Pipelined Adder

16−Bit Adder using four 4−Bit Slices

A0−A3 B0−B3 A4−A7 B4−B7 A8−A11 B8−B11 A12−A15 B12−B15

4−Bit
’0’ ci Adder co T T T T T T
Slice

4−Bit
T T ci Adder co T T T T
Slice

4−Bit
T T T ci Adder co T T
Slice
Unit Delay

4−Bit
T T T T ci Adder co Co
Slice

S0−S3 S4−S7 S8−S11 S12−S15

Note: Maximum throughput is limited by propagation delay of adder slice only