
1997 Dec 16
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Philips Semiconductors
Product specication
LCD controller/driver
PCF2104x
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FEATURES
 Single chip LCD controller/driver
 1 or 2-line display of up to 24 characters per line, or
2 or 4 lines of up to 12 characters per line
 5 × 7 character format plus cursor; 5 × 8 for kana
(Japanese syllabary) and user-defined symbols
 On-chip:
– generation of intermediate LCD bias voltages
– oscillator requires no external components (external
clock also possible)
 Display data RAM: 80 characters
 Character generator ROM: 240 characters
 Character generator RAM: 16 characters
 4 or 8-bit parallel bus or 2-wire I2C-bus interface
 CMOS/TTL compatible
 32 row, 60 column outputs
 MUX rates 1 : 32 and 1 : 16
 Uses common 11 code instruction set
 Logic supply voltage range, VDD  VSS: 2.5 to 6 V
 Display supply voltage range, VDD  VLCD: 3.5 to 9 V
 Low power consumption.
 I2C-bus address: 011101 SA0.
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APPLICATIONS
 Telecom equipment
 Portable instruments
 Point-of-sale terminals.
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GENERAL DESCRIPTION
The PCF2104x integrated circuit is similar to the
PCF2114x (described in the
“PCF2116 family” data sheet)
but does not contain the high voltage generator of that
device.
The PCF2104x is optimized for chip-on-glass applications.
The ‘x’ in ‘PCF2104x’ represents a specific letter code for
a character set in the character generator ROM (CGROM).
Two standard character sets are currently available,
specified by the letters ‘C’ and ‘L’ (see Figs 5 and 6).
Other character sets are available on request.
The PCF2104x is a low-power CMOS LCD controller and
driver, designed to drive a split screen dot matrix LCD
display of 1 or 2 lines by 24 characters or 2 or 4 lines by
12 characters with a 5
× 8 dot format. All necessary
functions for the display are provided in a single chip,
including on-chip generation of LCD bias voltages which
results in a minimum of external components and lower
system power consumption. To allow partial VDD shutdown
the ESD protection system of the SCL and SDA pins does
not use a diode connected to VDD.
The chip contains a character generator and displays
alphanumeric and kana characters. The PCF2104x
interfaces to most microcontrollers via a 4 or 8-bit bus, or
via the 2-wire I2C-bus.
3.1
Packages
 PCF2104xU/2; chip with bumps in tray
 PCF2104xU/7; chip with bumps on tape.
For further details see Chapter 18.
3.2
Available types
 PCF2104CU/x: character set ‘C’ in CGROM
 PCF2104LU/x: character set ‘L’ in CGROM
 PCF2104NU/x: character set ‘N’ in CGROM.
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ORDERING INFORMATION
TYPE NUMBER
PACKAGE
NAME
DESCRIPTION
VERSION
PCF2104CU/2
chip with bumps in tray
PCF2104CU/7
chip with bumps on tape
PCF2104LU/2
chip with bumps in tray
PCF2104LU/7
chip with bumps on tape
PCF2104NU/2
chip with bumps in tray
PCF2104NU/7
chip with bumps on tape