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Design of Graphic Memory for QVGA-Scale LCD Driver IC  

Kim, Hak-Yun (Chungbuk National University)
Cha, Sang-Rok (Chungbuk National University)
Lee, Bo-Sun (Chungbuk National University)
Jeong, Yong-Cheol (Chungbuk National University)
Choi, Ho-Yong (Department of Electronics Engineering, Chungbuk National University)
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Abstract
This paper presents the design of a graphic memory for QVGA-scale LCD Driver IC (LDI). The graphic memory is designed based on the pseudo-SHAM for the purpose of small area, and the memory cell structure is designed using a bit line partitioning method to improve sensing characteristics and drivabilties in the line-read operation. Also, a collision protection circuit using C-gate is designed to control collisions between read/write operations and self-refresh/line-read operations effectively. The graphic memory circuit has been designed in transistor level using $0.18{\mu}m$ CMOS technology library and the operations of the graphic memory have been verified using Hspice. The results show that the bit-bitb line voltage difference, ${\Delta}V$ increases by 40%, the charge sharing time between bit and bitb voltages $T_{CHGSH}$ decreases by 30%, and the current during line-read decreases by 40%.
Keywords
LCD driver IC; pseudo SRAM; graphic memory; QVGA;
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