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SOLOMON
SYSTECH LIMITED ANNOUNCES A NEW MEMBER OF
LCD DRIVER
CONTROLLER CHIP WITH
MULTI-LINE
ADDRESSING (MLA) DRIVING SCHEME
FOR PORTABLE
TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND CONSUMER APPLICATIONS
First
of Its Kind to Drive 128x160 LCD Display with MLA in Single
Chip
Hong
Kong, Mar 30, 2001 - Solomon Systech Limited today announced
a new member of LCD driver controller chip, part number
SSD1854, for portable telecommunications and consumer
applications such as cellular phones, PHS, and other
portable consumer products like handheld game console and
electronic organizer. The implementation of Multi-Line
Addressing (MLA) driving scheme in single chip LCD driver
controller is a pioneer in the market. Compared to the
conventional single line addressing driving scheme, the MLA
drives crisp clear display with better contrast, faster
response and at lower power.
Capable
of driving 128x160 dot matrix, 4 level grey scale STN
LCD,
the SSD1854 integrates all common/segment driver outputs,
voltage generator, internal regulator resistors,
serial/parallel interface, selectable temperature
compensation circuitry and oscillator in one chip to
minimize the external components required in applications.
By cascading two SSD1854, a maximum 256x160 display size
can
be supported. In addition, the device is designed to have
all common output pins on one side to facilitate the
latest
packaging technology, Chip-On-Film (COF), for slim, light
and compact system designs.
The device adapts the most commonly used basic command set
for easy programming. It has direct interface with the
latest, fast DSP or MPU. Combining all the advanced
features, Solomon Systech Limited makes SSD1854 a definite
choice for the new generation portable telecommunication
and
consumer products.
Technical
Specifications
The SSD1854 is a 128x160 single chip graphic display LCD
driver with MLA driving scheme. It is capable to display 16
characters by 20 lines alphanumeric character or 8
characters by 10 lines Kanji (16x16 dot) character.
Operating in low voltage 1.8V to 3.0V, the IC provides
on-chip 3x, 4x or 5x voltage generator for at most 17V high
voltage output, which is good enough in the MLA featured
display system. The on-chip "switch cap" divider
improves the display quality while minimizes external
components required.
The
device has a partial display mode where the LCD can be
programmed to display with less number of rows at lower
mux
ratio. A standby mode can further help to reduce LCD power
consumption by over 95%. The device provides selection
on
serial or parallel interface, which includes Motorola
standard serial peripheral interface SPI, 8 bit 6800-series
parallel interface and 8 bit 8080-series parallel interface.
Advanced design in zero address setup / hold time enables
the device to handshake with the latest, fast DSP or
MPU
protocol.
Other
features are LCD drive voltage temperature compensation
at 8 selectable coefficients, 64 level internal
contrast control, vertical scrolling, user programmable
window scrolling, invert display and on-chip oscillator.
The
SSD1854 is manufactured in CMOS process, available in
gold bump die. SSD1854 samples are available now at sample
price US$6.0. For detailed information and product
specifications, please contact Solomon Systech Limited or
visit the web site at http://www.solomon-systech.com.
Manufactured
under Motif license including U.S. Patent No. 5,420,604..
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SSD1854
in Chip-On-Film Applications
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