PCF85176
40 x 4 universal LCD driver for low multiplex rates
Rev. 3 — 5 September 2012
Product data sheet
1. General description
The PCF85176 is a peripheral device which interfaces to almost any Liquid Crystal
Display (LCD)
1
with low multiplex rates. It generates the drive signals for any static or
multiplexed LCD containing up to four backplanes and up to 40 segments. It can be easily
cascaded for larger LCD applications. The PCF85176 is compatible with most
microcontrollers and communicates via the two-line bidirectional I
2
C-bus. Communication
overheads are minimized by a display RAM with auto-incremented addressing, by
hardware subaddressing, and by display memory switching (static and duplex drive
modes).
2. Features and benefits
Single chip LCD controller and driver
Selectable backplane drive configuration: static, 2, 3, or 4 backplane multiplexing
Selectable display bias configuration: static,
1
⁄
2
, or
1
⁄
3
Internal LCD bias generation with voltage-follower buffers
40 segment drives:
Up to 20 7-segment numeric characters
Up to 10 14-segment alphanumeric characters
Any graphics of up to 160 elements
40
4-bit RAM for display data storage
Auto-incremented display data loading across device subaddress boundaries
Display memory bank switching in static and duplex drive modes
Versatile blinking modes
Independent supplies possible for LCD and logic voltages
Wide power supply range: from 1.8 V to 5.5 V
Wide logic LCD supply range:
From 2.5 V for low-threshold LCDs
Up to 6.5 V for guest-host LCDs and high-threshold twisted nematic LCDs
Low power consumption
400 kHz I
2
C-bus interface
May be cascaded for large LCD applications (up to 2560 elements possible)
No external components required
Manufactured in silicon gate CMOS process
1.
The definition of the abbreviations and acronyms used in this data sheet can be found in
Section 19.
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PCF85176
40 x 4 universal LCD driver for low multiplex rates
3. Ordering information
Table 1.
Ordering information
Package
Name
PCF85176H
PCF85176T
TQFP64
TSSOP56
Description
plastic thin quad flat package, 64 leads;
body 10
10
1.0 mm
plastic thin shrink small outline package,
56 leads; body width 6.1 mm
Version
SOT357-1
SOT364-1
Type number
3.1 Ordering options
Table 2.
Ordering options
IC
revision
1
1
Sales item (12NC)
935290063518
935290075118
Delivery form
tape and reel, 13 inch, dry pack
tape and reel, 13 inch
Type number
PCF85176H/1
PCF85176T/1
4. Marking
Table 3.
Marking codes
Marking code
PCF85176H
PCF85176T
Type number
PCF85176H/1
PCF85176T/1
PCF85176
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40 x 4 universal LCD driver for low multiplex rates
5. Block diagram
BP0
BP2
BP1
BP3
S0 to S39
40
V
LCD
BACKPLANE
OUTPUTS
LCD
VOLTAGE
SELECTOR
DISPLAY
CONTROLLER
DISPLAY SEGMENT
OUTPUTS
DISPLAY
REGISTER
LCD BIAS
GENERATOR
V
SS
CLK
SYNC
OUTPUT BANK SELECT
AND BLINK CONTROL
CLOCK SELECT
AND TIMING
BLINKER
TIMEBASE
PCF85176
DISPLAY RAM
OSC
V
DD
SCL
SDA
OSCILLATOR
POWER-ON
RESET
COMMAND
DECODER
WRITE DATA
CONTROL
DATA POINTER AND
AUTO INCREMENT
INPUT
FILTERS
I
2
C-BUS
CONTROLLER
SUBADDRESS
COUNTER
SA0
A0
A1
A2
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Fig 1.
Block diagram of PCF85176
PCF85176
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6. Pinning information
6.1 Pinning
61 S30
60 S29
59 S28
58 S27
57 S26
56 S25
55 S24
54 S23
53 S22
52 S21
51 S20
50 S19
49 S18
48 n.c.
47 S17
46 S16
45 S15
44 S14
43 S13
42 S12
41 S11
40 S10
39 S9
38 S8
37 S7
36 S6
35 S5
34 S4
33 n.c.
A1 17
A2 18
SA0 19
V
SS
20
V
LCD
21
n.c. 22
n.c. 23
n.c. 24
BP0 25
BP2 26
BP1 27
BP3 28
S0 29
S1 30
S2 31
S3 32
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64 S33
n.c.
S34
S35
S36
S37
S38
S39
n.c.
n.c.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
63 S32
62 S31
PCF85176H
SDA 10
SCL 11
SYNC 12
CLK 13
V
DD
14
OSC 15
A0 16
Top view. For mechanical details, see
Figure 29.
Fig 2.
Pinning diagram for TQFP64 (PCF85176H)
PCF85176
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40 x 4 universal LCD driver for low multiplex rates
BP2
BP1
BP3
S0
S1
S2
S3
S4
S5
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
56 BP0
55 V
LCD
54 V
SS
53 SA0
52 A2
51 A1
50 A0
49 OSC
48 V
DD
47 CLK
46 SYNC
45 SCL
44 SDA
43 S39
42 S38
41 S37
40 S36
39 S35
38 S34
37 S33
36 S32
35 S31
34 S30
33 S29
32 S28
31 S27
30 S26
29 S25
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S6 10
S7 11
S8 12
S9 13
S10 14
S11 15
S12 16
S13 17
S14 18
S15 19
S16 20
S17 21
S18 22
S19 23
S20 24
S21 25
S22 26
S23 27
S24 28
PCF85176T
Top view. For mechanical details, see
Figure 30.
Fig 3.
Pinning diagram for TSSOP56 (PCF85176T)
PCF85176
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