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Adder An adder is a digital circuit that adds two numbers together. Adders are used in the Arithmetic …

Half Adder and Full Adder

Adder

An adder is a digital circuit that adds two numbers together. Adders are used in the Arithmetic Logic Units (ALU) of many computers and other types of processors.

Types of Adder

It has mainly two types of adder :

  1. Half Adder
  2. Full Adder

Half Adder

A combination circuit that performs the addition of two bits is called a half adder. The half adder accepts two binary digits at its input and produces two binary digits at its output, i.e., a sum bit and a carry bit.

Block diagram of half adder

The sum can be implemented using EX-OR gate and carry using AND gate.

Truth Table for Half Adder
ABSumCarry
0000
0110
1010
1101
K-Map for Half Adder
K Map for half adder
Logic Diagram for Half Adder
Logic diagram for half adder

As the truth table shows that when both the inputs are different, the sum output is high otherwise it is low. The carry output is high when both the inputs are high.

Full Adder

It is a combinational circuit which is used for adding three binary digits. So, a full adder accepts two input digits and an input carry digit and generate two outputs. The output is known as sum output and other output is carry output.

Block diagram of full adder
Truth Table for Full Adder
ABCSumCarry
00000
00110
01010
01101
10010
10101
11001
11111
K-Map for Full Adder
K map for full adder
Logical Expression

The logical expression for full adder is obtained from the truth table. Product of sum terms are taken whose output is one and it is given as :

Logical expression of full adder

The logical expression for carry out is also obtained from truth table

Logical expression of full adder
Logic Diagram for Full Adder
Logic diagram of full adder

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