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Debug 2-Bit Carry Lookahead Adder

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A carry lookahead adder (CLA) improves speed by calculating carry signals in advance based on generate and propagate logic.

Expected behavior:

The circuit must correctly add two 2-bit numbers A and B with a carry-in Cin to produce a 2-bit sum S and a carry-out Cout. The outputs follow the standard arithmetic addition equation: {Cout, S1, S0} = {A1, A0} + {B1, B0} + Cin.

Simulation shows S1 = 0, S0 = 1, and Cout = 0 for input A1=0, A0=1, B1=0, B0=0, Cin=1. The expected output is S1 = 1, S0 = 0, and Cout = 0. The carry fails to propagate correctly through the first bit position. Inspect the circuit and correct the fault.

Constraints

  • Do not change the overall architecture to a ripple carry adder.
  • Maintain the existing carry lookahead logic structure.
  • Only replace the single faulty logic gate.

Topics

addercombinational-logicdebuggingcla

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