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PCA9620
60 x 8 LCD high-drive segment driver for automotive and industrial
Rev. 4 — 8 April 2015
Product data sheet
1. General description
The PCA9620 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 eight backplanes, 60 segments, and up to 480 elements. The PCA9620 is compatible with most microprocessors or microcontrollers and communicates via a two-line bidirectional I2C-bus. Communication overheads are minimized using a display RAM with auto-incremented addressing and display memory switching. The PCA9620 features an internal charge pump with internal capacitors for on-chip generation of the LCD driving voltages.
For a selection of NXP LCD segment drivers, see Table 44 on page 74.
2. Features and benefits
AEC Q100 grade 2 compliant for automotive applications Low power consumption Extended operating temperature range from 40 C to +105 C 60 segments and 8 backplanes allowing to drive:
up to 60 7-segment alphanumeric characters up to 30 14-segment alphanumeric characters any graphics of up to 480 elements 480-bit RAM for display data storage Selectable backplane drive configuration: static, 2, 4, 6, or 8 backplane multiplexing Programmable internal charge pump for on-chip LCD voltage generation up to 3 VDD2 400 kHz I2C-bus interface Selectable linear temperature compensation of VLCD Selectable display bias configuration Wide range for digital and analog power supply: from 2.5 V to 5.5 V Wide LCD supply range: from 2.5 V for low threshold LCDs and up to 9.0 V for high threshold (automobile) twisted nematic LCDs Display memory bank switching in static, duplex, and quadruplex drive modes Programmable frame frequency in steps of 10 Hz in the range of 60 Hz to 300 Hz; factory calibrated with a tolerance of 15 % covering the whole temperature and voltage range Selectable inversion scheme for LCD driving waveforms: frame or line inversion
1. The definition of the abbreviations and acronyms used in this data sheet can be found in Section 21 on page 76.
NXP Semiconductors
PCA9620
60 x 8 LCD high-drive segment driver for automotive and industrial
Integrated temperature sensor with temperature readout On chip calibration of internal oscillator frequency and VLCD
3. Applications
Automotive Instrument cluster Car radio Climate control units
Industrial Machine control systems Measuring equipment
Signage Information boards Panels
PCA9620
Product data sheet
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Rev. 4 — 8 April 2015
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NXP Semiconductors
PCA9620
60 x 8 LCD high-drive segment driver for automotive and industrial
4. Ordering information
Table 1. Ordering information
Type number
Package
Name
Description
PCA9620H
LQFP80
plastic low profile quad .