Physics A-Level
Sum-of-products
What Sum-of-products means in Physics A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Sum-of-products
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Reference: AQA
Each row giving output 1 contributes a product term, and the expression is the OR of those terms.
Topics that use Sum-of-products
- Combinational logic (A-level only) (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Gates as functional building blocks
- AND
- Boolean algebra
- Combinational circuit construction
- EOR
- NOT
- Product term
- Scope of the specification
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