NAME: Laurente, Miguel__

ECE 411/L – Pulse and Switching Electronics

Assignment 1:
General Instruction:

 Submit your assignment in ‘PDF format’ on the assignment section of the blackboard.
o File name: ASSIGNMENT1_SURNAME.pdf

 Simulate the given circuit using a circuit simulator (e.g. PROTEUS). Connect the output
to an LED. Submit/upload the file on the assignment Section of the blackboard.
o File name: CIRCUIT_SURNAME
Instruction: Determine the logic function of the given transistor configuration. Fill up the truth
table given below.

TRUTH TABLE

A B Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Y

0 0 OFF OFF ON ON ON OFF 1

0 1 OFF RA OFF ON OFF ON 0

1 0 RA OFF ON OFF OFF ON 0

1 1 RA RA ON ON OFF ON 0

ANSWER: ____NOR Gate__________

DESCRIPTION:
Instruction: Describe the process in getting the output of each input combination.
When the 2 inputs are LOW, Q1 and Q2 of base-emitter are forward biased, then it will give
the output voltage to Q3 and Q4 respectively and its output voltage will be the input voltage
of Q5 and that will turn on the output LED ON.
When input A is HIGH and input B is LOW, the emitter-base junction of Q1 is reverse biased
and base-collector is forward biased, the Q3 gets the base current from the supply and goes
to saturation, its result Q3 has a low collector voltage, then Q5 goes cut-off and its output is
connected directly to the ground which the LED will be turn OFF.
When input A is LOW and input B is HIGH, the emitter-base junction of Q2 is reverse biased
and base-collector is forward biased, the Q4 gets the base current from the supply and goes
to saturation, its result Q4 has a low collector voltage, then Q5 goes cut-off and its output is
connected directly to the ground which the LED will be turn OFF.
When the 2 inputs are HIGH, the biasing of each input will be the same, emitter-base is
reverse biased and base-collector is forward biased, both Q3 and Q4 gets the base current
from the supply and both outputs are connected to the input of Q5 and goes cut-off and its
output connected to the ground in which the LED will be turn OFF

PROTEUS CIRCUIT SIMULATION:

Instruction: Paste the screenshot of the output of each input combination