
Functional Description
(Continued)
nematic (TN) display with a 2.2 gamma transfer character-
istic. Additional, custom gamma curves can be requested
through your National Semiconductor representative. A typi-
cal TN display, when operated with the FPD33584 drivers
will produce a luminance with grayscale characteristic typical
of CRT monitors. The resistor values for all R-DACs are
shown in
Figure 22
. The individual R-DAC characteristics
can be found in:
Gamma A—
Figure 4
,
Figure 5
, and
Figure 6
Gamma B—
Figure 7
,
Figure 8
, and
Figure 9
Gamma C—
Figure 10
,
Figure 11
, and
Figure 12
Gamma D—
Figure 13
,
Figure 14
, and
Figure 15
Gamma F—
Figure 16
,
Figure 17
, and
Figure 18
Gamma G—
Figure 19
,
Figure 20
, and
Figure 21
Most applications will only need to provide references for
each of the two ends of the two R-DACs (GMA1, GMA5,
GMA6, and GMA10). Six additional, intemediate R-DAC tap
points are available for further customization.
CHARGE CONSERVATION TECHNOLOGY
National Semiconductor’s proprietary charge conservation
technology
significantly
reduces
Charge conservation works by briefly switching all of the
columns to a common node at the start of each line. This has
the effect of redistributing the charge stored in the capaci-
tance of the panel columns. Because half the columns are at
voltages more positive than V
com
and half are more nega-
tive, this redistribution of charge or “charge-sharing” has the
effect of pulling all of the columns to a neutral voltage near
the middle of the driver’s dynamic range. Thus, the voltages
on all the columns are driven approximately halfway toward
their next value with no power expended. This dramatically
reduces panel power dissipation (up to a theoretical limit of
50%) compared to conventional drivers which must drive
each column through the entire voltage swing every time
polarity is reversed.
’Smart’ charge sharing is used to further optimize this fea-
ture. Data inversion is monitored and charge shared only
across data ranges (when output polarity changes between
adjacent lines). This is useful during n-line inversion when
polarity changes do not occur at every line transition.
power
consumption.
TABLE 1. Charge Sharing Definition
TIME0 TIME1 Charge Share Time
0
0
16 RSDS CLKs (approx. 250ns
@
65MHz)
0
1
32 RSDS CLKs (approx. 500ns
@
65MHz)
1
0
64 RSDS CLKs (approx. 1μs
@
65MHz)
1
1
128 RSDS CLKs (approx. 2μs
@
65MHz)
As shown in
Figure 3
, charge sharing begins at the falling
edge of CLK1 and continues for the number or RSDS clock
cycles shown in
Table 1
. For more information on National’s
proprietary Smart Charge Sharing technology, please see
application note
AN1235 Using Smart Charge Sharing to
Reduce Power and Boost Column Driver Performance
,
which is available on the National Semiconductor website or
through your National Semiconductor representative.
The amount of charge share time is determined by 2 pins:
TIME0 and TIME1. Both TIME0 and TIME1 pins default to a
low state, so if both pins are left floating, the charge share
time will be 16 RSDS clock cycles. For most applications,
one of the charge share times defined by TIME0 and TIME1
will optimize the performance and power savings in the
panel. Generally, the average panel should set charge shar-
ing at either 32 RSDS clocks or 64 RSDS clocks, depending
on the data rate and the panel load. Panels with much larger
RC loads may need to increase the charge share time to get
the maximum benefit and panels with a smaller load can
realize power savings with a shorter charge share time.
Please contact National Semiconductor if you need further
assistance in selecting a charge share time.
RSDS DATA CHANNEL
The RSDS data bus is comprised of nine channels and a
common clock. Each channel consists of a two wire differ-
ential pair. The nine channels carry digital video data orga-
nized as three busses of three channels. Each three channel
bus corresponds on one of the three video colors, red, green
and blue. The three video busses are comprised of a most,
middle and least significant bit. The six bit video word is
carried on the three wires of each video bus in two consecu-
tive half words. The even fields of the word are transmitted-
received on a first clock and are followed by the odd fields on
the following clock transition. Clocking is dual edge and the
clock signal is also carried on a two wire, differential pair.
OPTIONAL REPAIR AMPLIFIERS
The FPD33584 provides two general purpose, unity gain
output buffers, one located at each end of the input bank of
the die. These buffers may be used to repair an open in a
column line. The drive signal from the output of the faulted
line can be stitched to the input of the repair buffer during the
repair process. The output of the repair buffer is then routed
to the other side of the column line making it possible to
maintain fast rise and fall times on both ends of the afflicted
column line.
PIN DESCRIPTIONS
The pin order configuration for the FPD33584 is shown in
Figure 23
CLKP and CLKN
—
Data Clock (input)
Differential clock input for RSDS data loading.
D00P–D22N
—
RSDS Data Bus (input)
D0xP–D0xN—Data for OUTPUTS 1,4,7...382 (red)
D1xP–D1xN—Data for OUTPUTS 2,5,8...383 (green)
D2xP–D2xN—Data for OUTPUTS 3,6,9...384 (blue)
Where x = 0 (LSB), 1 or 2 (MSB).
CLK1
—
Data Load (input)
The rising edge of CLK1 copies the digital video buffered by
the shift register into a second latch for conversion to analog.
The falling edge of CLK1 begins charge sharing.
POL
—
Polarity (input)
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FIGURE 3. FPD33584 Charge Share Timing
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