DEPARTMENT OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION

ANDHRA PRADESH
Name of the Faculty: S.V. SUBBA REDDY,
Designation : Senior Lecturer
Branch : Electronics & Communication
Engineering
Institute : G.M.R. Polytechnic, Madanapalle.

Year/ Semester : 3rd Semester

Subject : Digital Electronics
Sub-code : EC304
Topic : Registers & Memories
Duration : 50 min.
Sub Topic : SISO,SIPO
Teaching Aids : PPT Animations

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OBJECTIVES

On the completion of this period, you would able

to know

• What is Shift Register?

• Working principle of Serial in – Serial out Register.

• Working principle of Serial in  – Parallel out Registers.

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SHIFT REGISTERS

• Shift Register moves the stored bits either to Left or to Right.

• Shifting of bits is essential for certain arithmetic and logical

operations.

• Used for temporary storage between the processing unit and

unit requiring this data.

• A shift register is characterised by how data is loaded into and

read from the storage units.

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DATA TRANSFER IN REGISTERS

Two methods of data transfer

• Serial transfer
• Parallel transfer

Four types of data transfer in Registers

• Serial in – Serial out (SISO)

• Serial in – Parallel out (SIPO)
• Parallel in – Serial out (PISO)
• Parallel in – Parallel out (PIPO)

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SERIAL IN – SERIAL OUT

Serial Data Serial Data

Input Output
Register

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Serial Data
Input Register

….
Parallel Data
Output

SERIAL IN – PARALLEL OUT

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PARALLEL IN – SERIAL OUT

Parallel Data
Inputs

….

Register
Serial Data
Outputs

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PARALLEL IN – PARALLEL OUT

Parallel Data
Inputs

….
Register

….
Parallel Data
Outputs

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SERIAL IN – SERIAL OUT SHIFT REGISTER

• This Shift Register accepts data serially i.e., one bit at a time
on a single input line.

• The content of this register is shifted by one bit for each clock
pulse

• In general, Shift register are constructed by ‘D’ flip-flops.

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SERIAL IN – SERIAL OUT
SHIFT REGISTER (LEFT)

Output < Q3 D3 < Q2 D2 < Q1 D1 < Q0 D0 < input

Clock

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SERIAL IN – PARALLEL OUT
SHIFT REGISTER

• It consists of one serial input and outputs are taken from all
the flip-flops parallelly.

• The data in the register shifts by one bit for each clock pulse.

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SERIAL IN – PARALLEL OUT
SHIFT REGISTER
Serial in – Parallel out Data Transfer

output

Q3 Q2 Q1 Q0

Q3 D3 Q2 D2 Q1 D1 Q0 D0 Data in

Clock

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SUMMARY

We have discussed about

• What is meant by Shift Register?

• Classification of Shift Registers

• Serial in – Serial out Shift Register

• Serial in – Parallel out Shift Register

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 Quiz

1. Shift register is used for

a. Storage of bits.

b. Shifting bits from left to right.

c. Shifting bits from right to left.

d. All of the above.

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 Quiz

2. Data transfer in registers are

a. Serial transfer

b. Parallel transfer

c. Both a and b

d. None of the above

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 Frequently Asked Questions

1. What is meant by data transfer in registers. List the

different types of data transfers.

2. Briefly explain the data transfer in the following

registers.

1. Serial in-Serial out

2. Serial in-Parallel out