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Question
Write the Boolean expressions for an OR gate.
Long Answer
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Solution
It is a circuit with two or more inputs and one output in which the output signal is high if any one or more of the inputs is high. The or operation represents a logical addition.
The figure shows the 2-input or gate logic symbol, and the Boolean expression, and the truth table for the or function.
Logic symbol:

Boolean expression: Y = A + B
Truth table:
| Inputs | Output Y | |
| A | B | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Chapter 16: Semiconductor Devices - Exercises [Page 364]
