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Active Matrix Driving

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Multimedia systems require electronic displays with high resolution and video performance. The solution in terms of display technologies such as LCDs and OLEDs is active matrix (AM) driving. This chapter describes the signal path from digital panel input to row and column signals in terms of ICs (integrated circuits); the so-called panel electronics system.

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Abbreviations

AM:

Active Matrix

AMLCD:

Active Matrix Liquid Crystal Display

AMOLED:

Active Matrix Organic Light Emitting Display

DAC:

Digital to Analog Converter

EEPROM:

Electronic Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory

EOC:

Electro-Optic Curve

IC:

Integrated Circuits

LVDS:

Low-Voltage Differential Signaling

MOSFET:

Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor

PCB:

Printed Circuit Board

PPDS:

Point to Point Differential Signalling Interfacing

QVGA:

Quarter Video Graphics Array

RSDS:

Reduced Swing Differential Signalling Interfacing

SVGA:

Super Video Graphics Array

TCON:

Timing Controller

TCP:

Tape Carrier Package

TTL:

Transistor-Transistor Logic

XGA:

Extended Graphics Array

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  1. Display Lab, Pforzheim University, Tiefenbronner Str. 65, 75175, Pforzheim, Germany

    Prof. Dr. Karlheinz Blankenbach

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  1. Industrial Technology Research Institute, Hsinchu, Taiwan

    Janglin Chen

  2. Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, UK

    Wayne Cranton

  3. Veritas et Visus, Texas, USA

    Mark Fihn

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Blankenbach, K. (2012). Active Matrix Driving. In: Chen, J., Cranton, W., Fihn, M. (eds) Handbook of Visual Display Technology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-79567-4_34

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