LINPO TECHNOLOGY LTD

SPECIFICATIONS OF
LCD MODULE






PART NUMBER TECH1602B SERIES
DATE JULY 28, 1998

















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CONTENTS


Mechanical Diagram 2


Absolut e Maximum Rat ings 3


Descript ion of Terminals 3


Opt ical Charact erist ics 4

Elect rical Charact erist ics

DC Charact erist ics 4

AC Charact erist ics 5

Writ e Cycle 5

Timing Charact erist ics 6


Block Diagram 7


Display Commands 8


Reliability and Lift Time 9


St andard Charact er Pat t ern 10


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Mechanical Diagram
Absolut e Maximum Rat ings
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I t em Symbol Min Max Unit
Power Volt age V
DD

-V
SS

0 7.0
I nput Volt age V
in
V
SS
V
DD

V
Operat ing Temperat ure Range T
OP
0 + 50
St orage Temperat ure Range T
ST
-20 + 60

* wide Temperat ure range is available
(operat ing/ st orage t emperat ure as wide as -20+ 70/ -30+ 80)



Descript ion Of Terminals
Pin
No.
Pin
Name
I nput /
Out put
Ext ernal
Connect ion
Funct ion
1 VSS Power VSS: GND
2 VDD Supply VDD: + 5V
3 VO V
LCD
adj ust ment

4

RS

I NPUT

MPU
Regist er select signal
0 : I nst ruct ion regist er (when writ ing)
Busy f lag & address count er (When reading)
1 : Dat a regist er ( when writ ing & reading)
5 R/ W I nput MPU Read/ writ e select signal
0 for writ ing , 1 for reading
6 E I nput MPU Operat ion (dat a read/ writ e) enable signal

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/
10


DB0-DB3


I nput


MPU
Low-order lines of dat a bus wit h 3-st at e,
bi-direct ional f unct ion for use in dat a
t ransact ion wit h t he MPU. These lines are
not used when int erfacing wit h a 4-bit
microprocessor.

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/
14


DB4-DB7


I nput


MPU
High-order lines of dat a bus wit h 3-st at e,
bi-direct ional f unct ion for use in dat a
t ransact ions wit h t he MPU. DB7 may also be
used t o check t he busy f lag.
15
/
16
LED +

LED -

I nput
LED BACKLI GHT
POWER SUPPLY
LED+ VOLTAGE TYPE: 4.2V
MAX : 4.5V
LED-: GND






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Opt ical Charact erist ics
for TN Type Display Module ( T
a
= 25 , V
DD
= 5.0V0.25V)
I t em Symbol Condit ion Min. Typ. Max. Unit
Viewing angle C
r
4 -25 deg
-30 30
Cont rast rat io C
r
2
Response t ime(rise) T
r
120 150 ms
Response t ime(fall) T
r
120 150 ms

for STN Type Display Module ( T
a
= 25 , V
DD
= 5.0V0.25V)
I t em Symbol Condit ion Min. Typ. Max. Unit
Viewing angle C
r
2 -60 35 deg
-40 40
Cont rast rat io C
r
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Response t ime(rise) T
r
150 250 ms
Response t ime(fall) T
r
150 250 ms


Elect rical Charact erist ics
DC Charact erist ics
Paramet er Symbol Condit ions Min. Type Max. Unit
Supply volt age for LCD V
DD
V
O
T
A
= 25 = 4.6 = V
I nput volt age V
DD
4.7 = 5.5 V
Supply current I
DD
V
DD
= 5.0V; T
A
= 25 = 1.5 2.5 mA
I nput leakage current I
LKG
= = 1.0 A
H level input volt age V
I H
2.2 = V
DD
V
L level input volt age V
I L
Twice init ial value
or less
0 = 0.6 V
H level out put volt age V
OH
LOH= -0.25MA 2.4 = = V
L level out put volt age V
OL
LOL= 1.6MA = = 0.4 V
Backlight supply power V
F
= 4.2 4.5 V





AC Charact erist ics
Read Cycle (V
DD
= 5.0V+ 10%,V
SS
= OV, T
a
= 25)
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Paramet er Symbol Test pin Min. Type Max. Unit
Enable cycle t ime t
c
E 500
Enable pulse widt h t
w
E 300
Enable rise/ fall t ime t
r
, t
f
E 25
RS,R/ W set up t ime t
su
RS; R/ W 100 ns
RS.R/ W address hold t ime t
h
RS; R/ W 10
Read dat a out put delay t
D
DB0-DB7 60 190
Read dat a hold t ime t
DH
DB0-DB7 20



Writ e Cycle
Paramet er Symbol Test pin Min. Type Max. Unit
Enable cycle t ime t
c
E 500
Enable pulse widt h t
w
E 300
Enable rise/ fall t ime t
r
,t
f
E 25
RS,R/ W set up t ime t
su1
RS; R/ W 100 ns
RS,R/ W address hold t ime t
h1
RS; R/ W 10
Dat a set up t ime t
su2
DB0-DB7 60
Dat a hold t ime t
h2
DB0-DB7 10














Timing Charact erist ics

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Block Diagram

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VDD-Vo: LCD DRI VI NG VOLTAGE
VR: 10K-20K' '' '











Display command

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Paramet er

RS

R/ W

DB7

DB6

DB5

DB4

DB3

DB2

DB1

DB0

Not e
Execut ing
t ime
fosc= 250kh
z
Clear Display 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.64ms
Cursor home 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 * 1.64ms
Entry Mode
Set
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1/ D S DB1= 1: I ncrement
DB1= 0: Decrement
DB0= 1: The display is
shif t ed
DB0= 0: The display is
not shift ed


40's
Display
on/ off
0 0 0 0 0 0 1 D C B DB2= 1: Display on
DB2= 0: Display of f
DB1= 1: Cursor on
DB1= 0: Cursor of f
DB0= 1: Brinking on
DB0= 0: Brinking off


40's
Cursor /
Display Shif t
0 0 0 0 0 1 S/ C R/ L * * DB3= 1: Shif t s display
one
charact er
DB2= 1: Right shift
DB2= 0: Left shif t

40's
Syst em Set 0 0 0 0 1 DL N F * * DB4= 1: 8 bit s
DB4= 0: 4 bit s
DB3= 1: 2 lines display
(1/ 16 dut y)
DB3= 0: 1 line display
DB2= 1: 5 ` 10 dot s ,
1/ 11 dut y
DB2= 1: 5`7 dot s , 1/ 8
dut y



40's
Set CG RAM
Address
0 0 0 1 CG RAM address
corresponds t o
cursor address
The address lengt h t hat
can be set is 64 address
40's
Set DD RAM
Address
0 0 1 DD RAM address The address lengt h t hat
can be set is 80 address
40's
Read Busy
Flag/ Address
Count er
0 1 BF Address count er used
f or bot h DD&CG RAM
address
DB7= 1: Busy (inst ruct ion
not accept ed)
DB7= 0: Ready( for
inst ruct ion)
40's
Writ e Dat a 1 0 Writ e dat a 46's
Read Dat a 1 1 Read dat a 46's

DD RAM Address:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
Addr ess f or l i ne 1 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 1A 1B 1C 1D 1E 1F
Addr ess f or l i ne 2 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 4A 4B 4C 4D 4E 4F


Reliability and Life Time
1.Reliability Test
Evaluat ions and Assessment *
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St orage Condit ion Cont ent Current
consumpt ion
Oozing Cont rast Ot her appearances
Operat ion at high
t emperat ure and
humidit y
40 ,90%
RH,240hrs
Twice init ial
value or less
none More t han 80% of
init ial value
No abnormalit y
High t emperat ure
st orage
60,
240hrs
Twice init ial
value or less
none More t han 80% of
init ial value
No abnormalit y
Low t emperat ure
st orage
-20 ,
240hrs
Twice init ial
value or less
More t han 80% of
init ial value
No abnormalit y
* Evaluat ions and assessment t o be made t wo hours af t er ret urning t o room
t emperat ure (25 5 ).
* The LCDs subj ect ed t o t he t est must not have dew condensat ion.



2. Liquid cryst al panel service life

50,000 hours minimum at 2510,4520%RH.




























St andard Charact er Patt ern

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Not e: The user can specify any pat t ern for charact er-generat or RAM.