The LP5860T device uses a time-multiplexing matrix scheme to support up to 198 LED dots with one chip. The device integrates 18 current sinks with 11 scan lines to drive 18 × 11 = 198 LED dots or 6 × 11 = 66 RGB pixels. In matrix control scheme, the device scans from Line 0 to Line 10 sequentially as shown in Figure 7-1. Current gain and PWM duty registers are programmable for each LED dot to support individual analog and PWM dimming.
There are 11 high-side p-channel MOSFETs (PMOS) integrated in LP5860T device. Users can flexibly set the active scan numbers from 6 to 11 by configuring the 'Max_Line_Num' in Dev_initial register. The time-multiplexing matrix timing sequence follows the Figure 7-2.
One cycle time of the line switching can be calculated as below:
Equation 1. tline_switch = tPWM + tSW_BLK + 2 × tphase_shift
- tPWM is the current sink active time, which equals to 8μs (PWM frequency set at 125kHz) or 16μs (PWM frequency set at 62.5kHz) by configuring 'PWM_Fre' in Dev_initial register.
- tSW_BLK is the switch blank time, which equals to 1μs or 0.5μs by configuring 'SW_BLK' in Dev_config1 register.
- tphase_shift is the PWM phase shift time, which equal to 0 or 125ns by configuring 'PWM_Phase_Shift' in Dev_config1 register.
Total display time for one complete sub-period is tsub_period and can be calculated by the following equation:
Equation 2. tsub_period = tline_switch × Scan_line#
- Scan_line# is the scan line number determined by 'Max_Line_Num' in Dev_initial register.
The time-multiplexing matrix scheme time diagram is shown in Figure 7-3. The tCS_ON_Shift is the current sink turning on shift by configuring 'CS_ON_Shift' bit in Dev_config1 register.
The LP5860T device implements de-ghosting and low brightness compensation to remove the side effects of matrix topology:
- De-ghosting: Both upside de-ghosting and downside de-ghosting are implemented to eliminate the LED's unexpected weak turn-on.
- Upside_de-ghosting: discharge each scan line during blank state. By configuring the 'Up_Deghost' in Dev_config3 register, the LP5860T discharges and clamps the scan line switch to a certain voltage.
- Downside_deghosting: pre-charge each current sink voltage during blank state. The de-ghosting capability can be adjusted through the 'Down_Deghost' in Dev_config3 register.
- Low Brightness Compensation: three groups compensation are implemented to overcome the color-shift and non-uniformity in low brightness conditions. The compensation capability can be through 'Comp_Group1', 'Comp_Group2', and 'Comp_Group3' in Dev_config2 register.
- Compensation_group 1: CS0, CS3, CS6, CS9, CS12, CS15.
- Compensation_group 2: CS1, CS4, CS7, CS10, CS13, CS16.
- Compensation_group 3: CS2, CS5, CS8, CS11, CS14, CS17.