APPLICATION NOTE. Introduction. Advantages of IC Drivers. Non-Multiplexed Displays

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1 APPLICATION NOTE Display Driver Family Combines Convenience of Use with Microprocessor Interfaceability AN054 Rev 0.00 Introduction For some time now Intersil has manufactured a line of display drivers oriented toward convenience of interface to the displays themselves and to the microprocessor bus or other digital system from which the displayed data comes. These devices have been mainly intended for numeric data (including hexadecimal and similar codes), and have been designed to drive Liquid Crystal (LCD), Light Emitting (LED) and Vacuum Fluorescent (VF) displays. Most have offered full-time drive, limiting the total number of segments that could be driven by each device to 2. The recent growth in popularity of alphanumeric displays, fueled by intelligent typewriters, language translators, Point of Sale Equipment, intelligent test equipment, and so on, has led to the development of a series of alphanumeric display drivers for LCDs and LEDs. The large number of segments involved means that any useful multi-character driver must use a multiplexing scheme, and fortunately LCD technology has reached a point where suitable multiplexable fluids are now becoming widely available. As for LEDs, the circuit and layout technology to handle the higher currents involved in a suitable LSI process has also been developed at the right time. A brief glance at the earlier products will lead us to a closer look at these new display drivers. Advantages of IC Drivers Decoding and driving circuits for various types of numeric and alphanumeric displays have been greatly simplified by large scale integration. These new display drivers dramatically exhibit the following benefits and advantages over discrete designs: more circuit functions in less space simpler design effort for the user more flexible operation reduced circuit expense Consider, for example, the design of an ASCII -character alphanumeric multiplexed LED display system. The block diagram for such a system constructed with discrete and MSI components is shown in Figure 2. Included as one of the blocks is an word by 6-bit memory which stores the 6- bit ASCII word for each of the characters to be displayed. The addresses for the memory are selected either from the input circuitry, when writing to the display, or from the 3-bit counter, which generates the addresses for the 3 line to line decoder. The NPN transistors drive the common cathode display for each character. The data from the memory is sent to a decoder which determines the correct segments to be turned on and must be a specially programmed ROM or PLA with an output for each of the 14- or 16-character segments. The PNP transistors serve as individual segment drivers, and the resistors in each of their collectors serve to set the current for that segment. By contrast, Figure 1 shows an ASCII -character alphanumeric multiplexed LED display system in which all of the decoding, multiplexing, and driving is accomplished by a single integrated circuit, Intersil s ICM7243. The savings in board space, design time by the user, and cost are easy to see. Additionally, this single chip approach offers several additional features, such as built-in microprocessor compatibility, low power shutdown mode, and automatic interdigit blanking. These features would require extra circuitry in the discrete design and increase the cost of the system. One advantage frequently not fully appreciated is the offloading of microprocessor software into the display driver. This can free up both memory and time for other tasks, as compared to designs using software-derived display decoding and timing. The integrated circuits now available provide a wide selection of display driving capability and can be divided into several categories. Most numeric display drivers also provide a few alphabetic characters for displaying hexadecimal values. True alphanumeric display devices have numbers, letters, punctuation marks, and other symbols in their character sets. The interconnection to display driver ICs also varies from multiplexed BCD inputs to serial bit-stream arrangements or parallel microprocessor bus compatible input schemes. Non-Multiplexed Displays One important category of driver circuit is the nonmultiplexed, or direct drive type. In this case, direct drive means that there is one line for each segment of the display (e.g., 4 digits x 7 segments = 2 lines). In many applications the use of a full-time or non-multiplexed configuration has a number of advantages. For relatively high current displays such as LEDs and VF, the absence of continuous and somewhat unpredictable display current changes can be a major advantage. Current spikes and level changes, reflected usually on supply lines to other circuitry, are minimized, and generally occur only when the display is changed, thus being under the control of the rest of the system. As for LCDs, multiplexable displays, though widely used in calculators, have not been available on the general market. The IMC7211, ICM7212 and ICM7235 series of full time display drivers come in a number of versions. The ICM7211 drives liquid crystal displays (LCD), the ICM7212 drives light emitting diode displays (LED) and the ICM7235 drives vacuum fluorescent display panels (VF). These three display drivers are identical except for the output driver structure. Multiplexed BCD AN054 Rev 0.00 Page 1 of 26

2 Display Driver Family Combines Convenience of Use with Microprocessor Interfaceability or microprocessor bus compatible input configurations are available. As shown in the Functional Diagram of Figure 3, they all drive 4 digits of 7 segments each. The data input is fed through a decoder into the latch, from which the segment outputs are derived. This particular part is an LCD driver, and so includes a backplane oscillator and driver, which is also fed to the segment drivers. The oscillator is arranged so that the backplane driver can be disabled by tying the oscillator pin to the negative supply. Once this is done, the associated pin, together with the segment drivers keyed from it, can then be externally driven. Several display drivers can thus drive a multidigit display, with one backplane. The digit into which the incoming data is loaded is determined by individual select lines, for ready interface with the multiplexed BCD signals widely used in instrumentation, etc. Another version is shown in Figure 4. This part, the ICM7121M is oriented to microprocessor bus interface, with binary-coded digit select lines and active low CHIP SELECT lines. The device is an LED driver, and the backplane oscillator and control is replaced by a brightness control. arranged for each digit. Two standard patterns are provided, as shown in Table 1. The hexadecimal code is widely used in microprocessor and other binary digital systems, while Code B is popular in instruments and equipment where certain test and warning messages can be provided readily. Both provide standard BCD decoding for numerals. Some typical applications of these devices are shown in the next few figures. Figure 5 shows the ICM7211 interfaced to the ICL7135, a new single chip 4 1 / 2 digit A/D converter. This device provides a multiplexed BCD output, together with polarity and overrange information. The circuit shown uses a CD4054 to drive the half digit, polarity, and overrange flags. A similar circuit for driving VF displays is shown in Figure 6, using the ICM7235. Brightness control is achieved by pulsed duty cycle using a CMOS 7555 timer on the ON/OFF input. The identical circuit (with a lower display voltage) can be used with common cathode LEDs, while substituting an ICM7212 will allow the use of common anode LEDs. The output is set to drive common anode displays, with segment currents of typically ma. The Functional Diagram of the ICM7335M VF display driver is virtually identical, except for the polarity of the outputs. These outputs can withstand up to 30V when off, more than adequate for the standard VF displays available. The segment current is typically 2.5mA, which also allows the devices to be used for driving common cathode LEDs. WRITE CONTROL ADDRESS 6 3 ICM7243A/B 14-/16-SEGMENT CHARACTER 14- OR 16-SEGMENT LED DISPLAY Another variation in this family of parts concerns the display font. The 4 line binary input data is decoded to 7-segment format in a mask programmable ROM, allowing any pattern to be constructed, and if desired separate decodes can be FIGURE 1. -CHARACTER ALPHANUMERIC LED DISPLAY SYSTEM (SINGLE CHIP DESIGN) WRITE CONTROL WRITE LOGIC ASCII TO 14- OR 16-SEGMENT DECODER 6 V CC 6 6 x MEMORY 3 SEGMENT DRIVE ADDRESS 3 ADDRESS MUX 3 -CHARACTER 14- OR 16-SEGMENT LED DISPLAY CHARACTER DRIVE 3-BIT COUNTER 3 OSC 3 LINE TO LINE DIGIT DECODER FIGURE 2. -CHARACTER ALPHANUMERIC LED DISPLAY SYSTEM (DISCRETE DESIGN) AN054 Rev 0.00 Page 2 of 26

3 Display Driver Family Combines Convenience of Use with Microprocessor Interfaceability D4 SEGMENT OUTPUTS D3 SEGMENT OUTPUTS D2 SEGMENT OUTPUTS D1 SEGMENT OUTPUTS V DD 7 WIDE DRIVER 7 WIDE DRIVER 7 WIDE DRIVER 7 WIDE DRIVER V SS 7 WIDE LATCH EN 7 WIDE LATCH EN 7 WIDE LATCH EN 7 WIDE LATCH EN PROGRAMMABLE 4 TO 7 DECODER PROGRAMMABLE 4 TO 7 DECODER PROGRAMMABLE 4 TO 7 DECODER PROGRAMMABLE 4 TO 7 DECODER S DIGIT SELECT S OSCILLATOR ENABLE DETECTOR OSCILLATOR 6kHz FREE RUNNING +12 BACK- PLANE DRIVER ENABLE BP / OUTPUT FIGURE 3. FUNCTIONAL DIAGRAM OF ICM7211 D4 SEGMENT OUTPUTS D3 SEGMENT OUTPUTS D2 SEGMENT OUTPUTS D1 SEGMENT OUTPUTS V DD 7 WIDE DRIVER 7 WIDE DRIVER 7 WIDE DRIVER 7 WIDE DRIVER BRIGHTNESS V SS 7 WIDE LATCH EN 7 WIDE LATCH EN 7 WIDE LATCH EN 7 WIDE LATCH EN PROGRAMMABLE 4 TO 7 DECODER PROGRAMMABLE 4 TO 7 DECODER PROGRAMMABLE 4 TO 7 DECODER PROGRAMMABLE 4 TO 7 DECODER S 4-BIT LATCH ENABLE 2-BIT DIGIT SELECT CODE 2-BIT LATCH ENABLE 2 TO 4 DECODER ENABLE CHIP SELECT 1 CHIP SELECT 2 ONE SHOT FIGURE 4. FUNCTIONAL DIAGRAM OF ICM7212M/ICM7235M AN054 Rev 0.00 Page 3 of 26

4 Display Driver Family Combines Convenience of Use with Microprocessor Interfaceability Figure 7 shows a pair of ICM7211M devices set up on an 04 bus and accessed by port lines to form an -digit LCD display for a microcomputer based system. In this arrangement, any digit can be changed independently from the others and the display used for system values in decimal or hexadecimal notation. The lines B 0 -B 3 are the data input lines of the display drivers; data on these lines is decoded from BCD to 7-segment format when the chip select (CS 1 and CS 2 ) conditions are met for that device. The digit to be written is determined by the select lines, DS 1 and DS 2. The 56 segment drive lines from the two ICM7211s are synchronized by use of the OSC (pin 36) on the right-hand ICM7211. When this pin is tied low, the backplane output (pin 5) is transformed into an input and can be driven by the backplane output of the lefthand ICM7211. In this way a single -digit LCD display with one backplane connection can be driven by two LCD display drivers. TABLE 1. OUTPUT CODES FOR 7-SEGMENT DISPLAYS BINARY HEXADECIMAL ICM7211(M) ICM7212(M) CODE B ICM7211A(M) ICM7212A(M) B3 B2 B1 B A B E C H D L E P F (BLANK) A similar interface can easily be designed for MCS-0/5/6 systems and the Motorola MC60X and MOS Technology/Rockwell MCS650X devices. Although the LCD devices are shown, the same arrangement can also be used with the ICM7212M and ICM7235M. The ICM7211, ICM7212 and ICM7235 display drivers are directly related to a family of counter/display drivers, the ICM7224, ICM7225, and ICM7236. These devices are 4 1 / 2 - digit counters that directly drive LCD, LED or VF displays. They handle counting rates as high as 25MHz, display results up to 9, and are easily cascadable to form higher resolution counters. Evaluation kits for these counters and display drivers, and the ICL7135 A/D converter, are available from Intersil. Multiplexed LED Displays LEDs can be multiplexed quite easily, and the ICM721 will run digits of 7 segments plus decimal point. The advantage of multiplexing is immediately apparent, as most versions of this device require only 2 pins, compared to 40 for the devices just covered, and they drive twice as many digits. Versions are available to operate common cathode and common anode type displays. A further division is made between devices where the basic access mode is serial, i.e., each digit location must be loaded in sequence, and those where digit locations are individually addressable. The serial access devices have latches to control certain operating modes, whereas the random access parts select these via full-time control pins. These modes include a shutdown operation where the digit and segment drivers are turned off, and the multiplex scan oscillator is halted. Data can continue to be loaded, but the power drain is typically only 10 A. Other operating modes control the data decoding function. The data input lines can be used to directly control the segment and decimal point outputs, without decoding at all (the decimal point input is inverted). Alternatively, the lowest 4 data bits can be decoded according to either of the hexadecimal and Code B fonts shown in Table 1. The device provides interdigit blanking for about 10 s between digit drive times to avoid ghosting. The peak drive current for the common anode device is about 40mA per segment, averaging to 5mA with a 12.2% duty cycle. The common cathode drivers offer about half the current, suitable for the smaller displays of this type. A 16-digit microprocessor display application is shown in Figure using two ICM721C devices connected to the data and address lines of an 04 microcomputer. Note that the individual 7-segment displays are interleaved to simplify the addressing of the two driver chips. The 3 digit address lines of each ICM721 are tied to the same 3 address lines of the 04. When data appears on the data output lines of the 04 and the write command is given, the display drivers will be addressed simultaneously and the 2 digits addressed by DA 0, DA 1, and DA 2 will be written simultaneously. The decimal point inputs come from the 04 address lines. The code selected by pin 9 of the ICM721 is hexadecimal. Independent addressing and the no-decode mode of the ICM721A, B, and E allow them to be used in non-numeric applications. Since each LED segment is independently addressable by way of data input lines and segments per digit (7 + decimal point), it is possible to use them as LED system status panel drivers or as 64-segment bar graph drivers. Two LED system status panel examples are shown in Figure 9, one with 32 channels of red and green LEDs, and one with 21 channels of red, yellow, and green LEDs. Each of these status panels can be driven by one ICM721 display driver with individual LEDs arranged in groups of for each of the digit outputs. AN054 Rev 0.00 Page 4 of 26

5 AN054 Rev 0.00 Page 5 of 26 REF VOLTAGE ANALOG GND 100k 100k 0.1 F -5V F 1.0 F 100k 1 F +5V 1 V- UR ICL REF ANALOG COMMON INT OUT AZIN BUF OUT RC1 RC2 LO HI D5 B1 B2 OR STROBE R/H DIG GND POL CLOCK BUSY D1 D2 D3 D4 B B V CD4064A kC = 3 READINGS/SEC CLOCK IN FIGURE / 2 DIGIT A/D CONVERTER WITH LCD DISPLAY 4-1 / 2 DIGIT LCD DISPLAY BACKPLANE 5 BP 31 D1 32 D2 33 D3 34 D4 30 B3 29 B2 2 B1 27 B0 35 V SS 2 SEGMENTS D1-D4 ICM7211A 2,3, OSC 36 V DD 1 0V +5V OPTIONAL CAPACITOR pF +5V Display Driver Family Combines Convenience of Use with Microprocessor Interfaceability

6 AN054 Rev 0.00 Page 6 of 26 POL +5V 0V D 1 -D 5 B 1 -B 4 4.7k +5V 2N /4 CD4042 POL Q CL D 4.7k 4 1 / 2 DIGIT LCD DISPLAY +5V 2N V 0V ON/OFF D 1 D 2 D 3 D 4 B 3 B 2 B 1 B 0 V SS ICM7235A D 1 -D 4 2 SEGMENTS V DD V DD 2,3, V FIGURE 6. VACUUM FLORESCENT DISPLAY DRIVER V +5V GND ICM7555 OUT RESET V 4.7k 4.7k 0.1 F 0V 50k Display Driver Family Combines Convenience of Use with Microprocessor Interfaceability

7 AN054 Rev 0.00 Page 7 of 26 NC +5V 40 V CC 26 V DD 20 V SS P XTAL 2 4 RESET 7 EA (NOTE) 5 SS 1 T0 39 T1 6 INT ALE PSEN 11 9 PROG P17 34 IM0C XTAL 1 74 COMPUTER P P27 3 DB DB7 19 WR 10 RD I/O NOTE: EA SHOULD GO TO +5V FOR 0(C) 35 DEVICES ICM7211M HIGH ORDER DIGITS +5V 1 V DD 2,3,4 SEGMENTS 6-26 BP I/O 36 OSC B0-B3 DS1DS2CS1 CS DIGIT LCD DISPLAY 2,3,4 V SS 1 BP SEGMENTS OSC B0-B3 DS1 DS2 CS1 CS FIGURE 7. -DIGIT LCD MICROCOMPUTER DISPLAY ICM7211M LOW ORDER DIGITS NC 355/755 NOT NECESSARY TO ICM7211 INTERFACE +5V +5V V CC V DD V SS 21 A 22 A9 23 A10 2 CE 4 RESET 1 PROG 12 AD0 13 AD1 14 AD2 15 AD3 16 AD4 17 AD5 1 AD6 19 AD7 IOR 10 IOW 9 RD 11 ALE PA PA7 31 PB PB /755 ROM/EPROM WITH I/O EXPANDER NC NC I/O I/O Display Driver Family Combines Convenience of Use with Microprocessor Interfaceability

8 Display Driver Family Combines Convenience of Use with Microprocessor Interfaceability Figure 10 shows a functional diagram of an ICM721E used in a 6-bit binary to 64-segment bar graph application. The write control block generates the write command and address of the group of segments to be written. The address is compared with the 3 MSBs of the input binary value. If the address to be written is less than the 3 MSBs, then the data is to be all ones, turning on those segments corresponding to the 3 MSBs. If the address is greater than the 3 MSBs, the data is to be all zeros. When the address is equal to the 3 MSBs, the data generator uses the 3 LSBs of the input word to determine the point at which the bar graph changes from on to off. The data is found by: data value = (2n) - 1 where n is the 3-bit LSB value (0 to ). Note that the data sent to the decimal point input (pin ) needs to be inverted. Alphanumeric LED display systems have recently been simplified in the same way that the numeric-only LED display system has been simplified by the ICM721 family (Figures 1 and 2). A pair of integrated circuits dedicated to 14- and 16-segment alphanumeric LED displays have been developed - the ICM7243A and B. These devices accept a 6-bit parallel ASCII code, decode it, and drive the appropriate segments of an -character common cathode display. The mask programmable character sets and corresponding ASCII codes are shown in Figures 11 and 12 for the 14-and 16-segment versions. The ICM 7243 has 2 input data modes. The Random Access (RA) mode allows independent addressing of characters by way of 3-digit address lines. The RA mode writes only the character addressed. The Serial Access (SA) mode writes characters from left to right on the display without having to externally address each character. Right to left writing can be done by wiring the digits in reverse order. The OSC/OFF pin on the ICM7243 provides a shutdown mode which, when grounded, will put the display driver in a low-power mode, blanking the displays while the memory reaction is kept active. The DISPLAY FULL and SERIAL ENABLE lines combine to make cascading display drivers easy. An example of a 24-character LED display is shown in Figure 13. The MODE lines are all tied high to set up serial input, and DISPLAY FULL is connected to SEN of the next device to enable cascading. When CHIP SELECT is high, the WRITE line is active-low. If however, active-high is desired, WRITE can be tied low and CHIP SELECT used as an activehigh write line. The characters will be written from left to right as new ASCII data is presented to the 6-bit input bus and the WRITE command is given. Figure 14 shows the use of the OSC/OFF pin to get the shutdown mode. In this example two ICM7243s are dedicated to the same characters of the LED display. The drivers are enabled alternately, performing a message select function. When the OSC/OFF pin is brought low by the open-collector inverter, all outputs of that driver are turned off, freeing its group of LED characters to be driven by the other ICM7243. The display driver is turned on by allowing the OSC/OFF pin to float. The average segment current of the ICM7243 is 3mA maximum (24mA/ digits). This is quite enough current to give good contrast to the or 0.4 inch high displays. If larger displays are to be driven it is an easy task to add a simple transistor current boost circuit to each character and segment output. The current boost circuit shown in Figure 15 will provide an average segment current of about 12mA. This current should be sufficient to drive larger alphanumeric LED displays. Multiplexed Liquid Crystal Displays The benefits of multiplexing have been slow in coming to LCD systems, outside of a few consumer items. Much of the reason lies with the display. A reverse biased LED (or VF device) will not display anything, so part-time forward bias control is enough to control the overall result. But LCDs require an AC drive, and continuously look at the voltage between backplane and segment. Thus, multiplexing LCDs require waveforms that rely on a threshold in the RMS voltage-vs contrast characteristics. The result is that until recently no multiplexed LCD displays were commercially available (off-the-shelf), and naturally it is hard to justify building display drivers for unavailable displays! Nevertheless, Intersil had introduced the ICM7231/32/33/34 family of Triplex Multiplexed LCD drivers and several matching LCD displays have become available. Figure 16 shows a block diagram of the ICM7233 display driver for 4 characters of 1 segments. The 6 data input lines are decoded into 1 segment lines according to the font shown in Table 2. These are then latched in the character location selected by the two address lines at the rising edge of one of the Chip Select inputs. The segments are arranged on 6 segment lines against 3 common (backplane) lines as shown in Figure 17. The resistive divider sets up a total of 4 voltage levels and the COMmon and SEGment lines are switched between these levels as shown in Figure 1. The resulting voltages between one segment in the display and its common backplane are shown in Figure 19. The ratio of RMS voltages for ON and OFF conditions of the segment is 1.92:1 as shown. The relationship between contrast and applied voltage for a typical multiplexed LCD display is shown in Figure 20, and indicates that the viewing angle for adequate contrast at this level is satisfactory. Figure 21 shows the variation with temperature of the voltage margins (expressed as peak voltage) above and below which the display will begin to malfunction. The ICM7231 uses 4 of the input data lines for binary display data, and 2 more for annunciator inputs. The segment latches are divided into groups (digits) of 9 (7 segments plus 2 annunciators) with 1 extra address input provided for selection. Several different versions offer hexadecimal or Code B fonts (Table 1) and different annunciator connections (see Figure 22 for patterns). AN054 Rev 0.00 Page of 26

9 AN054 Rev 0.00 Page 9 of 26 NC V V CC V DD V SS XTAL1 XTAL2 RESET EA SS T0 T1 INT GND IM0C COMPUTER ALE PSEN PROG WR 11 D16 D15 D14 D13 D12 D11 D10 D9 D D7 D6 D5 D4 D3 D2 D P10 P11 P12 P13 P14 P15 P16 P17 P20 P21 P22 P23 P24 P25 P26 P27 D0 D1 D2 D3 D4 D5 D6 D7 RD V GND 19 2 DA0 DA1 DA2 ID7 (DEC. PT.) ID0 ID1 ID2 ID3 THREE LEVEL ICM721C/D WR GND FIGURE. 16-DIGIT LED MICROCOMPUTER DISPLAY DIGITS SEGMENTS V GND 19 2 DA0 DA1 DA2 ID7 (DEC. PT.) ID0 ID1 ID2 ID3 THREE LEVEL WR GND ICM721C/D DIGITS SEGMENTS Display Driver Family Combines Convenience of Use with Microprocessor Interfaceability

10 AN054 Rev 0.00 Page 10 of 26 ON OFF CHANNELS A B C D E F G H J K L M N P Q R S T U V W X Y Z DIGIT DRIVE LINES ICM721A/B/E 32 CHANNEL x 2 INDICATORS STATUS PANEL BINARY (LSBs) BINARY (MSBs) 3 3 SEGMENT DRIVE LINES GENERATOR < = > 3-BIT COMPARATOR 3 ADDRESS GENERATOR AND WRITE CONTROL RED LEDS GREEN LEDS STOP CAUTION GO FIGURE 9. STATUS PANEL EXAMPLES FOR ICM FIGURE BIT BINARY TO BAR GRAPH APPLICATION DP ICM721A/B/E ADDRESS WR CHANNELS A B C D E F G H J K L M N P Q R S T U V W DIGIT DRIVE LINES ICM721A/B/E 21 CHANNEL x 3 INDICATORS STATUS PANEL SEGMENT 64-SEGMENT BAR GRAPH DIGIT SEGMENT DRIVE LINES RED LEDs YELLOW LEDs GREEN LEDs Display Driver Family Combines Convenience of Use with Microprocessor Interfaceability

11 Display Driver Family Combines Convenience of Use with Microprocessor Interfaceability a1 a2 f h i j b g1 g2 e m l k c d2 d1 DP D 5, D D D D D FIGURE 11. ICM7243A 16-SEGMENT CHARACTER FONT WITH DECIMAL POINT AN054 Rev 0.00 Page 11 of 26

12 AN054 Rev 0.00 Page 12 of 26 f e a1 a a2 h i j g1 g2 m l k d2 d d1 b c DP D 5, D D D D D NOTE: Segments a and d appear as 2 segments each, but both halves are driven together. FIGURE 12. ICM7243B 14-SEGMENT CHARACTER FONT WITH DECIMAL POINT Display Driver Family Combines Convenience of Use with Microprocessor Interfaceability

13 AN054 Rev 0.00 Page 13 of 26 CLR 6-BIT CHIP SELECT WRITE -CHARACTER LED DISPLAY -CHARACTER LED DISPLAY -CHARACTER LED DISPLAY CHAR CLR SEG MODE ICM7243A SEN DISPLAY FULL D0 -D 5 CS WR CHAR CLR SEG MODE ICM7243A SEN DISPLAY FULL D0 -D 5 CS WR FIGURE CHARACTER LED MICROCOMPUTER DISPLAY CHAR CLR SEG MODE ICM7243A SEN D0 -D 5 CS WR Display Driver Family Combines Convenience of Use with Microprocessor Interfaceability

14 AN054 Rev 0.00 Page 14 of 26 MESSAGE SELECT CS A WR A CS B WR B CHAR SEQ ICM7243 OSC/OFF CS WR D 0 -D 5 SN DISPLAY FULL CHAR SEQ ICM OSC/OFF D 0 -D 5 CS WR SEN CHAR ICM7243 FIGURE 14. ICM7243 MESSAGE SELECT APPLICATION SEQ OSC/OFF CS WR D 0 -D 5 DISPLAY FULL SEN CHAR SEQ ICM OSC/OFF D 0 -D 5 CS WR Display Driver Family Combines Convenience of Use with Microprocessor Interfaceability

15 Display Driver Family Combines Convenience of Use with Microprocessor Interfaceability SEGMENT DRIVER V DD +5V R SEG x V LED = 1.6V R TYPICAL = 100 DISPLAY +5V 100 SEG 1mA +5V 2N2219 ICM (100mA PEAK ) CHARACTER DRIVER R ON ~ 4Þ CHAR N SEGMENT LEDs R ON = 4 CHAR 14mA 2N AMP PEAK GND GND GND FIGURE 15A. STANDARD DISPLAY CONNECTION FIGURE 15. DISPLAY CURRENT BOOST CIRCUIT FOR ICM7243 FIGURE 15B. LED CURRENT BOOST CONNECTION The serial input versions, the ICM7232 and ICM7234, exchange the 6 data input lines for 6 more SEGment lines, allowing 2 digits or one character extra per driver. The Address and Chip Select Lines are replaced by 4 serial input control lines (Figure 23) which clock data and address information into a shift register before writing it into the display. A ACCEPTED flag output indicates when enough data has been entered into the shift register, and enables the writing operation. WRite pulses also reset the shift register and ACCEPTED flag. The two annunciator locations need not be filled, and clocking more data into the shift register than it can accept causes an automatic reset. This minimizes the chance of displaying incorrect information. The serial input format on the ICM7234 is similar (Figure 24) except that all bits need to be loaded into the shift register to determine the character code and location. Data to be written into nonexistent addresses is ignored. The initial setup of the optimum display voltage, and its variation with temperature, shown in Figure 21, is accommodated in the ICM7231/32/33/34 devices by separating the display driving voltage from the logic voltage, and also allowing the input signals to exceed the logic supply in one direction. The display voltage can be controlled by the use of the ICL7663, as shown in Figure 25. The device pinouts are arranged to simplify the board layout of display systems. The basic layout for the ICM7231 and a corresponding display, for example, is shown in Figure 26, and the others are similar. The convenient interface with microprocessors is indicated in Figure 27. Here the -bit bus of an MCS-4 microcomputer is used to provide the 6 data bits and the 2 address bits for writing to a series of 4-character drivers, the ICM7233. Port lines select specific drivers via one of the CHIP SELECT lines, while the other provides WR cycle timing. A similar arrangement can be used with any microprocessor that provides a WR line, such as the MCS-0/5. A slightly more complex interface to an MC60X processor is shown in Figure 2. Here, address lines are used for character and chip selection, enabled by a port line from another peripheral chip. Note that in both these circuits, and any other multiple chip systems of this kind, the 3 common lines must be separated for each group of digits or characters. Several displays organized in this manner are now available from some vendors (notable Epson), and more are expected soon. An example of the serial interface connection can be seen in Figure 29 where a COPS420C microcomputer has been fitted with a 10-character alphanumeric LCD display. The display and drivers can easily be located at some remote point in the system and communicate with the microcomputer via the 4 data lines, serial data, serial clock, WRITE 1, and WRITE 2. The microcomputer controls which character is being written by sending the appropriate write pulse and by sending the digit address bits. The last 3 bits in the string of 9 sent to the ICM7234s are the digit address bits. Since the digit addressing is sent with each data word, the display may be written in random access mode. Summary The display drivers mentioned here are examples of how CMOS technology is being used to simplify the design of numeric and alphanumeric display systems. The method of driving (direct, multiplex, triplex) is not usually as important to a system designer as the questions regarding the type of display (LCD, LED, Vacuum Fluorescent, Gas Discharge), the size of display, and the number of digits or characters. The actual construction of display systems is easier now that there is a wide selection of decoder/drivers from which to choose. AN054 Rev 0.00 Page 15 of 26

16 Display Driver Family Combines Convenience of Use with Microprocessor Interfaceability CHAR 4 U V W X Y Z CHAR 3 U V W X Y Z CHAR 2 U V W X Y Z CHAR 1 U V W X Y Z SEGMENT LINE DRIVERS 6 WIDE OUTPUT LATCHES 16 WIDE V H V L ON CHIP DISPLAY VOLTAGE LEVEL GENERATOR 1 DECODER LATCHES EN CHARACTER ADDRESS DECODER ADDRESS LATCHES EN EN ONE SHOT DISPLAY TIMING GENERATOR COMMON LINE DRIVER PIN 2 () COM 1 COM 2 COM 3 D 0 D 1 D 2 D 3 D 4 D 5 ASCII S A 0 A 1 ADDRESS S CS1 CS2 CHIP SELECT S FIGURE 16. ICM7233 FUNCTIONAL DIAGRAM AN054 Rev 0.00 Page 16 of 26

17 Display Driver Family Combines Convenience of Use with Microprocessor Interfaceability TABLE 2. 6-BIT ASCII 1-SEGMENT FONT (ICM7233, ICM7234) CODE DISPLAY OUTPUT D 5, D 4 D 3 D 2 D 1 D 0 0, 0 0, 1 1, 0 1, TABLE 2. 6-BIT ASCII 1-SEGMENT FONT (ICM7233, ICM7234) (Continued) DISPLAY OUTPUT CODE D 5, D 4 D 3 D 2 D 1 D 0 0, 0 0, 1 1, 0 1, U V W X Y Z COM 1 COM 2 COM 3 FIGURE 17A. SEGMENT LINE CONNECTIONS FIGURE 17B. COMMON LINE CONNECTIONS FIGURE 17. ICM7233 AND ICM7234 SEGMENT PATTERN 1-SEGMENT ALPHANUMERIC AN054 Rev 0.00 Page 17 of 26

18 Display Driver Family Combines Convenience of Use with Microprocessor Interfaceability COM V H V L V P VP = () VP ALL OFF 0 COM 2 + V H V L COMMON LINE WAVEFORMS V RMS VP = = V 3 RMS OFF -VP COM 3 + V H V L ON CHIP RESISTOR STRING + ~75k a ON g, d OFF +VP 0 b SEGMENT LINE ALL OFF a SEGMENT ON a, d OFF a, g ON d OFF + V H V L + V H V L + V H V L V H ~75k V L ~75k PIN 2 TYPICAL SEGMENT LINE WAVEFORMS (SEGMENT LINE Y ) a, g ON d OFF -VP +VP 0 -VP 11 VP V RMS = = V 3 3 RMS ON +VP ALL ON 0 ALL ON + V H V L -VP Voltage Contrast Ratio = V RMS ON = V RMS OFF 3 = 1.92 NOTES: 1. 1, 2, 3, - Common High with Respect to Segment. 2. 1, 2, 3, - BP Low with Respect to Segment. 3. COM 1 Active during 1, and COM 2 Active during 2, and COM 3 Active during 3, and 3. FIGURE 1. DISPLAY VOLTAGE WAVEFORMS NOTES: 1. 1, 2, 3, - Common High with Respect to Segment. 2. 1, 2, 3, - Common Low with Respect to Segment. 3. COM 1 Active during 1, and COM 2 Active during 2, and COM 3 Active during 3, and 3. FIGURE 19. VOLTAGE WAVEFORMS ON SEGMENT AN054 Rev 0.00 Page 1 of 26

19 Display Driver Family Combines Convenience of Use with Microprocessor Interfaceability CONTRAST (%) T A = 25 o C V OFF = 1.1V RMS = -30 o = -10 o = +10 o = 0 PEAK VOLTAGE PEAK VOLTAGE FOR 90% CONTRAST (ON) V ON = 2.1V 1 PEAK VOLTAGE FOR 10% CONTRAST (OFF) APPLIED VOLTAGE (V RMS ) FIGURE 20. CONTRAST vs APPLIED RMS VOLTAGE AMBIENT TEMPERATURE ( o C) FIGURE 21. TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE OF LC THRESHOLD X Y Z X Y Z (NOTE) SEGMENT LINE CONNECTIONS SEGMENT LINE CONNECTIONS a COM 1 f b g COM 2 e c AN1 d AN2 (NOTE) (NOTE) COM 3 COMMON LINE CONNECTIONS ( A AND B SUFFIX VERSIONS) COM 1 COM 2 COM 3 (NOTE) a AN2 f b g e c d AN1 (NOTE) COMMON LINE CONNECTIONS C SUFFIX DEVICES NOTE: Annunciators can be: STOP, GO,, -arrows that point to information printed around the display opening etc., whatever the designer display opening etc., whatever the designer chooses to incorporate in the liquid crystal display. FIGURE 22. ICM7231 AND ICM7232 DISPLAY PATTERNS AN054 Rev 0.00 Page 19 of 26

20 Display Driver Family Combines Convenience of Use with Microprocessor Interfaceability D10 D9 D D7 D6 D5 D4 D3 D2 D1 X Y Z X Y Z X Y Z X Y Z X Y Z X Y Z X Y Z X Y Z X Y Z X Y Z SEGMENT LINE DRIVERS 3 WIDE OUTPUT LATCHES 9 WIDE ON CHIP LAY H VOLTAGE LEVEL V GENERATOR L PIN 2 () COM 1 9 DECODER AN1 AN2 BD0 BD1 BD2 BD3 A0 DIGIT ADDRESS DECODER A1 A2 EN A3 CLOCK SERIAL CONTROL LOGIC COMMON LINE DRIVERS DISPLAY TIMING GENERATOR COM 2 COM 3 SHIFT REGISTER SHIFTS RIGHT TO LEFT ON RISING EDGE OF CLOCK CLOCK WRITE ACCEPTED OUTPUT FIGURE 23. ICM7232 FUNCTIONAL DIAGRAM AN054 Rev 0.00 Page 20 of 26

21 AN054 Rev 0.00 Page 21 of 26 WRITE ORDER CLOCK ACCEPTED OUTPUT WRITE t WP D 0 WRITE FIRST D0 VALID D 1 D 2 D 3 D 4 D 5 A 0 A 1 RESETS SHIFT REGISTER AND CONTROL LOGIC IF ACCEPTED IS HIGH D1 VALID A 2 WRITE LAST t DS t WLL t DH D2 VALID A1 VALID t ODI t CWS A2 VALID FIGURE 24. ICM7234 ONE CHARACTER TIMING DIAGRAM = DON T CARE t WP t ODH DECODES AND STORES, RESETS SHIFT REGISTER AND LOGIC WHEN ACCEPTED IS LOW TENTH CLOCK WITH NO WRITE PULSE RESETS SR AND LOGIC t ODI Display Driver Family Combines Convenience of Use with Microprocessor Interfaceability

22 +V IN SEN Display Driver Family Combines Convenience of Use with Microprocessor Interfaceability +5V V OUT1 V DD LOGIC SYSTEM, PROCESSOR, ETC. V OUT2 ICL7663 V SET V TC 1.M 300k ICM7233 MUX D LCD DISPLAY SHDN GND 2.7M V SS BUS FIGURE 25. DRIVING A MULTIPLEXED LCD DISPLAY D D 7 D 6 D 5 D 4 D 3 D 2 D 1 COM 1 COM 2 COM 3 XYZ XYZ XYZ XYZ XYZ XYZ XYZ XYZ ICM7231AF/BF TOP VIEW TO FIGURE 26. PIN ORIENTATION AND DISPLAY CONNECTIONS AN054 Rev 0.00 Page 22 of 26

23 AN054 Rev 0.00 Page 23 of 26 20pF 6MHz S 04 MICROCOMPUTER V DD V CC V P10 27 SS 2 OSC1 3 OSC2 P pF P RESET 23 1 F EA 36 P SS P27 3 DB TO BUS 39 T1 6 INT DB ALE RD PSEN PROG WR I/O PORT I/O PORT 2 GND V DD 36 V ICM7233A SS D0 D A0 37 A1 CS2 CS FIGURE /IM0C40 MICROCOMPUTER WITH -CHARACTER 16-SEGMENT FULL ASCII TRIPLEX LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY GND NOTE: PULL-UP RECOMMENDED ON CS V DD 36 V ICM7233A SS D0 D A0 37 A1 CS2 CS (NOTE) 1M TEMPERATURE COMPENSATION 6.k 2N k ADJ. BUS TO EXTERNAL MEMORY AND OTHER PERIPHERALS Display Driver Family Combines Convenience of Use with Microprocessor Interfaceability

24 AN054 Rev 0.00 Page 24 of 26 4MHz 10k MC602 MICROPROCESSOR WITH RAM 1.21 V SS V CC 39 EXTAL 3 XTAL 40 RESET 2 HALT 3 MR 6 NMI 7 BA IRQ 4 R/W 34 V CC 35 SB RE 36 BUS ADD 9-20 BUS E37 VMA 5 16 ICM7233AIPL IRQ GND D -D D 0 -D 5 A 0, A A MC646 ROM-I/O-TIMER COUNTER/TIMER ICM7233AIPL 2-5, 16, 30-33, /4 74LS00 29 V CC ADDRESS 1 P7 DISPLAY STORAGE ENABLE 21-2 OTHER I/O PORT 7 CP2 35 CP1 34 CONTROL E CTO 19 CTC 1 CTG 17 6 CS0 7 R/W 36 V SS V DD DISPLAY 36 V SS ADD CS2 CS , D -D A 0, A 2 A ICM7233AIPL A 0, A2 A 1 ICM7233AIPL D0-D5 A0, A1 A2 FIGURE 2. MC6502 MICROPROCESSOR WITH 16-CHARACTER 16-SEGMENT FULL ASCII LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY 1M TO OTHER PARTS OF SYSTEM Display Driver Family Combines Convenience of Use with Microprocessor Interfaceability

25 Display Driver Family Combines Convenience of Use with Microprocessor Interfaceability 10-CHARACTER TRIPLEXED LCD DISPLAY S0 SK COPS420C D 0 D 1 ICM7234 IN CLOCK WRITE IN CLOCK WRITE ICM7234 FIGURE CHARACTER ALPHANUMERIC TRIPLEXED LCD DISPLAY WITH SERIAL MICROCOMPUTER INTERFACE AN054 Rev 0.00 Page 25 of 26

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