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DE-MORGAN'S Theorem

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  • Introduction to DE-MORGAN’S THEOREMS 
  • First Theorem
  • Second Theorem

DE-MORGAN'S Theorem

It's often necessary to convert a basic gate into another gate function using an inverter. De Morgan's two theorems apply to the universal gates, NAND and NOR, which are called universal building blocks. These theorems allow one gate's function to be changed to another with the help of an inverter. 

First Theorem 

This theorem gives an equivalence between NOR and AND gate i.e. we can replace '+' by dot by using this theorem. This theorem can be stated in different way 

"The NOR gate is equivalent to bubbled AND gate." 

OR 

 "The complement of a sum equals the product of complements" 

 Boolean Expression: 

`bar (A+B) =bar (A) bar (B)` 

Truth Table: 

A 

B 

 

 `bar (A+B)`

  

'`bar (A) bar (B)` 

 

0 

0 

1 

1 

0 

1 

0 

0 

1 

0 

0 

0 

1 

1 

0 

0 

 

Symbol: 

Second Theorem 

This theorem gives an equivalence between NAND and OR i.e. dot can be replaced by '+'. The theorem can be stated as: 

"The is NAND gate is equivalent to bubbled OR gate," 

 OR 

 "The complement of product equals the sum of complement "  

Boolean Expression:

`bar (A•B) =bar (A) + bar (B)` 

Truth Table: 

A 

B `bar (A•B)`  `bar (A) + bar (B)`

0 

0 

1 

1 

0 

1 

1 

1 

1 

0 

1 

1 

1 

1 

0 

0 

 

Symbol: 

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