AY0438
32-Segment CMOS LCD Driver
FEATURES
PIN CONFIGURATION
40-Lead Dual In-line
• Drives up to 32 LCD segments of arbitrary config-
uration
VDD
LOAD
1
40
39
38
37
36
35
34
33
32
31
30
29
28
27
26
25
24
23
22
21
CLOCK
SEG 1
SEG 2
SEG 3
VSS
• CMOS process for: wide supply voltage range,
low- power operation, high-noise immunity, wide
temperature range
2
SEG 32
SEG 31
SEG 30
SEG 29
SEG 28
SEG 27
SEG 26
SEG 25
SEG 24
SEG 23
SEG 22
SEG 21
SEG 20
SEG 19
SEG 18
SEG 17
SEG 16
SEG 15
3
4
5
• CMOS and TTL-compatible inputs
• Electrostatic discharge protection on all pins
• Cascadable
6
DATA OUT
DATA IN
SEG 4
SEG 5
LCDΦ
7
8
9
• On-chip oscillator
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
• Requires only three control lines
BP
SEG 6
SEG 7
SEG 8
SEG 9
SEG 10
SEG 11
SEG 12
SEG 13
SEG 14
APPLICATIONS
• Industrial displays
• Consumer product displays
• Telecom product displays
• Automotive dashboard displays
DESCRIPTION
The AY0438 is a CMOS integrated device that drives a
liquid crystal display, usually under microprocessor
control. The part acts as a smart peripheral that drives
up to 32 LCD segments. It needs only three control
lines due to its serial input construction. It latches the
data to be displayed and relieves the microprocessor
from the task of generating the required waveforms.
44 PLCC
The AY0438 can drive any standard or custom parallel
drive LCD display, whether it be field effect or dynamic
scattering; 7-, 9-, 14- or 16-segment characters; deci-
mals; leading + or -; or special symbols. Several
AY0438 devices can be cascaded. The AC frequency
of the LCD waveforms can either be supplied by the
user or generated by attaching a capacitor to the LCD
input, which controls the frequency of an internal oscil-
lator.
SEG 29
NC
DATA OUT
7
8
9
39
38
37
36
35
34
33
32
31
30
29
SEG 28
SEG 27
SEG 26
SEG 25
SEG 24
SEG 23
SEG 22
SEG 21
SEG 20
SEG 19
DATA IN
SEG 4
SEG 5
LCDΦ
BP
SEG 6
SEG 7
SEG 8
NC
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
AY0438
The AY0438 is available in 40-lead dual in-line plastic
and 44-lead PLCC packages. Unpackaged dice are
also available.
1995 Microchip Technology Inc.
DS70010I-page 1