Programmable Logic Devices(PLDs)

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Programmable Logic

Devices(PLDs)
ROM-based Designs:
Combinational Circuits
Example 2: X^2 look-up table, X is 3-bit binary number
 Specification: Use a ROM to implement a combinational circuit that accepts a 3-bit
binary number at the input and generates its square at the output.

 Formulation:
8 x 6 bits ROM, Truth Table 
 Observations on the truth table:
1. Output B0 = Input A0
2. Output B1 = Always 0
No need to ‘store’ data for B0 and B1 8
This reduces the size of the ROM required from 8 x 6 bits to 8 x 4 bits
Locations

6 bits
ROM-based Designs:
Combinational Circuits
Example 2, Continued

Truth Table for Reduced ROM

8
Locations

4 bits
Implementations of the X2 Look-up Table:
PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC ARRAY (PLA)
• In PLAs, instead of using a decoder as in PROMs, a number (k) of AND
gates is used where k < 2^ n, (n is the number of inputs).
• Each of the AND gates can be programmed to generate a product term of
the input variables and does not generate all the minterms as in the ROM.
• The AND and OR gates inside the PLA are initially fabricated with the links
(fuses) among them.
• The specific Boolean functions are implemented in sum of products form
by opening appropriate links and leaving the desired connections.
• A block diagram of the PLA is shown in the figure. It consists of n inputs,
m outputs, and k product terms. The product terms constitute a group of k
AND gates each of 2^n inputs.
• Links are inserted between all n inputs and their complement values to
each of the AND gates. Links are also provided between the outputs of the
AND gates and the inputs of the OR gates.
PROGRAMMABLE ARRAY LOGIC (PAL):
• Example: Implement the following Boolean functions using
the PAL device,
W(A, B, C, D) = Σm(2, 12, 13)
X(A, B, C, D) = Σm(7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
Y(A, B, C, D) = Σm(0, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 15)
Z(A, B, C, D) = Σm(1, 2, 8, 12, 13)
Simplifying the 4 functions to a minimum number of terms
results in the following Boolean functions:
W = ABC’ + A’B’CD’
X = A + BCD
Y = A’B + CD + B’D’
Z = ABC’ + A’B’CD + AC’D’ + A’B’C’D =W +AC’D’ + A’B’C’D
2. Programmable Array Logic (PAL)
Sum of a fixed number of products
• 4-input, 4-output PAL Product
term
AND gates inputs
A A B B C C D D W W

with fixed, 3-input OR 1

2 W
terms 3 X

A
All fuses intact
4 (always 5 0)

5 F1

8 F2

10

11

12
X Fuse intact
D
1 Fuse blown

A A B B C C D D W W

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
PAL programming table

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