YOGYAKARTA What is a logic gate? Logic gates are components that function to control electricity in electronic circuits. Their form is often in the form of small chips consisting of various components.

This chip is the brain of an electronic product. Each chip consists of so many logic gates and has different roles.

In order to better understand what a logic gate is, see the following explanation.

Logic gates or commonly called logic gates are the basic part of the design of digital electronics systems. These components convert input into logical output signals as a result of voltage or current.

The logic gate is represented as making a table of truth or binary numbers, namely symbols 1 and 0. Number 1 on binary numbers means true (true), while number 0 shows the wrong meaning (false).

In addition, these two binary numbers also describe high (high) and low (low), as well as live (on) and die (off).

The logic gate consists of three parts, namely transistors, resistors, and diodes. These three baagian are incorporated to operate in a simple or complex manner.

The main function of logic gates is to perform basic logic functions in order to form an integrated digital circuit. Most logic gates use binary numbers consisting of two input values and one output value.

Quoted from an online book entitled Digital Electronics: Digital Electronics by Haryadi Singgih, based on how it works, the logic gate is divided into seven types, including:

AND is a type of logic gate that has input two or more and has one output. If all or one of the inputs is binary number 0, then the output will be 0. while if all inputs are binary numbers 1, then the output will be 1.

The second type of logic gate is OR, requiring two inputs to generate one output. Generally, OR logic gates generate output 1 if one or all inputs consist of binary numbers 1. If the output produces 0, then the input is binary number 0.

NOT is a type of logic gate that functions to turn things around. For example, if the input has binary number 1, then the output will be 0, and vice versa.

The NAND-type logic gate is a combination of AND and NOT gates. Thus, the output generated from this type of logic gate is the opposite of AND gates.

Another type of logic gate is the NoR gate, which is a combination of the OR and NOT gates. The output generated by NOR is the opposite of the OR gate.

XOR is a type of logic gate that requires two inputs to generate one output. If there is an input with a different binary number, then the resulting out is one of the two binary numbers. if the unput has the same binary number, then the resulting output is also the same.

The last type of logic gate is XNOR which requires two inputs to generate one output. If two inputs have different binary numbers, then the resulting output is binary number 0. While the two inputs that have the same binary number then the result is number 1.

That's information about binary numbers. From the explanation above it can be concluded that logic gates are a binary input processing process consisting of numbers 1 and 0 and related to Boolean's mathematical theory. Come on, keep on reading VOI.ID to get news updates of other options.


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