Philips Semiconductors
LCD controllers/drivers
Product specification
PCF2119X
1 FEATURES
• Single-chip LCD controller/driver
• 2-line display of up to 16 characters + 160 icons, or
1-line display of up to 32 characters + 160 icons
• 5 × 7 character format plus cursor; 5 × 8 for kana
(Japanese) and user defined symbols
• Icon mode: reduced current consumption while
displaying icons only
• Icon blink function
• On-chip:
– Configurable 4 (3 and 2) times voltage multiplier
generating LCD supply voltage, independent of VDD,
programmable by instruction (external supply also
possible)
– Temperature compensation of on-chip generated
VLCD: −0.16 to −0.24 %/K (programmable by
instruction)
– Generation of intermediate LCD bias voltages
– Oscillator requires no external components (external
clock also possible).
• Display Data RAM: 80 characters
• Character Generator ROM: 240, 5 × 8 characters
• Character Generator RAM: 16, 5 × 8 characters;
4 characters used to drive 160 icons, 8 characters used
if icon blink feature is used in application
• 4 or 8-bit parallel bus and 2-wire I2C-bus interface
• CMOS compatible
• 18 row and 80 column outputs
• Multiplex rates 1 : 18 (for normal operation), 1 : 9 (for
single line operation) and 1 : 2 (for icon only mode)
• Uses common 11 code instruction set (extended)
• Logic supply voltage range, VDD1 − VSS = 1.5 to 5.5 V
(chip may be driven with two battery cells)
• Display supply voltage range, VLCD − VSS = 2.2 to 6.5 V
• HVgen supply voltage range, VDD2 − VSS = 2.2 to 4 V
and VDD3 − VSS = 2.2 to 4 V
• Direct mode to save current consumption for icon mode
and Mux 1 : 9 (depending on VDD2 value and LCD liquid
properties)
• Very low current consumption (20 to 200 µA):
– Icon mode: <25 µA
– Power-down mode: <2 µA.
1.1 Note
Icon mode is used to save current. When only icons are
displayed, a much lower operating voltage VLCD can be
used and the switching frequency of the LCD outputs is
reduced. In most applications it is possible to use VDD as
VLCD.
2 APPLICATIONS
• Telecom equipment
• Portable instruments
• Point-of-sale terminals.
3 GENERAL DESCRIPTION
The PCF2119x is a low power CMOS LCD controller and
driver, designed to drive a dot matrix LCD display of 2-line
by 16 or 1-line by 32 characters with 5 × 8 dot format. All
necessary functions for the display are provided in a single
chip, including on-chip generation of LCD bias voltages,
resulting in a minimum of external components and lower
system current consumption. The PCF2119x interfaces to
most microcontrollers via a 4 or 8-bit bus or via the 2-wire
I2C-bus. The chip contains a character generator and
displays alphanumeric and kana (Japanese) characters.
The letter ‘x’ in PCF2119x characterizes the built-in
character set. Various character sets can be manufactured
on request.
2003 Jan 30
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