• DocumentCode
    1154743
  • Title

    Inverter-Minimum Networks

  • Author

    Nakamura, Keijiro

  • Author_Institution
    Control and Computing Laboratory, Kobe University of Mercantile Marine
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    1987
  • Firstpage
    226
  • Lastpage
    230
  • Abstract
    Let Fm= (f1,...,fm) be a vector of m logical functions. Let Inv (Fm), the inversion complexity of Fm, be the minimum number of inverters required to realize Fm by a feed-forward network using AND gates, OR gates, and inverters.
  • Keywords
    Inversion complexity; maximum inversions; minimum inverters; negative function; negative gate; positive function; Boolean functions; Circuit synthesis; Electrons; Feedback; Inverters; Logic design; Logic devices; Network synthesis; Programmable logic arrays; Switching circuits; Inversion complexity; maximum inversions; minimum inverters; negative function; negative gate; positive function;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Computers, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9340
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TC.1987.1676885
  • Filename
    1676885