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Digital integrated circuits I<br />

Figure 10.47 A three input AND gate converted to a NOR gate with NOT gates<br />

In other words:<br />

And — there — we have just proved mathematically that you<br />

can make a NOR gate from AND and NOT gates.<br />

So, there’s no doubt about it, all digital electronic logic gates<br />

can be created from a number of other digital electronic logic<br />

gates.<br />

What’s more, it’s not beyond the realms of possibility to work<br />

out for ourselves that these very logic gates, that can make<br />

any other logic gates, can be combined, and combined again,<br />

to make up ever more complex circuits. And, indeed they are<br />

— as we’ll see in the next chapter! For now, have a go at the<br />

quiz over the page, to see if you’ve been taking notice…<br />

…which I’m sure you have. Just prove it!<br />

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