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The 75 Percent Adder

MediumLogic CircuitDebug

A 2-bit ripple carry adder computes the binary sum of two 2-bit numbers.

Expected behavior:

| A1 | A0 | B1 | B0 | Cout | S1 | S0 | |------|------|------|------|--------|------|------| | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |

Simulation shows Cout = 0, S1 = 1, and S0 = 1 for inputs A1=0, A0=1, B1=0, B0=0. The carry propagation produces incorrect sums for specific input combinations. Inspect the circuit and correct the fault.

Constraints

  • Do not alter the input or output pins.
  • Use only standard logic gates (AND, OR, XOR, NOT).

Topics

arithmeticadderdatapathdebug

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