(Hong Kong - 06 Oct, 2004) - With respect to the increasing demand on color mobile phone application, Solomon Systech Limited announced today another single chip CSTN LCD driver IC SSD1773 which supports 104x80 resolution with one icon line. Maximum 65K color can be achieved with simple connection and MCU interface.

SSD1773 is the new device from Solomon Systech Limited targets for flip phone with sub-display that is becoming the mainstream in the handset market. The IC is designed with built-in capacitor function that minimizes external components used in a LCD module. All the booster capacitors and divider capacitors are built-in SSD1773 so only two capacitors are needed externally.

This simple application allows compact design on sub-display modules in the flip phone system. Besides, SSD1773 has function of graphic engine that provides an easy way in handling simple graphics. This graphic engine commands include line drawing, rectangle drawing, window dimming, object clearing and copying. This graphic engine can also save the MCU process time and system power. The 65K CSTN LCD driver IC SSD1773 is one of the best choices for sub-display in an advanced flip phone system.