TW8827
Ultra low cost, highly integrated LCD controller for analog LCD panels

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- Target Applications - Analog Video Decoder - Font OSD
- TFT Panel Support - Timing Controller (TCON) - Image Processing & Enhancement
- Miscellaneous - Pricing and availability    
 
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 Product Description

The TW8827 is an ultra low cost, highly integrated LCD TFT flat panel controller supporting analog panels. To reduce BOM cost, TW8827 integrates a NTSC/PAL/SECAM video decoder supporting CBVS & S-Video inputs, an 8-bit MCU, a CCFL controller and a LED controller. The TW8827 integrates a high quality NTSC/PAL/SECAM 2D video decoder and a 2D De-interlacer/Scaler. In addition, 16-bit digital RGB/YCbCr inputs are supported through built-in digital interface.

 Target Applications
- Navigation + DVD + TV
- Back up Camera
- Rear Seat Entertainment
- Car TV
- Portable DVD
- PMP
- Portable TV
- Door Phone
- Photo Frame
- DMB TV
- Baby Monitor
- Home Audio
- In Flight Entertainment
 Key Features 
- Supports analog inputs including CVBS & S-Video signals and digital inputs including 18-bits RGB/YCbCr. Both interlaced and progressive ITU-656 and ITU-601 formats are supported
- Supports analog panel up to WQVGA resolutions
- Integrated 8-bit 8051 MCU, LED controller and CCFL controller
- Built-in 8 color font based OSD with ~200 ROM & 75 RAM fonts
- Embedded Image Enhancement
   - Programmable CTI, hue, brightness, saturation, contrast & sharpness control
   - Black/White Stretch
   - Programmable favorite color enhancement- up to three colors (Skin, Grass & Sky)
   - Programmable Gamma Correction table
 Analog Video Decoder
- NTSC (M, 4.34) and PAL (B, D, G, H, I, M, N, N combination), PAL (60), SECAM with automatic format detection
- Advanced synchronization processing for VCR trick play signal
- Two 10-bit ADCs and analog clamping circuit
- Built-in analog anti-aliasing filter
Fully programmable static gain or automatic gain control for the Y or CVBS channel
- Programmable white peak control for the Y or CVBS channel
- Software selectable analog inputs allows any of the following combinations:
   - 2 composite video
   - 1 S-Video
- 4-H adaptive comb filter Y/C separation
- PAL delay line for color phase error correction
- Digital PLL for both color and horizontal locking
- Programmable hue, brightness, saturation, contrast, sharpness, Gamma control, and noise suppression
- Automatic color control and color killer
- Detection of level of copy protection according to Macrovision standard
 Font OSD
- Built-in OSD controller with integrated character ROM and programmable RAM font- 202 ROM & 75 RAM fonts
- Multi-window OSD support with color pallet
- Support OSD overlay with alpha blending
 TFT Panel Support
- Supports a wide variety of Analog active matrix TFT panels
- Supports analog panel up to WQVGA (480 x 234)
 Timing Controller (TCON)
- Support programmable interface signals for control
- Column (source) driver / row (gate) driver
 Image Processing & Enhancement
- Built-in 2D de-interlacing engine
- Built-in high quality scalar
- Programmable hue, brightness, saturation, contrast
- Sharpness control with vertical peaking
- Programmable color transient improvement control
- Independent RGB gain and offset controls
- Panorama / Water-glass scaling
- YCbCr hue adjustment
- Programmable Gamma correction tables
- Built-in YCbCr to RGB color space converter
- Black/White Stretch
- Programmable favorite color enhancement
 CCFL Controller
- Single channel CCFL controller based on push-pull architecture
- Lamp fault monitoring- Lamp Open, Lamp Over-current, Failure to Strike and Over-voltage
- Programmable Lamp Frequency to move EMI spurs out of band
- Analog or digital brightness control. 300:1 dimming range with the digital brightness control
- Low power stand-by mode
 Built-in Microcontroller
- Support external SPI Interface
- Support I2C Master interface with GPIO
- Support 2 LED signal interface with GPIO
- Support UART interface with GPIO
- Support IR or interrupt with GPIO
 LED Controller
- Boost-up
- DC and PWM Dimming Control
- Built-in Open LED Protection
- 1MHz fixed Switching Frequency
- Resistor-programmable LED Current
 Power Management
- Supports Panel power sequencing
- Supports DPMS for monitor power management
- 1.8 / 3.3 V operation
 Miscellaneous
- Supports 2-wire serial bus interface
- Temperature rating: -40 C to +85 C
- Spread spectrum PLL
- Low-speed ADC for KEY scan
- Programmable panel VCOM offset control
- 5V tolerant I/O
- Power-down mode
- Single 27MHz crystal
 Block Diagram (click on image for larger view)

 

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