PCA8576C
NXP Semiconductors
Universal LCD driver for low multiplex rates
7.3 LCD voltage selector
The LCD voltage selector coordinates the multiplexing of the LCD in accordance with the
selected LCD drive configuration. The operation of the voltage selector is controlled by the
mode-set command from the command decoder. The biasing configurations that apply to
the preferred modes of operation, together with the biasing characteristics as functions of
V
LCD and the resulting discrimination ratios (D) are given in Table 5.
Table 5.
Biasing characteristics
Number of:
LCD drive
mode
LCD bias
configuration
Voff(RMS) Von(RMS)
------------------------ ----------------------- D = ------------------------
VLCD VLCD Voff(RMS)
Von(RMS)
Backplanes Levels
static
1
2
2
3
4
2
3
4
4
4
static
0
1
∞
1
1:2 multiplex
1:2 multiplex
1:3 multiplex
1:4 multiplex
⁄
2
0.354
0.333
0.333
0.333
0.791
0.745
0.638
0.577
2.236
2.236
1.915
1.732
1
⁄
3
1
⁄
3
1
⁄
3
A practical value for VLCD is determined by equating Voff(RMS) with a defined LCD
threshold voltage (Vth), typically when the LCD exhibits approximately 10 % contrast. In
the static drive mode a suitable choice is VLCD > 3Vth.
Multiplex drive modes of 1:3 and 1:4 with 1⁄2 bias are possible but the discrimination and
hence the contrast ratios are smaller.
1
Bias is calculated by ------------ , where the values for a are
1 + a
a = 1 for 1⁄2 bias
a = 2 for 1⁄3 bias
The RMS on-state voltage (Von(RMS)) for the LCD is calculated with Equation 1:
a2 + 2a + n
n × (1 + a)2
Von(RMS)
=
-----------------------------
(1)
V
LCD
where the values for n are
n = 1 for static drive mode
n = 2 for 1:2 multiplex drive mode
n = 3 for 1:3 multiplex drive mode
n = 4 for 1:4 multiplex drive mode
The RMS off-state voltage (Voff(RMS)) for the LCD is calculated with Equation 2:
a2 – 2a + n
n × (1 + a)2
Voff(RMS)
=
-----------------------------
(2)
(3)
V
LCD
Discrimination is the ratio of Von(RMS) to Voff(RMS) and is determined from Equation 3:
(a + 1)2 + (n – 1)
Von(RMS)
----------------------
D =
=
-------------------------------------------
(a – 1)2 + (n – 1)
Voff(RMS)
PCA8576C
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Product data sheet
Rev. 1 — 22 July 2010
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