Saturday 7 January 2012

AND gate

The AND gate is a basic digital logic gate that implements logical conjunction - it behaves according to the truth table to the right. A HIGH output (1) results only if both the inputs to the AND gate are HIGH (1). If neither or only one input to the AND gate is HIGH, a LOW output results. In another sense, the function of AND effectively finds the minimum between two binary digits, just as the OR function finds the maximum. Therefore, the output is always 0 except when all the inputs are 1s.

INPUT OUTPUT
A B A AND B
0 0 0
0 1 0
1 0 0
1 1 1









There are three symbols for AND gates: the American (ANSI or 'military') symbol and the IEC ('European' or 'rectangular') symbol, as well as the deprecated DIN symbol. For more information see Logic Gate Symbols.
AND ANSI.svg AND IEC.svg AND DIN.svg
MIL/ANSI Symbol IEC Symbol DIN Symbol
The AND gate with inputs A and B and output C implements the logical expression C = A \cdot B.

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