Abstract
This chapter describes the fundamentals of interfaces between graphics adapters (or graphics controllers) as signal sources and the input of display modules. We distinguish between analog and digital transmission while the latter divides into parallel and serial methods. In this chapter, analog and digital parallel interfaces are described; serialized data transmission standards will be presented in the chapters that follow.
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Abbreviations
- ADC:
-
Analog-to-Digital Converter
- AM:
-
Active Matrix
- APIX:
-
Automotive Pixel Link
- bpp:
-
Bit Per Pixel
- BW:
-
Bandwidth
- CRT:
-
- Cathode Ray Tube
- DAC:
-
Digital-to-Analog Converter
- DP:
-
Displayport
- DVD:
-
Digital Versatile Disk or Digital Video Disk
- DVI:
-
Digital Visual Interface
- EMI:
-
Electromagnetic Interference
- HDMI:
-
High Definition Multimedia Interface
- HDTV:
-
High Definition Television
- LVDS:
-
Low Voltage Differential Signaling
- MDDI:
-
Mobile Display Digital Interface
- MIPI:
-
Mobile Industry Processor Interface
- NTSC:
-
National Television Systems Committee (US)
- PAL:
-
Phase Alternating Line (Analog Color Television)
- PC:
-
Personal Computer
- QVGA:
-
Quarter Video Graphics Array
- RGB:
-
Red, green, blue
- RS-170:
-
US Standard Black and White Video Format
- SDTV:
-
Standard-Definition Television
- TCON:
-
Timing Controller
- TTL:
-
Transistor-Transistor-Logic
- TV:
-
Television
- USB:
-
Universal Serial Bus
- VESA:
-
Video Electronics Standards Association
- VGA:
-
Video Graphics Array
- XGA:
-
Extended Graphics Array
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Hong D, Cheng KT (2010) Efficient test methodologies for high-speed serial links. Springer, Dordrecht
Pease R (2008) Analog circuits. Newnes, Burlington
Poynton C (2002) Digital video and HDTV: algorithms and interfaces. Morgan Kaufmann, San Francisco
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Blankenbach, K. (2012). Panel Interfaces: Fundamentals. In: Chen, J., Cranton, W., Fihn, M. (eds) Handbook of Visual Display Technology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-79567-4_35
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