DEPARTMENT OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION

ANDHRA PRADESH
Name of the Faculty: M. VISWANATHA REDDY
Designation : Head of Electronics

Communication
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 : PISO,PIPO
Teaching Aids : PPT Animations

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OBJECTIVES
On the completion of this period, you would be
able to know

• working of Parallel in – Serial out Shift Registers.

• working of Parallel in – Parallel out Shift Registers.

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Recap
• What is a register?
 Register is a group of flip-flops that stores data in
binary form.

• What is a shift register?

 A shift register can shift its content either to its left or
to right in synchronization with its clock input

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PARALLE IN – SERIAL OUT SHIFT REGISTER

D3 D2
D1 D0

Out Q3 D3 Q2 D2 Q1 D1 Q0 D0

CLK

Fig. 1

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PARALLE IN – SERIAL OUT SHIFT REGISTER

D0 D1 D2 D3

Fig. 2

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PARALLEL IN – SERIAL OUTSHIFT REGISTER

• write/Shift is a control input that allows the Four bits of

data D3, D2, D1, D0 inputs to enter into the register in

parallel or shift the data in serial.

• When write/shift is low, data from inputs D3D2D1D0 are

loaded into the register

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PARALLEL IN – SERIAL OUT SHIFT REGISTER
(Contd)

• When a clock pulse is applied, the flip-flop with D=1 will set

and flip-flop with D=0 will be reset.

• When write/shift is high, data bits shift to right from one stage
to the next.

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PARALLEL IN – PARALLEL OUT SHIFT
REGISTER

Fig. 3

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WORKING
• When the clear input is activated the content of the register
resets to 0000

• The parallel input can be applied at D0D1D2D3

• When the input is applied the register loads the input on arrival
of the next clock pulse

• The parallel output can be obtained from Q0Q1Q2Q3

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SUMMARY

We have discussed about

• The working of Parallel in – Serial out shift register.

• The working of Parallel in – Parallel out shift register.

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Quiz

1. Which of the following register transfer is fastest.

a) SISO

b) SIPO

c) PISO

d) PIPO

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Quiz

2. The advantage of serial data transfer compared

to parallel data transfer is that

a) It requires less number of wires (hardware)

b) It is faster

c) It is BCD compatible

d) It requires less number of registers

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Frequently asked Questions

Briefly explain the working of following registers

1. Parallel in – Serial out

2. Parallel in – Parallel out

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