Hello everyone, I've done some searching but can't find an answer as to what the side nodes on an AND gate are for... Can anyone tell me what they are for? I have attached a diagram for clarification...
Thanks.

 

Welcome to AAC!

According to TI, they don't exist:


Whatever program you're using might use them to indicate power connections, but using circles would be lame.

 

Wish I could view PDFs on this site. But since I can’t, I can’t help you.

 

This is all the PDF contained:


Would have been more convenient if the OP had just posted the image.

 

Power & ground. There are many ways to draw a AND gate. Some times the power and ground are shown with the gate and some time power & ground is a separate square block.




Here is an example where they put power on one buffer and Ground on another. (6 in one IC)

 

I'm using KiCAD for my schematic capture. The logic gates have circular nodes on each side of the logic gates. Even the inverters have them... so I was wondering if they're used for daisy-chaining or for tapping in to the gate at some point.

 

ronsimpson, thanks for your input. That really helped!

 

I thought someone was playing a joke on you.
https://forum.kicad.info/t/logic-gate-shapes/22811

 

I'm using KiCAD for my schematic capture. The logic gates have circular nodes on each side of the logic gates. Even the inverters have them... so I was wondering if they're used for daisy-chaining or for tapping in to the gate at some point.

Must be power.

 

Power and ground. Different schematic capture packages and also different part libraries deal with power and ground connections differently.

 

Thanks WBahn, I just needed a good idea how to interpret them to things done. Power and ground clarify it really well.