Liquid Crystal Display Drivers: Techniques and Circuits Book

FOREWORD. PREFACE.

1. LIQUID CRYSTALS. 1.1 Early History. 1.2 Classification. 1.3 Physical Characteristics. 1.4 Concluding Remarks. 1.5 References.

2. LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS. 2.1 Towards the First LCD. 2.2 The Twisted Nematic Mode. 2.3 New High-Performance LC Materials. 2.4 Further Developments. 2.5 Concluding Remarks. 2.6 References.

3. PASSIVE LCDs AND THEIR ADDRESSING TECHNIQUES. 3.1 Seven-Segment Displays and Direct Addressing. 3.2 Addressing of Passive-Matrix LCDs. 3.3 Limitations of Passive-Matrix Addressing. 3.4 Displaying Gray Levels. 3.5 Concluding Remarks. 3.6 References.

4. DRIVERS FOR PASSIVE-MATRIX LCDs. 4.1 Driver Architecture. 4.2 Host Interface. 4.3 Power Manager. 4.4 Driver Manager. 4.5 Image Processing. 4.6 Output Driver. 4.7 Silicon Processes for Display Drivers. 4.8 Packaging and Assembling Techniques. 4.9 Concluding Remarks. 4.10 References.

5. ACTIVE MATRIX LCDs AND THEIR ADDRESSING TECHNIQUES. 5.1 Thin Film Transistors. 5.2 Structure of an AMLCD Panel. 5.3 General Considerations. 5.4 Crosstalk Reduction and Polarity Inversion Techniques. 5.5 Kickback Compensation Methods. 5.6 Concluding Remarks. 5.7 References.

6. DRIVERS FOR ACTIVE-MATRIX LCDs. 6.1 AMLCD Driver Architectures. 6.2 Video Interfaces. 6.3 Source Drivers. 6.4 Gate Drivers. 6.5 References.

7. CHARGE PUMPS FOR LCD DRIVERS. 7.1 Analysis of the Charge Pump with a Pure Capacitive Load. 7.2 Optimized Design of the Charge Pump with a Pure Capacitive Load. 7.3 Analysis of the Charge Pump with a Current Load. 7.4 Optimized Design of the Charge Pump with a Current Load. 7.5 Voltages in a CP with a Current Load. 7.6 Charge Pump Topologies. 7.7 Concluding Remarks. 7.8 References.

Appendix A – FLAT PANEL DISPLAYS.

Appendix B – DISPLAY SPECIFICATIONS.

Appendix C – MATRICES FOR MLA.

Appendix D – COLOR PERCEPTION AND DESCRIPTION.
ABOUT THE AUTHORS. INDEX.