Logic gate
part · 1937 · Electric age
A circuit that performs a logical operation (Shannon).
What it is made of
- Transistor — has part. Gates are built from transistors.
Principles and materials it uses
- Boolean algebra — uses. A gate is a Boolean function.
- Copper — is made of. The conductors are copper.
Where it is used
- Flip-flop — is part of. A flip-flop is made of gates.
- Microprocessor — is part of. A processor is billions of gates.
- FPGA — is part of. Programmable logic blocks.
- ASIC — is part of. The logic is laid out on the chip.