DocumentCode :
1338917
Title :
The Design of Complementary-Output Networks
Author :
Short, Robert A.
Author_Institution :
Stanford Research Institute, Menlo Park, Calif.
Issue :
6
fYear :
1962
Firstpage :
743
Lastpage :
753
Abstract :
Using the contact network as a representative of the class of combinational branch-type networks, various realization techniques are examined for their applicability or adaptability to the particular class of complementary-output networks, that is, two-output networks which have exactly one active output for each combination of the independent variables. Some elementary structural characteristics are developed and a particular class of functions which are minimally realized in separate parts is discussed. Upper and lower bounds are derived for the the number of contacts required to realize an arbitrary n-variable specification. Rudin´s interconnection rules are extended to the non-series-parallel case and examples are given of their application. Trees are discussed in terms of a specific procedure proposed for their realization. Finally, Calingaert´s reduction of the general multi-output problem to a single-output problem is reviewed in terms of the specific class of networks of interest here, and results, in conjunction with Moore´s tables of minimal four-variable networks, in a table of minimal three-variable complementary-output networks.
Keywords :
Cost function; Intersymbol interference; Network synthesis; Relays; Transfer functions;
fLanguage :
English
Journal_Title :
Electronic Computers, IRE Transactions on
Publisher :
ieee
ISSN :
0367-9950
Type :
jour
DOI :
10.1109/TEC.1962.5219458
Filename :
5219458
Link To Document :
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