Abstract
This chapter is dedicated to the driving of low-content displays. It gives an overview of these methods starting from the simplest, direct drive, and segmented low-content displays through multiplex passive and active matrix drives for displays with low- to mid-size resolutions. The introduction explains some of the electrical principals involved in driving a display. Later on, passive matrix addressing schemes will be described in more detail before the active matrix addressing scheme is presented. Finally, the handling of two typical low-resolution passive matrix LCD modules will be explained.
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Abbreviations
- AM:
-
Active matrix
- ASCII:
-
American Standard Code for Information Interchange
- CGRAM:
-
Character Generator Random Access Memory
- CGROM:
-
Character Generator Read Only Memory
- DC:
-
Direct current
- DC/DC:
-
Direct current converter
- DDRAM:
-
Display Data Random Access Memory
- DR:
-
Data register
- E:
-
Enable
- EOTF:
-
Electro-optical transfer function
- IF:
-
Interface
- IR:
-
Instruction register
- ITO:
-
Indium tin oxide
- LC:
-
Liquid crystal
- LCD:
-
Liquid crystal display
- LED:
-
Light-emitting diode
- μC:
-
Microcontroller
- MPU:
-
Microprocessor unit
- MOSFET:
-
Metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor
- OLED:
-
Organic light-emitting diode
- OTP:
-
One-time programmable
- PM:
-
Passive matrix
- PWM:
-
Pulse-width modulation
- QVGA:
-
Quarter Video Graphics Array
- RAM:
-
Random access memory
- RGB:
-
Red, green, blue
- RMS:
-
Root mean square
- RS:
-
Register select
- R/W:
-
Read/write
- TCON:
-
Timing controller
- TFT:
-
Thin-film transistor
- VGA:
-
Video Graphics Array
- XOR:
-
Exclusive OR
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Blankenbach, K., Hudak, A., Jentsch, M. (2015). Direct Drive, Multiplex, and Passive Matrix. In: Chen, J., Cranton, W., Fihn, M. (eds) Handbook of Visual Display Technology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-35947-7_33-2
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