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Write the truth table for circuit given in Figure below consisting of NOR gates and identify the logic operation (OR, AND, NOT) which this circuit is performing

(Hint: $A=0, B=1$ then $A$ and $B$ inputs of second NOR gate will be 0 and hence $Y=1 .$ Similarly, work out the values of $Y$ for other combinations of $A$ and $B .$ Compare with the truth table of OR, AND, NOT gates and find the correct one.)

Solution:

Input for the circuit: $A$ and $B$

For the first circuit, the output is $\overline{A+B}$

We can see from the diagram that the second gate’s input is automatically the first gate’s output.

Therefore, the output obtained from this combination can be expressed

$Y=\overline{\overline{A+B}+\overline{A+B}}=\overline{\bar{A} \cdot \bar{B}}+\overline{\bar{A} \cdot \bar{B}}$

$=\overline{\bar{A} \cdot \bar{B}}=\overline{\bar{A}}+\overline{\bar{B}}=A+B$

Following is the truth table for the given operation: