Prime Implicants
A group of squares or rectangles made up of a bunch of adjacent minterms which is allowed by the definition of K-Map are called prime implicants(PI) i.e. all possible groups formed in K-Map.
Example of Prime Implicants
Here we have an example of prime implicant for better understanding given below :
Various Implicants in K-Map
Implicant is a product/minterm term in Sum of Products (SOP) or sum/maxterm term in Product of Sums (POS) of a Boolean function. For example, consider a Boolean function, F = AB + ABC + BC. Implicants are AB, ABC, and BC.
In this article, we will explore various implicants in K-Map with examples for better understanding and k-map diagram. Also, we will look into the Boolean expressions formed for each k-map.
Table of Content
- Various Implicants in K-Map
- Prime Implicants
- Essential Prime Implicants
- Redundant Prime Implicants
- Selective Prime Implicants
- Solved Examples