Basic Logic Function Minimization

Abstract

Now that we have the SOP and POS canonical forms of our logic functions available to us, it’s worth asking ourselves if we can investigate other, simpler, forms. Remember that these equations are essentially the blueprints for the physical device that’s going to be implementing the functions and the more complicated the equations the less efficient the final product is going to be. Therefore, it’s worth considering trying to find the “best” form of the function. We call this the minimal form and the process of finding this form is logic function minimization.