:PROPERTIES: :ID: 7b635cc5-51ae-4c8d-9e18-f8a57a9718b0 :mtime: 20231009034157 :ctime: 20231009034126 :END: #+title: Essential Prime Implicant #+filetags: :public:project: * Definition A [[id:32c7d004-ec28-4fa7-98d9-d27d653f18f7][Prime Implicant]] is called *essential* if it covers a [[id:3033ebb1-4429-4d30-b526-24b4d2988d38][Miniterm]] and no other prime implicant covers that miniterm. * Visually On a Karnaugh Map You can visually recognize an essential prime impliant on a [[id:c3126ca5-44cb-4b50-b8b1-1ce56cc50a6d][Karnaugh Map]] because it is a block of 1s.