LM215WF3

Liquid Crystal Display

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SPECIFICATION
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Title 21.5” Full HD TFT LCD

BUYER General SUPPLIER LG Display Co., Ltd.

MODEL *MODEL LM215WF3

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please use the above model name without suffix

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/ H.A. Lee / Engineer

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Contents

No ITEM Page
COVER 1

CONTENTS 2

RECORD OF REVISIONS 3

1 GENERAL DESCRIPTION 4

2 ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM RATINGS 5

3 ELECTRICAL SPECIFICATIONS 6

3-1 ELECTRICAL CHARACTREISTICS 6

3-2 INTERFACE CONNECTIONS 9

3-3 SIGNAL TIMING SPECIFICATIONS 14

3-4 SIGNAL TIMING WAVEFORMS 15

3-5 COLOR INPUT DATA REFERNECE 16

3-6 POWER SEQUENCE 17

3-7 VLCD Power Dip Condition 18

4 OPTICAL SPECIFICATIONS 19
5 MECHANICAL CHARACTERISTICS 25

6 RELIABLITY 28

7 INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS 29

7-1 SAFETY 29

7-2 EMC 29

7-3 ENVIRONMENT 29

8 PACKING 30

8-1 DESIGNATION OF LOT MARK 30

8-2 PACKING FORM 30

9 PRECAUTIONS 31

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RECORD OF REVISIONS

Revision Revision
Page Description
No Date

0.1 Jul., 29, 2014 - First Draft, Preliminary Specifications

1.0 Mar., 23, 2015 - Final Specification

1.1 May., 28, 2015 6page Permissive Power Input Ripple voltage update

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1. General Description
LM215WF3 is a Color Active Matrix Liquid Crystal Display with a Light Emitting Diode ( White LED) backlight
system without LED driver. The matrix employs a-Si Thin Film Transistor as the active element.
It is a transmissive type display operating in the normally black mode. It has a 21.5 inch diagonally
measured active display area with FHD resolution (1080 vertical by 1920horizontal pixel array)
Each pixel is divided into Red, Green and Blue sub-pixels or dots which are arranged in vertical stripes.
Gray scale or the brightness of the sub-pixel color is determined with a 8-bit gray scale signal for each dot,
thus, presenting a palette of more than 16,7M colors with A-FRC (Advanced Frame Rate Control).
It has been designed to apply the 8Bit 2 port LVDS interface.
It is intended to support displays where high brightness, super wide viewing angle,
high color saturation, and high color are important.
RGB

EEPROM Source Driver Circuit

I2C S1 S1920
LVDS
2port
G1
CN1 Timing
(30pin)
Controller
+5.0V
TFT - LCD Panel
Logic Power (1920 × RGB × 1080 pixels)

G1080

+5.0V
Power Circuit
Block

Back light Assembly

VLED CN2 (6PIN)
(LED)

General Features [ Figure 1 ] Block diagram

Active Screen Size 21.5 inches(54.61cm) diagonal
Outline Dimension 497.6(H) x 292.2(V) x 10.5(D) mm
Pixel Pitch 0.08265*RGB(H)mm x 0.24795(V)mm
Pixel Format 1920 horiz. By 1080 vert. Pixels RGB stripes arrangement
Color Depth 16,7M colors (6bit + A-FRC)
Luminance, White 250 cd/m2 ( Center 1 Point, Typ.)
Viewing Angle(CR>10) View Angle Free (R/L 178(Typ.), U/D 178(Typ.))

Power Consumption Total 14.25W (Typ.) (3.75W @VLCD, 10.5W @Is=100mA)

Weight 1680g(Typ.)
Display Operating Mode Transmissive mode, normally black
Panel Type Reverse Type
Surface Treatment Hard coating(3H), Anti-glare treatment of the front polarizer

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2. Absolute Maximum Ratings

The following are maximum values which, if exceeded, may cause faulty operation or damage to the unit.

Table 1. ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM RATINGS

Values
Parameter Symbol Units Notes
Min Max
Power Input Voltage VLCD -0.3 6.0 Vdc at 25  2°C

Operating Temperature TOP 0 50 °C

Storage Temperature TST -20 60 °C

1, 2, 3
Operating Ambient Humidity HOP 10 90 %RH

Storage Humidity HST 10 90 %RH

LCM Surface Temperature
TSurface 0 65 ℃ 1, 4
(Operation)

Note : 1. Temperature and relative humidity range are shown in the figure below.
Wet bulb temperature should be 39 °C Max, and no condensation of water.
2. Maximum Storage Humidity is up to 40℃, 70% RH only for 4 corner light leakage Mura.
3. Storage condition is guaranteed under packing condition
4. LCM Surface Temperature should be Min. 0℃ and Max. 65℃ under the VLCD=5.0V,
fV=60Hz, 25℃ ambient Temp. no humidity control and LED string current is typical value.

FIG.2 Temperature and relative humidity

90%

60
60%

50 Storage
Humidity [(%)RH]

Wet Bulb
Temperature [C]
40
40%
Operation
30

20
10
0
10%

-20 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80

Dry Bulb Temperature [C]

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3. Electrical Specifications

3-1. Electrical Characteristics

It requires two power inputs. One is employed to power the LCD electronics and to drive the TFT array and
liquid crystal. The second input power for the LED/Backlight, is typically generated by a LED Driver.
The LED Driver is an external unit to the LCDs.

Table 2-1. ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS

Values
Parameter Symbol Unit Notes
Min Typ Max
MODULE :
Power Supply Input Voltage VLCD 4.5 5 5.5 Vdc 5
Permissive Power Input Ripple VdRF 400 mVp-p 1
ILCD_Mosaic - 750 940 mA 2
Power Supply Input Current
ILCD_White - 920 1150 mA 3
Pc_Mosaic - 3.75 4.7 Watt 2
Power Consumption
Pc_White - 4.6 5.75 Watt 3
Rush current IRUSH - - 3.0 A 4

Note :
1. Permissive power ripple should be measured under VLCD =5.0V, 25°C, fV(frame frequency)=MAX
condition and At that time, we recommend the bandwidth configuration of oscilloscope is to be under
20Mhz. See the next page.

2. The specified current and power consumption are under the VLCD=5.0V, 25± 2°C,fV=60Hz condition
whereas Typical Power Pattern [Mosaic] shown in the [ Figure 3 ] is displayed.

3. The current is specified at the maximum current pattern.

4. Maximum Condition of Inrush current :

The duration of rush current is about 5ms and rising time of power Input is 500us  20%.(min.).

5. VLCD level must be measured at two points on LCM PCB - between VLCD(test point) and LCM Ground.
The measured results need to meet the Power supply input voltage spec.
(Test condition : maximum power pattern , 25± 2°C, fV=60Hz)

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• Permissive Power input ripple (VLCD =5.0V, 25°C, fv (frame frequency)=MAX condition)

White pattern Black pattern

• Power consumption (VLCD =5V, 25°C, fV (frame frequency=60Hz condition)

Typical power Pattern Maximum power Pattern

FIG.3 Mosaic pattern & White Pattern for power consumption measurement

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Table 2-2. LED Bar ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS

Values
Parameter Symbol Unit Notes
Min. Typ. Max.

LED String Current Is - (100) (105) mA 1, 2, 5

LED String Voltage Vs (49.3) (52.7) (56.1) V 1, 5

Power Consumption PBar - (10.5) (11.2) Watt 1, 2, 4

LED Life Time LED_LT 30,000 - - Hrs 3

Notes) The LED Bar consists of 34 LED packages, 2 strings (parallel) x 17 packages (serial)

LED driver design guide

: The design of the LED driver must have specifications for the LED in LCD Assembly.
The performance of the LED in LCM, for example life time or brightness, is extremely influenced by
the characteristics of the LED driver.
So all the parameters of an LED driver should be carefully designed and output current should be
Constant current control.
Please control feedback current of each string individually to compensate the current variation
among the strings of LEDs.
When you design or order the LED driver, please make sure unwanted lighting caused by
the mismatch of the LED and the LED driver (no lighting, flicker, etc) never occurs.
When you confirm it, the LCD module should be operated in the same condition as installed in
your instrument.

1. The specified values are for a single LED bar.

2. The specified current is defined as the input current for a single LED string with 100% duty cycle.
3. The LED life time is defined as the time when brightness of LED packages become 50% or less
than the initial value under the conditions at Ta = 25  2°C and LED string current is typical value.
4. The power consumption shown above does not include loss of external driver.
The typical power consumption is calculated as PBar = Vs(Typ.) x Is(Typ.) x No. of strings.
The maximum power consumption is calculated as PBar = Vs(Max.) x Is(Typ.) x No. of strings.
5. LED operating conditions are must not exceed Max. ratings.

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3-2. Interface Connections

3-2-1. LCD Module

- LCD Connector(CN1) : IS100-L30O-C23 (UJU) , GT103-30S-HF15 (LSM), GT103-30S-HF15-M (LSM)
- Mating Connector : FI-X30C2L (Manufactured by JAE) or Equivalent

Table 3. MODULE CONNECTOR(CN1) PIN CONFIGURATION

No Symbol Description No Symbol Symbol

1 FR0M Minus signal of odd channel 0 (LVDS) 16 SR1P Plus signal of even channel 1 (LVDS)

2 FR0P Plus signal of odd channel 0 (LVDS) 17 GND Ground

3 FR1M Minus signal of odd channel 1 (LVDS) 18 SR2M Minus signal of even channel 2 (LVDS)

4 FR1P Plus signal of odd channel 1 (LVDS) 19 SR2P Plus signal of even channel 2 (LVDS)

5 FR2M Minus signal of odd channel 2 (LVDS) 20 SCLKINM Minus signal of even clock channel (LVDS)

6 FR2P Plus signal of odd channel 2 (LVDS) 21 SCLKINP Plus signal of even clock channel (LVDS)

7 GND Ground 22 SR3M Minus signal of even channel 3 (LVDS)

8 FCLKINM Minus signal of odd clock channel (LVDS) 23 SR3P Plus signal of even channel 3 (LVDS)

9 FCLKINP Plus signal of odd clock channel (LVDS) 24 GND Ground

10 FR3M Minus signal of odd channel 3 (LVDS) 25 NC No Connection (I2C Serial interface for LCM)

11 FR3P Plus signal of odd channel 3 (LVDS) 26 NC No Connection.(I2C Serial interface for LCM)

12 SR0M Minus signal of even channel 0 (LVDS) 27 ITLC Interlace mode selection

13 SR0P Plus signal of even channel 0 (LVDS) 28 VLCD Power Supply +5.0V

14 GND Ground 29 VLCD Power Supply +5.0V

15 SR1M Minus signal of even channel 1 (LVDS) 30 VLCD Power Supply +5.0V

Note: 1. All GND(ground) pins should be connected together and to Vss which should also be connected to
the LCD’s metal frame.
2. All VLCD (power input) pins should be connected together.
3. Input Level of LVDS signal is based on the EIA 664 Standard.
4. ITLC is Interlace mode selection pin. (Low : Normal Mode, High : Interlace mode)
If you don’t use this pin, it should be connected to GND.
(Low level Input Voltage : GND ~ 0.4V, High level Input Voltage : 1.6 ~ 3.6V,
Absolute maximum ratings : - 0.5 ~ 4V)

#1 #30
#1 IS100-L30O-C23 #30

Rear view of LCM

FIG.4 Connector diagram

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Table 4. REQUIRED SIGNAL ASSIGNMENT FOR Flat Link (TI:SN75LVDS83) Transmitter

Pin # Pin Name Require Signal Pin # Pin Name Require Signal
1 VCC Power Supply for TTL Input 29 GND Ground pin for TTL

2 D5 TTL Input (R7) 30 D26 TTL Input (DE)

3 D6 TTL Input (R5) 31 TX CLKIN TTL Level clock Input

4 D7 TTL Input (G0) 32 PWR DWN Power Down Input

5 GND Ground pin for TTL 33 PLL GND Ground pin for PLL

6 D8 TTL Input (G1) 34 PLL VCC Power Supply for PLL

7 D9 TTL Input (G2) 35 PLL GND Ground pin for PLL

8 D10 TTL Input (G6) 36 LVDS GND Ground pin for LVDS

9 VCC Power Supply for TTL Input 37 TxOUT3＋ Positive LVDS differential data output 3

10 D11 TTL Input (G7) 38 TxOUT3－ Negative LVDS differential data output 3

11 D12 TTL Input (G3) 39 TX CLKOUT＋ Positive LVDS differential clock output

12 D13 TTL Input (G4) 40 TX CLKOUT－ Negative LVDS differential clock output

13 GND Ground pin for TTL 41 TX OUT2＋ Positive LVDS differential data output 2

14 D14 TTL Input (G5) 42 TX OUT2－ Negative LVDS differential data output 2

15 D15 TTL Input (B0) 43 LVDS GND Ground pin for LVDS

16 D16 TTL Input (B6) 44 LVDS VCC Power Supply for LVDS

17 VCC Power Supply for TTL Input 45 TX OUT1＋ Positive LVDS differential data output 1

18 D17 TTL Input (B7) 46 TX OUT1－ Negative LVDS differential data output 1
19 D18 TTL Input (B1) 47 TX OUT0＋ Positive LVDS differential data output 0

20 D19 TTL Input (B2) 48 TX OUT0－ Negative LVDS differential data output 0

21 GND Ground pin for TTL Input 49 LVDS GND Ground pin for LVDS

22 D20 TTL Input (B3) 50 D27 TTL Input (R6)

23 D21 TTL Input (B4) 51 D0 TTL Input (R0)

24 D22 TTL Input (B5) 52 D1 TTL Input (R1)

25 D23 TTL Input (RSVD) 53 GND Ground pin for TTL

26 VCC Power Supply for TTL Input 54 D2 TTL Input (R2)

27 D24 TTL Input (HSYNC) 55 D3 TTL Input (R3)

28 D25 TTL Input (VSYNC) 56 D4 TTL Input (R4)

Notes : 1. Refer to LVDS Transmitter Data Sheet for detail descriptions.

2. 7 means MSB and 0 means LSB at R,G,B pixel data

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LVDS Input characteristics

1. DC Specification

Description Symbol Min Max Unit Notes

LVDS Differential Voltage |VID| 200 600 mV -
LVDS Common mode Voltage VCM 1.0 1.5 V -
LVDS Input Voltage Range VIN 0.7 1.8 V -
Change in common mode Voltage ΔVCM - 250 mV -

Notes : Dose not have any Noise & Peaking in LVDS Signal
2. AC Specification

T clk

LVDS Clock

LVDS Data

t SKEW (F clk = 1/T clk )

1) 95 MHz > Fclk ≥ 85 MHz : - 300 ~ +300
t SKEW
2) 85 MHz > Fclk ≥ 65 MHz : - 400 ~ +400
3) 65 MHz > Fclk ≥ 30 MHz : - 600 ~ +600

Description Symbol Min Max Unit Notes

tSKEW - 300 + 300 ps 95MHz > Fclk ≥ 85MHz
LVDS Clock to Data Skew Margin tSKEW - 400 + 400 ps 85MHz > Fclk ≥ 65MHz
tSKEW - 600 + 600 ps 65MHz > Fclk ≥ 30MHz

LVDS Clock to Clock Skew Margin

tSKEW_EO - 1/7 + 1/7 Tclk -
(Even to Odd)

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< Clock skew margin between channel >

3. Data Format
1) LVDS 2 Port

< LVDS Data Format >

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Table 5. BACKLIGHT CONNECTOR PIN CONFIGURATION(CN2)

The LED interface connector is a model SM06B-SHJH(HF)_manufactured by JST or equivalent.

The mating connector is a SHJP-06V-S(HF) or SHJP-06V-A-K(HF) and Equivalent.
The pin configuration for the connector is shown in the table below.

Pin Symbol Description Notes

1 FB1 Channel1 Current Feedback

2 NC No Connection

3 VLED LED Power Supply

4 VLED LED Power Supply

5 NC No Connection

6 FB2 Channel2 Current Feedback

#1

Rear view of LCM

#6

[ Figure 5 ] Backlight connector view

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3-3. Signal Timing Specifications

This is signal timing required at the input of the TMDS transmitter. All of the interface signal timing should be
satisfied with the following specifications for it’s proper operation.

Table 6. TIMING TABLE

ITEM Symbol Min Typ Max Unit Note

Period tCLK 11.43 13.89 16.7 ns

DCLK
Frequency - 60 72 87.5 MHz 5

Period tHP 1024 1088 1120 tCLK

Horizontal Valid tHV 960 960 960 tCLK

Horizontal Blank tHB 64 128 160

Hsync Frequency fH 64 66 83 KHz

Width tWH 16 32 48 tCLK

Horizontal Back Porch tHBP 32 48 64

Horizontal Front Porch tHFP 16 48 48

Period tVP 1090 1100 1160 tHP

Vertical Valid tVV 1080 1080 1080 tHP

Vertical Blank tVB 10 20 80 tHP

Vsync Frequency fV 50 60 75 Hz

Width tWV 2 4 16 tHP

Vertical Back Porch tVBP 5 8 32

Vertical Front Porch tVFP 3 8 32

Note: Hsync period and Hsync width-active should be even number times of tCLK. If the value is odd number
times of tCLK, display control signal can be asynchronous. In order to operate this LCM a Hsync,
Vsyn, and DE(data enable) signals should be used.
1. The performance of the electro-optical characteristics may be influenced by variance of the vertical
refresh rates.
2. Vsync and Hsync should be keep the above specification.
3. Hsync Period, Hsync Width, and Horizontal Back Porch should be any times of of character
number(4).
4. The polarity of Hsync, Vsync is not restricted.
5. The Max frequency of 1920X1080 resolution is 82.5Mhz

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3-4. Signal Timing Waveforms

1. DCLK , DE, DATA waveforms

tCLK
DCLK

Valid data

First data Invalid data Pixel 0,0 Pixel 2,0 Invalid data

Valid data

Second data Invalid data Pixel 1,0 Pixel 3,0 Invalid data

DE(Data Enable)

2. Horizontal waveform
tHP
tHV

DE(Data Enable) DE

3. Vertical waveform
tVP
tVV
tHP
DE(Data Enable) DE

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3-5. Color Input Data Reference

The Brightness of each primary color(red,green,blue) is based on the 8-bit gray scale data input for the color;
the higher the binary input, the brighter the color. The table below provides a reference for color versus data
input.

Table 7. COLOR DATA REFERENCE

Input Color Data

RED GREEN BLUE

Color
MSB LSB MSB LSB MSB LSB

R7 R6 R5 R4 R3 R2 R1 R0 G7 G6 G5 G4 G3 G2 G1 G0 B7 B6 B5 B4 B3 B2 B1 B0

Black 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Red (255) 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Green (255) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Basic Blue (255) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

Color Cyan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

Magenta 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

Yellow 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

White 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

RED (000) Dark 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

RED (001) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

RED ... ... ... ...

RED (254) 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

RED (255) 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

GREEN (000) Dark 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

GREEN (001) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

GREEN ... ... ... ...

GREEN (254) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

GREEN (255) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

BLUE (000) Dark 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

BLUE (001) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

BLUE ... ... ... ...

BLUE (254) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0

BLUE (255) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

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3-6. Power Sequence

90% 90%
Power Supply For LCD
VLCD 10% 10%
0V

T1 T2 T5 T7

Valid Data

Interface Signal (Tx) 0V

Option Signal (ITLC)

T3 T4

LED Off LED On LED Off

Power Supply for LED

Table 8. POWER SEQUENCE

Values
Parameter Units
Min Typ Max
T1 0.5 - 10 ms
T2 0.01 - 50 ms
T3 500 - - ms
T4 200 - - ms
T5 0.01 - 50 ms
T7 1000 - ms

Notes : 1. Please avoid floating state of interface signal at invalid period.

2. When the interface signal is invalid, be sure to pull down the power supply for LCD VLCDto 0V.
3. The invalid signal means out of the signal timing specification which define as page 14.
4. The above power sequence should be satisfied the basic power on/off and
resolution, timing transition.
5. LED power must be turn on after power supply for LCD and interface signal are valid.
6. Recommend to follow Power sequence at these case
-.AC/DC Power On/Off
-.Mode change ( Resolution, frequency, timing, sleep mode, Color depth change, etc. )
If not to follow power sequence, there is a risk of abnormal display.

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3-7. VLCD Power Dip Condition

VLCD

4.5V
3.5V
GND(ground)
td

FIG.6 Power dip condition

1) Dip condition

3.5V ≤VLCD＜ 4.5V , td≤20ms

2) VLCD＜ 3.5V

VLCD-dip conditions should also follow the Power On/Off conditions for supply voltage.

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4. Optical Specifications
Optical characteristics are determined after the unit has been ‘ON’ for approximately 30 minutes
in a dark environment at 25±2°C. The values specified are at an approximate distance 50cm from the LCD
surface at a viewing angle of  and  equal to 0 ° and aperture 1 degree.
FIG. 1 presents additional information concerning the measurement equipment and method.

PR 880 or RD 80S
LCD Module
Optical Stage(x,y) or PR650

50cm
FIG.7 Optical Characteristic Measurement Equipment and Method

Table 9. OPTICAL CHARACTERISTICS (Ta=25 °C, VLCD=5V, fV=60Hz Dclk=144MHz, IBL=100mA)

Values
Parameter Symbol Units Notes
Min Typ Max
Contrast Ratio CR 700 1000 - 1
Surface Luminance, white LWH 200 250 - cd/m2 2
Luminance Variation  WHITE 75 - - % 3
Gray To Gray TGTG_AVR - 14 25 ms 4
Response Time Gray to Gray Reference
G to G σ - (5) - ms
(σ) 10,11
RED Rx 0.651
Ry 0.338
GREEN Gx 0.318
Color Coordinates Gy Typ 0.612 Typ
[CIE1931]
BLUE Bx -0.03 0.151 +0.03
(By PR650)
By 0.065
WHITE Wx 0.313
Wy 0.329
Color Shift Horizontal CST_H - 140 -
Degree 5
(Avg. Δu’v’ < 0.02) Vertical CST_V - 100 -
Viewing Angle (CR>10)
Horizontal H 170 178 -
General Degree 6
Vertical V 170 178 -
GSR @ 60dgree Horizontal Gamma_H - - 20
% 7
(Gamma shift rate) Vertical Gamma_V - - 20
WPT (White Point Tracking) - -300 G255 CCT +700 K 8
Gray Scale - - 2.2 - 9

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Notes 1. Contrast Ratio(CR) is defined mathematically as : (By PR880)

Surface Luminance with all white pixels
Contrast Ratio 
Surface Luminance with all black pixels
It is measured at center point(Location P1)

2. Surface luminance(LWH)is luminance value at Center 1 point(P1) across the LCD surface 50cm
from the surface with all pixels displaying white. For more information see FIG.8 (By PR880)

3. The variation in surface luminance ,  WHITE is defined as : (By PR880)

Minimum(L P1 , L P2 , .. L P9 )
WHITE   100
Maximum (L P1 , L P2 , .... L P9 )

Where L1 to L9 are the luminance with all pixels displaying white at 9 locations.
For more information see FIG.8

4. Gray to gray response time is the time required for the display to transition from gray to gray.
For additional information see Table 10. (By RD80S)

5. Color shift is the angle at which the average color difference for all Macbeth is lower than 0.02.
For more information see FIG.9 (By EZ Contrast)
- Color difference (Δu’v’)

4x 9y
u'  v'  u ' v'  (u '1 u '2 ) 2  (v'1 v'2 ) 2
 2 x  12 y  3  2 x  12 y  3
24

 (u' v' )i u’1, v’1 : u’v’ value at viewing angle direction

u’2, v’2 : u’v’ value at front (θ=0)
Avg (u ' v' )  i 1
i : Macbeth chart number (Define 23 page)
24
- Pattern size : 25% Box size
- Viewing angle direction of color shift : Horizontal, Vertical

6. Viewing angle is the angle at which the contrast ratio is greater than 10. The angles are
determined for the horizontal or x axis and the vertical or y axis with respect to the z axis which
is normal to the LCD surface. For more information see FIG.10 (By PR880)

7. GSR is the rate of gamma shift at up, down, left and right 60 degree viewing angle compare with
center gamma. For more information see FIG.11 and FIG.12 (By EZ Contrast)
- GSR ( Gamma ) is defined as :
.
 View angle Gamma Value (Up, Down, Reft, Light 60 Degree) 
GSR  1   100
 Center Gamma Value (0 Degree) 
8. WPT (White Point Tracking) is the variation of color temperature between G255 and G63.
(By PR650)

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Notes 9. Gamma Value is approximately 2.2. For more information see Table 11.

Notes 10. It is the standard deviation of G to G (σ) data.

√ Σ(Xi- u)2 Xi = Individual Data

G to G (σ) = u = Data average
N N : The number of Data

Notes 11. This is not used for product spec, but for end-user marketing purpose

Measuring point for surface luminance & measuring point for luminance variation.

H/2 H/10

● ● ●
P2 P3 P4
V/2

● ● ● P6
V

P5 P1

● ● ● P9
V/10

P7 P8

FIG.8 Measure Point for Luminance

The Gray to Gray response time is defined as the following figure and shall be measured by switching the input
signal for “Gray To Gray “.
- Gray step : 5 Step
- TGTG_AVR is the total average time at rising time and falling time for “Gray To Gray “.
- if system use ODC ( Over Driving Circuit) function, Gray to Gary response time may be 5ms~8ms GtG
* it depends on Overshoot rate.

Table. 10 GTG Gray Table

Rising Time
Gray to Gray
G255 G191 G127 G63 G0

Falling Time G255

G191

G127

G63

G0

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G to G(BW) Response time is defined as the following figure and shall be measured by switching the input
signal for “Gray(N)” and “Black or White”.
Tr Tf
100
90

Optical
Response

10
Gray(N) White Gray(N) Black
0
N = 0(Black)~255(White)

Color shift is defined as the following test pattern and color.

25% Box size

FIG.9 Color Shift Test Pattern

Average RGB values in Bruce RGB for Macbeth Chart

Dark skin (i=1) Light skin Blue sky Foliage Blue flower Bluish green
R 98 206 85 77 129 114
G 56 142 112 102 118 199
B 45 123 161 46 185 178
Orange Purplish blue Moderate red Purple Yellow green Orange yellow
R 219 56 211 76 160 230
G 104 69 67 39 193 162
B 24 174 87 86 58 29
Blue Green Red Yellow Magenta Cyan
R 26 72 197 241 207 35
G 32 148 27 212 62 126
B 145 65 37 36 151 172
White Neutral 8 Neutral 6.5 Neutral 5 Neutral 3.5 Black
R 240 206 155 110 63 22
G 240 206 155 110 63 22
B 240 206 155 110 63 22

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Dimension of viewing angle range.

Normal
E Y
 = 90, Up

 = 180, Left


 = 0, Right

 = 270, Down

FIG.10 Viewing angle

FIG.11 Sample Luminance vs. gray scale FIG.12 Sample Log-log plot of luminance
(using a 256 bit gray scale) vs. gray scale

L  aV r  Lb log( L  Lb )  r log(V )  log(a )

Here the Parameter α and γ relate the signal level V to the luminance L.
The GAMMA we calculate from the log-log representation (FIG.11)

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Table 11. Gray Scale Specification

Gray Level Relative Luminance [%] (Typ.)

0 0.11

31 1.08

63 4.72

95 11.49

127 21.66

159 35.45

191 53.00

223 74.48

255 100

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5. Mechanical Characteristics
The contents provide general mechanical characteristics. In addition the figures in the next page are detailed
mechanical drawing of the LCD.

Horizontal 497.6mm

Outline Dimension Vertical 292.2mm

Depth 10.5 mm

Horizontal 479.8mm
Bezel Area
Vertical 271.3mm

Horizontal 476.064 mm
Active Display Area
Vertical 267.786 mm

Weight 1680g(Typ.), 1765g(Max.)

Hard coating(3H)
Surface Treatment
Anti-glare treatment of the front polarizer

Notes : Please refer to a mechanic drawing in terms of tolerance at the next page.

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<FRONT VIEW>

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<REAR VIEW>

LGD Highly recommendation :

As The IPS panel is sensitive & slim, please recommend the metal frame of the system supports the panel
by the double side-mount.

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6. Reliability
Environment test condition

No Test Item Condition Notes

1 High temperature storage test Ta= 60°C 240h 1

2 Low temperature storage test Ta= -20°C 240h 1

3 High temperature operation test Ta= 50°C 50%RH 240h 1

4 Low temperature operation test Ta= 0°C 240h 1

Wave form : random

Vibration level : 1.00G RMS
Vibration test
5 Bandwidth : 10-300Hz
(non-operating)
Duration : X, Y, Z, 10 min
One time each direction
Shock level : 100G
Shock test Waveform : half sine wave, 2ms
6
(non-operating) Direction : ±X, ±Y, ±Z
One time each direction

7 Humidity condition Operation Ta= 40 °C ,90%RH

Altitude
8 operating 0 - 10,000 feet(3,048m)
storage / shipment 0 - 40,000 feet(12,192m)

Maximum Storage Humidity for

9 Max 70%RH , Ta=40℃
4 corner light leakage Mura.

Note 1. Result Evaluation Criteria:

TFT-LCD panels test should take place after cooling enough at room temperature.
In the standard condition, there should be no particular problems that may affect the display function.

※. Ta= Ambient Temperature

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7. International Standards

7-1. Safety
a) UL 60950-1, Underwriters Laboratories Inc.
Information Technology Equipment - Safety - Part 1 : General Requirements.
b) CAN/CSA-C22.2 No. 60950-1-07, Canadian Standards Association.
Information Technology Equipment - Safety - Part 1 : General Requirements.
c) EN 60950-1, European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization (CENELEC).
Information Technology Equipment - Safety - Part 1 : General Requirements.
d) IEC 60950-1, The International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC).
Information Technology Equipment - Safety - Part 1 : General Requirements

7-2. Environment

a) RoHS, Directive 2011/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the council of 8 June 2011

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8. Packing

8-1. Designation of Lot Mark

a) Lot Mark

A B C D E F G H I J K L M

A,B,C : SIZE(INCH) D : YEAR

E : MONTH F ~ M : SERIAL NO.

Note
1. YEAR
Year 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020

Mark A B C D E F G H J K

2. MONTH

Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Mark 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C

b) Location of Lot Mark

Serial No. is printed on the label. The label is attached to the backside of the LCD module.
This is subject to change without prior notice.

8-2. Packing Form

a) Package quantity in one box : 12pcs (2 Module is packed in 1 Al Bag)

b) Box Size : 365 X 315 X 570mm

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9. PRECAUTIONS
Please pay attention to the followings when you use this TFT LCD module.

9-1. MOUNTING PRECAUTIONS

(1) You must mount a module using holes arranged in four corners or four sides.
(2) You should consider the mounting structure so that uneven force (ex. Twisted stress) is not applied to the
module. And the case on which a module is mounted should have sufficient strength so that external
force is not transmitted directly to the module.
(3) Please attach the surface transparent protective plate to the surface in order to protect the polarizer.
Transparent protective plate should have sufficient strength in order to the resist external force.
(4) You should adopt radiation structure to satisfy the temperature specification.
(5) Acetic acid type and chlorine type materials for the cover case are not desirable because the former
generates corrosive gas of attacking the polarizer at high temperature and the latter causes circuit break
by electro-chemical reaction.
(6) Do not touch, push or rub the exposed polarizers with glass, tweezers or anything harder than HB
pencil lead. And please do not rub with dust clothes with chemical treatment.
Do not touch the surface of polarizer for bare hand or greasy cloth.(Some cosmetics are detrimental
to the polarizer.)
(7) When the surface becomes dusty, please wipe gently with absorbent cotton or other soft materials like
chamois soaks with petroleum benzene. Normal-hexane is recommended for cleaning the adhesives
used to attach front / rear polarizers. Do not use acetone, toluene and alcohol because they cause
chemical damage to the polarizer.
(8) Wipe off saliva or water drops as soon as possible. Their long time contact with polarizer causes
deformations and color fading.
(9) Do not open the case because inside circuits do not have sufficient strength.
(10) As The IPS panel is sensitive & slim, please recommend the metal frame of the system supports the panel
by the double side-mount.

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9. PRECAUTIONS
Please pay attention to the followings when you use this TFT LCD module.

9-2. OPERATING PRECAUTIONS

(1) The spike noise causes the mis-operation of circuits. It should be lower than following voltage :
V=±200mV(Over and under shoot voltage)
(2) Response time depends on the temperature.(In lower temperature, it becomes longer.)
(3) Brightness depends on the temperature. (In lower temperature, it becomes higher.)
And in lower temperature, response time(required time that brightness is stable after turned on) becomes
longer.
(4) Be careful for condensation at sudden temperature change. Condensation makes damage to polarizer or
electrical contacted parts. And after fading condensation, smear or spot will occur.
(5) When fixed patterns are displayed for a long time, remnant image is likely to occur.
(6) Module has high frequency circuits. Sufficient suppression to the electromagnetic interference shall be
done by system manufacturers. Grounding and shielding methods may be important to minimized the
interference.
(7) Please do not give any mechanical and/or acoustical impact to LCM. Otherwise, LCM can’t be operated
its full characteristics perfectly.
(8) A screw which is fastened up the steels should be a machine screw.
(if not, it causes metallic foreign material and deal LCM a fatal blow)
(9) Please do not set LCD on its edge.
(10) When LCMs are used for public display defects such as Yogore, image sticking can not guarantee.
(11) When this reverse model is used as a forward-type model (PCB on top side), LGD can not guarantee
any defects of LCM.
(12) LCMs cannot support “Interlaced Scan Method”
(13) Please conduct image sticking test after 2-hour aging with Rolling PTN and normal temperature
(25~40℃)

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9-3. ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE CONTROL

Since a module is composed of electronic circuits, it is not strong to electrostatic discharge. Make certain that
treatment persons are connected to ground through wrist band etc. And don’t touch interface pin directly.

9-4. PRECAUTIONS FOR STRONG LIGHT EXPOSURE

Strong light exposure causes degradation of polarizer and color filter.

9-5. STORAGE
When storing modules as spares for a long time, the following precautions are necessary.

(1) Store them in a dark place. Do not expose the module to sunlight or fluorescent light. Keep the temperature
between 5°C and 35°C at normal humidity.
(2) The polarizer surface should not come in contact with any other object.
It is recommended that they be stored in the container in which they were shipped.

9-6. HANDLING PRECAUTIONS FOR PROTECTION FILM

(1) The protection film is attached to the bezel with a small masking tape.
When the protection film is peeled off, static electricity is generated between the film and polarizer.
This should be peeled off slowly and carefully by people who are electrically grounded and with well ion-
blown equipment or in such a condition, etc.
(2) When the module with protection film attached is stored for a long time, sometimes there remains a very
small amount of glue still on the bezel after the protection film is peeled off.
(3) You can remove the glue easily. When the glue remains on the bezel surface or its vestige is recognized,
please wipe them off with absorbent cotton waste or other soft material like chamois soaked with normal-
hexane.

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