Flat Panel Display : Principle and
Driving Circuit Design
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Notes
Lectures Schedule
Thursday 14:10-17:00 (@ R102 NCHU/EE)
Contact Instructor:
Email : fansen@dragon.nchu.edu.tw
Phone :
04-22840688 ext.706
0935-761741
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Relation to Other Courses
Prerequisite:
Electronics
Electric Circuit
VLSI Design
Relation to other courses:
Digital IC Design
Analog IC Design
FPD Technology
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Contents
Ch.1 Introduction to FPD (week 1-4)
Ch.2 Spec.of TFT-LCD (week 5)
Ch.3 Array Circuit Design (week 6~7)
Ch.4 Driving Circuit Design of A-Si TFT (week 8~11)
Mid-Oral Report (week 12~13)
Ch.5 Driving Circuit Design of LTPS TFT (week 14)
Ch.6 Process of Driver IC (week 15)
Ch.7 Case Study (week 16)
Final Oral Report (week 17-18)
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Ch. 1 Introduction to FPD
1. LCD (Liquid Crystal Display)
2. OLED/PLED
(Organic/Polymer Light Emitting Diode Display)
3. PDP (Plasma Display)
4. FED (Field-Emission Display)
5. LCOS(LC on Silicon)
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Ch.2 Spec.of TFT-LCD
1. What is TFT-LCD
1. Introduction to TFT-LCD
2. Specification of TFT-LCD
2. TFT-LCD Concepts
1. TFT LCD Operation Concepts
2. TFT LCD Design Concepts
3. TFT LCD Process Concepts
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Ch.3 Array Circuit Design
TFT Device
TFT process
TFT device physics
TFT device characterization and model
Basic Electronics for TFT LCD
Pixel and Array Design
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Ch.4 Driving Circuit Design of A-Si TFT
1. Gate Driving Circuit
2. Source Driving Circuit
3. LCD-TV Driving Technology
4. Small-Size TFT-LCD Driver IC
5. Trends of Digital Interface
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Ch.5 Driving Circuit Design of LTPS TFT
1. Background of Driver Electronics
2. Pixel Design
3. Scan Driver Circuit Design
4. Data Driver Circuit Design
5. System on Panel
6. Conclusions
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Ch.6 Process of Driver IC
1. Wafer for HV Process
2. Introduction to HV Process
3. Process for LCD Driver IC
1. 0.5 um process
2. 0.35 um process
3. 0.25 um process
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Ch.7 Case Study
1. Data Sheet
2. Block Diagram of Source Driver IC
3. Panel Condition check list
4. Vertical line
5. Gray Bit-NG
6. EMI Failure Case
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Homeworks and Final Project
Design a Shift Register (HW1)
Design a DAC (HW2)
Design a Buffer Amplifier (HW3)
Design (1) 4-bit 6-channel color Source Driver IC
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or (2) 18 channel Gate Driver IC (final project)
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Reference Texts
TFT-LCD
TFT/LCD: Liquid-crystal Displays Addressed By
Thin-film Transistors
Japanese Technology Reviews. Electronics ; V. 29
by Tsukada, Toshihisa.
E-book on WWW
http://www.netLibrary.com/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&
bookid=109072
Liquid Crystal Displays - Addressing Schemes &
Electro-Optical Effects
Ernst Lueder, University of Stuttgart,
J. Wiley, Hardcover, 368 pages, published June 2001, price:
$160.00
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Lecture Download
Course Reader:
Lecture notes
Download site:
:
http://web.nchu.edu.tw/pweb/index2.php?pid=112&menu=2#
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Grading
Homework (3 times) 30%
Mid-Report 20%
Final Project Report 40%
Attendance 10%
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