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GATE | GATE-CS-2015 (Set 2) | Question 65

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A half adder is implemented with XOR and AND gates. A full adder is implemented with two half adders and one OR gate. The propagation delay of an XOR gate is twice that of an AND/OR gate. The propagation delay of an AND/OR gate is 1.2 microseconds. A 4-bit ripple-carry binary adder is implemented by using full adders. The total propagation time of this 4-bit binary adder in microseconds is

(A)

19.2 microseconds

(B)

16.4 microseconds

(C)

21.9 microseconds

(D)

17.6 microseconds


Answer: (A)

Explanation:

A Ripple Carry Adder allows to add two n-bit numbers. It uses half and full adders. Following diagram shows a ripple adder using full adders.

Let us first calculate propagation delay of a single
1 bit full adder.

Propagation Delay by n bit full adder is (2n + 2) 
gate delays.
[See this for formula].

Here n = 1, so total delay of a 1 bit full adder 
is (2 + 2)*1.2 = 4.8 ms

Delay of 4 full adders is = 4 * 4.8 = 19.2 ms


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Last Updated : 29 Sep, 2021
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