Generic

array logic
SUBMITTED TO: SUBMITTED BY:
ER.LALITA SHARMA DIKSHA
12ECB025
B.TECH(E.C.E)-7th Sem
Introduction to GALs
 An innovation of the PAL was the generic array
logic device, or GAL, invented by Lattice
Semiconductor Inc.
 This device has the same logical properties as
the PAL but can be erased and reprogrammed.
 The GAL is very useful in the prototyping stage
of a design, when any bugs in the logic can be
corrected by reprogramming.
 GALs are programmed and reprogrammed using
a PAL programmer.
 It has a fixed OR array and a programmable
AND array.
 The reprogrammable array is essentially a grid of
conductors forming rows and columns with an
electrically erasable CMOS (E2CMOS) cell at
each cross-point, rather than a fuse as in a PAL .
GAL Architecture
Features of GALs
 AND matrix of GAL can
be re-programmed
several times unlike one
time programmable
PAL devices. AND
matrix is followed by
fixed OR matrix (inside
output cell), used to
sum off all min terms
from the AND output.
Block diagram of a GAL
device is shown here.
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