    Not that I had a simple experiment to do implement a Full Adder and Subtractor using NAND I got the op verified and the three questions She asked in the Viva where like hell one was this So got it clarified

    That devil was a PhD holder it seems
    Well, just hard luck. Happens to everyone...😀
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  • Jeffrey Arulraj

    MemberNov 1, 2012

    Yeah man thanks for the info most rewarding
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  • prashanth463

    MemberNov 3, 2012

    i still didn't understand, can someone please explain it to me
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  • Jeffrey Arulraj

    MemberNov 3, 2012

    NAND and NOR arrays are inbuilt part of VLSI concepts no further idea though
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  • prashanth463

    MemberNov 3, 2012

    we have VLSI in our next semester, looks like i have to wait for my answers 😀
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  • Gowtham_JGR

    MemberNov 6, 2012

    In VLSI technology we need to construct the circuit which is simple, reliable, less complex and very fast. While making Gates using CMOS, NAND gates are easy to make ! if you want to make it using an AND gate and OR gate a NOT gate must be implemented after constructing NAND gate and NOR gate, so if you apply AND and OR gate the circuit complication in CMOS increases. see attached images if you have doubt

    Hope it will solve your doubts
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  • Gowtham_JGR

    MemberNov 6, 2012

    Not only in VLSI in every field there is necessary to follow simple and efficient design method to get high efficiency
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  • Sagar07

    MemberNov 13, 2012

    well well well, i think at 2nd year level, the answer expected by external was, NAND and NOR are universal gates. You can construct any boolean expression using either of these gates. For example if you want to implement, ex-or function, you need, 3 ics, not gate, or gate, and gate. If we simply use NAND/NOR implementation, we require only 1 type of IC. So, we dont have to check the availability of all the ICs.
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  • Jeffrey Arulraj

    MemberNov 14, 2012

    Hello I am not so foolish to not answer it She gave a blank stare for it and pointed that it could be said even by a 12 th grader
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  • Nishant Patel

    MemberNov 18, 2012

    All nand and nor are universal gates.
    We can make any logic(and,or,not,xor etc.)using only these two.
    today in any digital circuitt, any and,or,not,xor,x nor hardly exists without nand,nor gates;using CMOS technology.
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