Name: ______________________________ Rating: _________________

Instructor: _________________________ Schedule: _____________

Experiment No. 1
LOGIC INVERTER

I. OBJECTIVE:

To demonstrate the operation and characteristic of typical

logic inverter IC.

II. MATERIALS:

2 - MPSA 20 transistor (NPN)

1 – 74LS04 TTL Hex Inverter IC
2 - 1-KΩ resistor (1/2 watt)
2 - 4.7 KΩ resistor (1/2 watt)
10 – LED’s (Light Emitting Diode)
Connecting wires
Breadboard
VOM
Power Supply (Output Voltage – DC 5V)

III. PROCEDURES:

1. Wire the circuit shown in Figure 1-1. The input is derived

from logic switch 1 (SW). Measure the output state with
your VOM and observe it on LED indicator L1.
2. Measure the inverter input VI and output VO with respect
to ground on both position of your switch. Record your
data in Table 1-1.
Table 1-1

Switch Position VI VO
Up
Down

3. From the data in Table 1-1, answer the following

questions:
a. Does the circuit perform the logic inversion?
________
 b. What are the two output voltage levels
assuming positive logic?

Binary 0 = ______ volts

Binary 1 = ______ volts

4. Disconnect the 4.7 KΩ base resistors from input SW and

let it hang free. Measure the output voltage.
V0 = __________ volts

a. With an open input, the output is binary ______.

Open input has the same effect as the binary _______
input (Use positive logic).

b. Make a truth table from the data Table 1. Use

positive logic and assume the circuit input is 1 or 0.

Input Output
1
0

5. Connect the LED indicator to input and output as shown

in Figure 1-2. Observe the operation of the circuit by
watching the LED indicator states and their relationships
to one another.

The circuit output is always the ________ of the

input.

6. In Figure1-3, you are cascading the two Inverter circuits.

Monitor the output in LED indicators L1 and L2.

Observe the input and output states. If the input is

binary 1, the output will be binary _____. If the
output is binary 0, the input will be binary _____.

7. Mount the 7404 IC in the breadboard and connect pin 14

to 5V and pin 7 to ground.

8. Connect one of the inverters shown in Figure 1-4. The

input will come from logic SW1 and output will be
displayed on LED indicator L1. Apply the logic voltage to

2
 the input as shown in Table 1-2 and measure the
corresponding output voltages. Record results in Table 1-
2. Does the circuit invert? _______

Table 1-2

Binary 0 ( ) volt/s
Binary 1 ( ) volt/s

9. Remove the connection of SW1 so that the inverter input

is open. Measure the output voltage. With the input open,
the output voltage is _______ volts or for the positive logic
a binary _______. This means that an open input has the
same effect as binary ________ input.

10. Wire the circuit shown in Figure 1-5. How many inverters
are cascaded? ________________

IV. LOGIC DIAGRAM

VCC
+5V

vcc 1 K-ohms VO
+5v

4.7 K-ohms

VI

SW

Figure 1-1

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 VCC
+5V

vcc 1 K-ohms

+5v
VO

4.7 K-ohms
VI

SW

Figure 1-2
VCC
+5V

1 K-ohms
vcc L2

+5v 1 K-ohms

4.7 K-ohms

4.7 K-ohms

SW

L1

Figure 1-3

SW1

Figure 1-4

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 +5v

L2

SW

L1

Figure 1-5

V. OBSERVATION:

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VI. CONCLUSION: