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Q. Assertion : The logic gate $NOT$ can be built using diode.
Reason : The output voltage and the input voltage of the diode have 180$^{\circ}$ phase difference.

AIIMSAIIMS 2005Semiconductor Electronics: Materials Devices and Simple Circuits

Solution:

$NOT$ gate inverts the input signal. The $NOT$ gate has only one input and one output. It combines the input $A$ with the output $Y$, from Boolean expression
$\bar{A}=Y$
We cannot realise a NOT gate by using diodes.
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Instead a transistor has to be used. An electric circuit and truth table for a NOT gate using a $n-p-n$ transistor is shown
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