PCA8539
100 x 18 Chip-On-Glass automotive LCD dot matrix driver
Rev. 2 — 12 September 2014
Product data sheet
1. General description
The PCA8539 is a fully featured Liquid Crystal Display (LCD)1 driver, specifically designed
for high-contrast Vertical Alignment (VA) LCD with multiplex rates up to 1:18. It generates
the drive signals for multiplexed LCD containing up to 18 backplanes, 100 segments, and
up to 1800 elements/segments. The PCA8539 features an internal charge pump with
internal capacitors for on-chip generation of the LCD driving voltage. To ensure an optimal
and stable contrast over the full temperature range, the PCA8539 offers a programmable
temperature compensation of the LCD supply voltage. The PCA8539 can be easily
connected to a microcontroller by either the two-line I2C-bus or a four-line bidirectional
SPI-bus.
For a selection of NXP LCD graphic drivers, see Table 50 on page 86.
2. Features and benefits
AEC Q100 grade 2 compliant for automotive applications
Single-chip LCD controller and driver
Extended operating temperature range from 40 C to +105 C
100 segments and 18 backplanes allowing to drive any graphic with up to 1800
elements
On-chip:
Configurable 4, 3, or 2 times voltage multiplier generating LCD supply voltage,
independent of VDD, programmable by instruction (external supply also possible)
Integrated temperature sensor with temperature readout
Temperature compensation of on-chip generated VLCDOUT. Selectable linear
temperature compensation of VLCD
Generation of intermediate LCD bias voltages
Oscillator requires no external components (external clock also possible)
Readout of RAM and registers possible
Diagnostic features:
Checksum on I2C and SPI bus
Frame frequency: programmable from 45 Hz to 360 Hz
2960-bit RAM for storage (1800 bit for display data)
Two-line I2C-bus interface or four-line SPI bus
Multiplex drive mode 1:18 and 1:12
Inversion modes
n-line (n = 1 to 7) inversion
1. The definition of the abbreviations and acronyms used in this data sheet can be found in Section 20.