NOR logic

A NOR gate is a logic gate which gives a positive output only when both inputs are negative.

This article is about NOR Logic in the sense of building other logic gates using just NOR gates. For NOR gates, see NOR gate. For NOR in the purely logical sense, see Logical NOR. For logic gates in general, see Logic gate.
A single NOR gate

Like NAND gates, NOR gates are so-called "universal gates" that can be combined to form any other kind of logic gate. For example, the first embedded system, the Apollo Guidance Computer, was built exclusively from NOR gates, about 5,600 in total for the later versions. Today, integrated circuits are not constructed exclusively from a single type of gate. Instead, EDA tools are used to convert the description of a logical circuit to a netlist of complex gates (standard cells) or transistors (full custom approach).

NOR

A NOR gate is logically an inverted OR gate. By itself has the following truth table:

Q = A NOR B

Truth Table
Input AInput BOutput Q
001
010
100
110

Making other gates by using NOR gates

A NOR gate is a universal gate, meaning that any other gate can be represented as a combination of NOR gates.

NOT

This is made by joining the inputs of a NOR gate. As a NOR gate is equivalent to an OR gate leading to NOT gate, this automatically sees to the "OR" part of the NOR gate, eliminating it from consideration and leaving only the NOT part.

Desired NOT GateNOR Construction
Q = NOT( A )= A NOR A
Truth Table
Input AOutput Q
01
10

OR

An OR gate is made by inverting the output of a NOR gate. Note that we already know that a NOT gate is equivalent to a NOR gate with its inputs joined.

Desired OR GateNOR Construction
Q = A OR B= ( A NOR B ) NOR ( A NOR B )
Truth Table
Input AInput BOutput Q
000
011
101
111

AND

An AND gate gives a 1 output when both inputs are 1. Therefore, an AND gate is made by inverting the inputs of a NOR gate. Again, note that a NOT gate is equivalent to a NOR with its inputs joined.

Desired AND GateNOR Construction
Q = A AND B= ( A NOR A ) NOR ( B NOR B )
Truth Table
Input AInput BOutput Q
000
010
100
111

NAND

A NAND gate is made by inverting the output of an AND gate. the word NAND means that it is not and.as the name suggests that it will give 0 when both the inputs are 1.

Desired NAND GateNOR Construction
Q = A NAND B= [ ( A NOR A ) NOR ( B NOR B ) ] NOR
[ ( A NOR A ) NOR ( B NOR B ) ]
Truth Table
Input AInput BOutput Q
001
011
101
110

XNOR

An XNOR gate is made by connecting four NOR gates as shown below. This construction entails a propagation delay three times that of a single NOR gate.

Desired XNOR GateNOR Construction
Q = A XNOR B= [ A NOR ( A NOR B ) ] NOR
[ B NOR ( A NOR B ) ]
Truth Table
Input AInput BOutput Q
001
010
100
111

Alternatively, an XNOR gate is made by considering the conjunctive normal form , noting from de Morgan's Law that a NOR gate is an inverted-input AND gate. This construction uses five gates instead of four.

Desired GateNOR Construction
Q = A XNOR B= [ B NOR ( A NOR A ) ] NOR
[ A NOR ( B NOR B ) ]

XOR

An XOR gate is made by considering the conjunctive normal form , noting from de Morgan's Law that a NOR gate is an inverted-input AND gate. This construction entails a propagation delay three times that of a single NOR gate and uses five gates.

Desired XOR GateNOR Construction
Q = A XOR B= [ ( A NOR A ) NOR ( B NOR B ) ] NOR
( A NOR B )
Truth Table
Input AInput BOutput Q
000
011
101
110

Alternatively, the 4-gate version of the XNOR gate can be used with an inverter. This construction has a propagation delay four times (instead of three times) that of a single NOR gate.

Desired GateNOR Construction
Q = A XOR B= { [ A NOR ( A NOR B ) ] NOR
[ B NOR ( A NOR B ) ] } NOR
{ [ A NOR ( A NOR B ) ]
NOR [ B NOR ( A NOR B ) ] }

See also

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