Determine Whether Two Different Circuits Implement the Same Function
Logic synthesis tools frequently produce vastly different gate-level netlists for the exact same behavioral specification. The schematic displays two distinct combinational circuits driven by identical four-bit inputs A, B, C, and D. Circuit one generates output Y1 using a multi-level network of NAND and NOR gates. Circuit two generates output Y2 using a shallower network of AND, OR, and XOR gates.
Extract the Boolean expressions for Y1 and Y2. Simplify both algebraic expressions to their canonical Sum-of-Products form to evaluate structural equivalence without relying on exhaustive truth table generation.
Constraints
- Do not use truth tables for verification.
- Expressions must be reduced to canonical Sum of Products (SOP) form.
- Outputs
Y1andY2must be compared algebraically.
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