M9: LCD Electronics
Richard McCartney, National Semiconductor, Santa Clara, CA, USA

The application of LCDs to a broad set of applications including phones, PDAs, automobiles, portable instruments, notebook PCs, LCD monitors and TVs creates a superset of requirements for the LCD drive electronics. The rationale for each of the various approaches particular to each major application is reviewed. This seminar reviews the impact of panel size, response time, motion images, refresh rate, color gamut and viewing angle among other things on the LCD panel driving electronics. In particular, the latest trends in color gamut refresh rate and their implications for the electronics will be reviewed.