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Q.Draw the circuit diagram, how you can form an AND and an OR gate using two or more NAND gates.
West Bengal WbchseWest Bengal HS (WBCHSE) Board 2026Subjective· 3mImportance★★★★★
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Start your 14-day free trial to unlock the full solution →Using NAND as a universal gate: an AND gate needs two NANDs (a NAND followed by a NAND-inverter), and an OR gate needs three NANDs (invert each input, then NAND the two inverted inputs), which by De Morgan's theorem gives A + B.
Key fact: a NAND gate with its two inputs joined together acts as a NOT gate, because (A.A)' = A'.
AND gate from NAND gates (2 NANDs):
- Circuit: inputs A and B go to the first NAND, whose output is (A.B)'. This output is then fed to BOTH inputs of a second NAND (which acts as an inverter).
- Result: output = ((A.B)')' = A.B. This is the AND function.
- Diagram in words: [A, B] -> NAND1 -> node X = (AB)'; X -> (both inputs of) NAND2 -> output = AB.
OR gate from NAND gates (3 NANDs):
- By De Morgan's theorem, A + B = (A'.B')'. …
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