Displays Solutions

Transmission Line RAPIDESIGNER® Tools

• English Units
• Metric Units
• RAPIDESIGNER Operation and Applications Guide (AN-905) (pdf 133KB)

Open LVDS Display Interface (Open LDI) Specification - This Standard provides a completely digital, plug and play, interface to provide the sharpest, clearest video image obtainable on a digital display device.

RSDS Specification - This specification defines the Low EMI / Low Power interface between TCONs and Column Drivers.

FPD Application Note Selection Guide by Type/Topic/Part Number

FPD IBIS Models

FPD Interface Evaluation / Demo Boards

MPL (Mobile Pixel Link)

• MPL PHY Layer Overview (AN-1311)
• MPL Level-0 Standard

Serial Interface Open Standard for Handheld Portable Devices

MPL Outstanding Features

• Fewest wires
• Lowest power
• Lowest EMI
• Simple protocol
• Intrinsic level translation

Download (pdf 945KB)

MPL Packaging:

• SOIC Narrow
• TSSOP
• TQFP
• LQFP
• CSP
• Other Packaging

Intro to CRT Displays:

• Low Cost Solutions
• CRT Drivers
• Video Pre-Amplifiers

Analog University Displays:

• Basics of Flat Panel Display Interface
• Designing with Flat Panel Display Interface
• TFT-LCD Display Drivers
• Basics of CRT Displays

Displays Online Seminars:

• Fundamentals of LCDs - How Liquid Crystal Displays Work Dick McCartney (5/3/04)
• Designing with TFT LCD Column Drivers Dick McCartney (7/30/02)

National Edge Articles:

• LVDS based FPD-Link spans industries with Gigabits @ milliwatts!

Press Releases

Other Display Articles

• Un-parallelize the video interface--Go serial
• Using LCD Panels For TVs Takes Technology To The Outer Limits
  Want to push the envelope? Try designing a 46-in. LCD TV boasting more than 1 billion colors and true cinema-quality picture performance.

Displays White Papers

• Archived Whitepapers
• Using LCD Panels For TVs Takes Technology To The Outer Limits
• SID2004
  • Point-to-Point Differential Signaling (pdf 425KB
  • Row Signal Delay Compensation (pdf 381KB
  • New Intra-Panel Interface
    (pdf 272KB)
  • Small Format Displays (pdf 240KB)

Displays Related Industry Links/Standards

• Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) - ANSI/TIA/EIA-644-A
  Electrical Characteristics of Low Voltage Differential Signaling (LVDS) Interface Circuits
• IBIS Model Standard - ANSI/EIA-656-A
  I/O Buffer Information Specification (IBIS)
• Standard Panels Working Group (SPWG)
• Society for Information Display (SID)
• VESA
• EIA Standards