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ONE-AND-NOT-THE-OTHER gate

Half of an EXCLUSIVE OR would be a gate of the form . Theoretically it is useful because of the identity ; fortunately the latter composite has an equivalent realization that is much less complex than following the formula literally.

Signals enter from the left and the right, the result appears at the bottom.

 
Figure: ONE-AND-NOT-THE-OTHER gate



Harold V. McIntosh
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