Design of Minnick counter using MOS-based threshold logic

Minnick counter is a special kind of electronic circuit that is employed to determine the number of ones in a binary input sequence. Here we have proposed a circuit which can determine the number of ones in a binary sequence. If we look close to the circuit then we may find that this circuit can also be used as a Full Adder circuit with a little alteration. The 3 bit Minnick Counter circuit can act like an one bit Full Adder. Therefore we can serve two major purposes that we often encounter while designing most of the circuits for the mathematical calculations in the computers and in arithmetic and logical circuits. This is designed using CMOS based threshold logic and also verified using SPICE simulator.