GC9A01 DataSheet
GC9A01A
a-Si TFT LCD Single Chip Driver
240RGBx240 Resolution
Data Sheet
Rev.1.0 Preliminary
2019-07-02
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GENERATION REVISION HISTORY
REV.
EFFECTIVE
DATE
DESCRIPTION OF CHANGES
1.0
2019-07-02
New Created
PREPARED
BY
June
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Table of Content
4.
4.2.
4.3.
4.4.
4.5.
Table of Content ................................................................................................................................................... 3
1.
Introduction .................................................................................................................................................. 6
2. Features ........................................................................................................................................................ 7
3. Block Diagram ............................................................................................................................................. 8
Block diagram .............................................................................................................................. 8
3.1.
Pin Description ............................................................................................................................. 9
3.2.
PAD coordinates ......................................................................................................................... 14
3.3.
Interface setting .......................................................................................................................................... 20
MCU interfaces .......................................................................................................................... 20
4.1.
4.1.1. MCU interface selection ..................................................................................................... 21
4.1.2.
8080-I Series Parallel Interface .......................................................................................... 22
4.1.3. Write Cycle Sequence ........................................................................................................ 23
4.1.4.
Read Cycle Sequence ......................................................................................................... 24
8080-Ⅱ Series Parallel Interface ....................................................................................... 25
4.1.5.
4.1.6. Write Cycle Sequence ........................................................................................................ 26
4.1.7.
Read Cycle Sequence ......................................................................................................... 27
4.1.8.
Serial Interface ................................................................................................................... 28
4.1.9. Write Cycle Sequence ........................................................................................................ 29
4.1.10. Read Cycle Sequence ......................................................................................................... 31
4.1.11. Data Transfer Break and Recovery ..................................................................................... 33
4.1.12. Data Transfer Pause ............................................................................................................ 35
4.1.13. Serial Interface Pause (3_wire) .......................................................................................... 36
4.1.14. Parallel Interface Pause ...................................................................................................... 36
4.1.15. Data Transfer Mode ............................................................................................................ 36
4.1.16. Data Transfer Method 1 ...................................................................................................... 37
4.1.17. Data Transfer Method 2 ...................................................................................................... 37
RGB Interface ............................................................................................................................ 38
RGB Interface Selection ..................................................................................................... 38
RGB Interface Timing ........................................................................................................ 41
VSYNC Interface ....................................................................................................................... 44
Display Data RAM (DDRAM) .................................................................................................. 45
Display Data Format .................................................................................................................. 45
3-line Serial Interface ......................................................................................................... 45
4-line Serial Interface ......................................................................................................... 48
2-data-line mode ................................................................................................................. 50
8-bit Parallel MCU Interface .............................................................................................. 52
9-bit Parallel MCU Interface .............................................................................................. 55
16-bit Parallel MCU Interface ............................................................................................ 57
18-bit Parallel MCU Interface ............................................................................................ 63
6-bit Parallel RGB Interface ............................................................................................... 67
16-bit Parallel RGB Interface ............................................................................................. 68
4.5.1.
4.5.2.
4.5.3.
4.5.4.
4.5.5.
4.5.6.
4.5.7.
4.5.8.
4.5.9.
4.2.1.
4.2.2.
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4.5.10.
5.4.
5.5.
5.6.
5.7.
5.8.
5.9.
5.10.
6.1.
6.2.
5.8.1.
5.8.2.
5.4.1.
5.4.2.
5.1.
5.2.
5.3.
5.3.1.
5.3.2.
5.3.3.
18-bit Parallel RGB Interface ............................................................................................. 69
5. Function Description .................................................................................................................................. 70
Display data GRAM mapping .................................................................................................... 70
MCU to memory write/read direction ........................................................................................ 71
GRAM to display address mapping ........................................................................................... 73
Normal display on or partial mode on, vertical scroll off ................................................... 74
Vertical scroll display mode ............................................................................................... 75
Updating order on display active area in RGB interface mode .......................................... 76
Tearing effect output line ............................................................................................................ 78
Tearing effect line modes ................................................................................................... 78
Tearing effect line timing ................................................................................................... 79
Source driver .............................................................................................................................. 80
Gate driver .................................................................................................................................. 80
Scan mode setting ....................................................................................................................... 81
LCD power generation circuit .................................................................................................... 82
Power supply circuit ........................................................................................................... 82
LCD power generation scheme .......................................................................................... 83
Gamma Correction ..................................................................................................................... 84
Power Level Definition .............................................................................................................. 87
5.10.1. Power Levels ...................................................................................................................... 87
5.10.2. Power Flow Chart ............................................................................................................... 88
5.10.3.Brightness control block .................................................................................................................. 89
5.11.
Input/output pin state .................................................................................................................. 90
5.11.1. Output pins ......................................................................................................................... 90
5.11.2.
Input pins ............................................................................................................................ 90
6. Command ................................................................................................................................................... 91
Command List ............................................................................................................................ 91
Description of Level 1 Command .............................................................................................. 97
Read display identification information (04h) .................................................................... 97
6.2.1.
Read Display Status (09h) .................................................................................................. 99
6.2.2.
Enter Sleep Mode (10h).....................................................................................................101
6.2.3.
Sleep Out Mode (11h) .......................................................................................................103
6.2.4.
Partial Mode ON (12h) ......................................................................................................105
6.2.5.
Normal Display Mode ON (13h) .......................................................................................106
6.2.6.
Display Inversion OFF (20h) .............................................................................................107
6.2.7.
Display Inversion ON (21h) ..............................................................................................108
6.2.8.
6.2.9.
Display OFF (28h) .............................................................................................................109
6.2.10. Display ON (29h) .............................................................................................................. 110
6.2.11. Column Address Set (2Ah) ................................................................................................ 111
6.2.12. Row Address Set (2Bh) ..................................................................................................... 113
6.2.13. Memory Write (2Ch) ......................................................................................................... 115
6.2.14. Partial Area (30h) .............................................................................................................. 117
6.2.15. Vertical Scrolling Definition (33h) ....................................................................................120
6.2.16. Tearing Effect Line OFF (34h) ..........................................................................................124
6.2.17. Tearing Effect Line ON (35h) ...........................................................................................125
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6.3.1.
6.3.2.
6.3.3.
6.3.4.
6.3.5.
6.2.18. Memory Access Control(36h) ...........................................................................................127
6.2.19. Vertical Scrolling Start Address (37h) ...............................................................................130
Idle Mode OFF (38h) ........................................................................................................132
6.2.20.
6.2.21.
Idle Mode ON (39h) ..........................................................................................................133
6.2.22. COLMOD: Pixel Format Set (3Ah) ..................................................................................135
6.2.23. Write Memory Contiue (3Ch) ...........................................................................................137
6.2.24. Set_Tear_Scanline (44h) ...................................................................................................140
6.2.25. Get_Scanline (45h) ............................................................................................................142
6.2.26. Write Display Brightness (51h) .........................................................................................143
6.2.27. Write CTRL Display (53h) ................................................................................................145
6.2.28. Read ID1 (DAh) ................................................................................................................147
6.2.29. Read ID2 (DBh) ................................................................................................................149
6.2.30. Read ID3 (DCh) ................................................................................................................151
Description of Level 2 Command .............................................................................................153
RGB Interface Signal Control (B0h) .................................................................................153
Blanking Porch Control (B5h) ...........................................................................................156
Display Function Control (B6h) ........................................................................................158
Tearing Effect Control (BAh) ............................................................................................161
Interface Control (F6h) ......................................................................................................163
Description of Level 3 Command .............................................................................................164
Frame Rate (E8h) ..............................................................................................................164
6.4.1.
SPI 2DATA control(E9h) ...................................................................................................166
6.4.2.
Power Control 1 (C1h) ......................................................................................................167
6.4.3.
Power Control 2 (C3h) ......................................................................................................168
6.4.4.
Power Control 3 (C4h) ......................................................................................................169
6.4.5.
Power Control 4 (C9h) ......................................................................................................170
6.4.6.
Power Control 7(A7h) .......................................................................................................171
6.4.7.
Inter Register Enable1(FEh) ..............................................................................................172
6.4.8.
6.4.9.
Inter Register Enable2(EFh) ..............................................................................................173
6.4.10. SET_GAMMA1 (F0h) ......................................................................................................174
6.4.11. SET_GAMMA2 (F1h) ......................................................................................................176
6.4.12. SET_GAMMA3 (F2h) ......................................................................................................178
6.4.13. SET_GAMMA4 (F3h) ......................................................................................................180
7. Electrical Characteristics ...........................................................................................................................182
Absolute Maximum Ratings ......................................................................................................182
DC Characteristics .....................................................................................................................183
AC Characteristics .....................................................................................................................185
Display Parallel 18/16/9/8-bit Interface Timing Characteristics (8080-Ⅰ) ......................185
Display Parallel 18/16/9/8-bit Interface Timing Characteristics (8080-Ⅱ) ......................187
Display Serial Interface Timing Characteristics (3-line SPI system) ................................189
Display Serial Interface Timing Characteristics (4-line SPI system) ................................190
Parallel 18/16/6-bit RGB Interface Timing Characteristics ...............................................191
7.3.1.
7.3.2.
7.3.3.
7.3.4.
7.3.5.
6.3.
6.4.
7.1.
7.2.
7.3.
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1. Introduction
GC9A01 is a 262,144-color single-chip SOC driver for a-TFT liquid crystal display with resolution of
240RGBx240 dots, comprising a 360-channel source driver, a 32-channel gate driver, 129,600 bytes
GRAM for graphic display data of 240RGBx240 dots, and power supply circuit.
GC9A01 supports parallel 8-/9-/12-/16-/18-bit data bus MCU interface, 6-/12-/16-/18-bit data bus RGB
interface and 3-/4-line serial peripheral interface (SPI). The moving picture area can be specified in
internal GRAM by window address function. The specified window area can be updated selectively, so
that moving picture can be displayed simultaneously independent of still picture area.
GC9A01 supports full color, 8-color display mode and sleep mode for precise power control by software
and these features make the GC9A01 an ideal LCD driver for medium or small size portable products
such as digital cellular phones, smart phone, MP3 and PMP where long battery life is a major concern.
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2. Features
No need for external electronic component
Display resolution: [240xRGB](H) x 240(V)
Output:
- 360 source outputs
- 32 gate outputs
Resolution:
80x160:S121-S240
120x120 120x240:S91-S270
128x128:S85-S276
160x160:S61-S300
240x240:S1-S360
a-TFT LCD driver with on-chip full display RAM: 129,600 bytes
System Interface
- 8-bits, 9-bits, 12-bits,16-bits, 18-bits interface with 8080-I /8080-II series MCU
- 6-bits, 12-bits, 16-bits, 18-bits RGB interface with graphic controller
- 8-bits, 9-bits 24bit Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) and 2 data lane SPI
Display mode:
- Full color mode (Idle mode OFF): 262K-color (selectable color depth mode by software)
- Reduce color mode (Idle mode ON): 8-color
Power saving mode:
- Sleep mode
On chip functions:
- Timing generator
- Oscillator
- DC/DC converter
- Dot/column inversion
Low -power consumption architecture
- Low operating power supplies:
IOVCC = 1.65V ~ 3.3V (logic)
VCI = 2.5V ~ 3.3V (analog)
LCD Voltage drive:
- Source/Gamma power supply voltage
GVDD - GVCL = 6.4V ~-4.6V
- Gate driver output voltage
VGH - GND = 12.0V ~ 13.0V
VGL - GND = -11.0V ~ -8.0V
VGH - VGL ≦27V
- VCOM connect to GND
Operate temperature range: -40℃to 80℃
a-Si TFT LCD storage capacitor : Cst on Common structure only
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3. Block Diagram
3.1. Block diagram
Figure1
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MPU IF18-bit16-bit12-bit8-bit9-bit3/4 Serial IFRGB IF18-bit16-bit12-bit6-bitVCIIOVCCIM[3:0]4Internal registerOTPCSXRDXWRXD/CXRESXD[17:0]18TESDASDOHSYNCVSYNCDOTCLKDEPower RegulatorDVDDGenerator TimingVSSCVSSAStep Up1Step Up2Step Up3AVDDVGHVGLVCLGate DriverLEDControllerIndexRegister(IR)ControlRegister(CR)GraphicsOperationRead Latch881818Graphics RAM(GRAM)18Write Latch1818AddressCounter(AC)Gamma adjusting circuitGrayscale voltage generatorD/A Converter circuitSourcedriverS1~S360V0~63RC-OSCAVEEVREGPVREGNLDOVRDDVREEVRCLBVDDBVEEBCVREG1AVREG1BG1~32