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In Boolean algebra, any Boolean function can be expressed in the canonical disjunctive normal form , [1] minterm canonical form, or Sum of Products (SoP or SOP) as a disjunction (OR) of minterms. The De Morgan dual is the canonical conjunctive normal form ( CCNF ), maxterm canonical form , or Product of Sums ( PoS or POS ) which is a ...
In sum-of-products (SOP) form, AND gates form the smallest unit and are stitched together using ORs, whereas in product-of-sums (POS) form it is opposite. POS form requires parentheses to group the OR terms together under AND gates, because OR has lower precedence than AND. Both SOP and POS forms translate nicely into circuit logic.
The minterms ('minimal terms') for the final expression are found by encircling groups of 1s in the map. Minterm groups must be rectangular and must have an area that is a power of two (i.e., 1, 2, 4, 8...). Minterm rectangles should be as large as possible without containing any 0s. Groups may overlap in order to make each one larger.
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If a column has only one " ", this means that the minterm can only be covered by one prime implicant. This prime implicant is essential. For example: in the first column, with minterm 4, there is only one " ". This means that m(4,12) is essential (hence marked by #). Minterm 15 also has only one " ", so m(10,11,14,15) is also essential.
For a boolean function of variables , …,, a product term in which each of the variables appears once (in either its complemented or uncomplemented form) is called a minterm. Thus, a minterm is a logical expression of n variables that employs only the complement operator and the conjunction operator.