An 8-bit QVGA AMOLED driver IC with a polynomial interpolation DAC

The paper proposes an 8-bit AMOLED driver IC with a polynomial interpolation DAC. This architecture maintains high-accuracy AMOLED panels with 8-bit compensated gamma correction and supporting low-complex configuration which results in additional occupied die area. The proposed driver consists of a 6-bit gamma correction resistor-string DAC and a 2-bit polynomial interpolation current-modulation sub-DAC. The two-stage DAC leads to a compact die size compared with conventional 8-bit resister-string DAC, and the polynomial interpolation method provides high accurate grey level voltages than linear one. The AMOLED driver was realized in 0.35-μm CMOS process with DNL and INL of 0.43 LSB and 0.43 LSB.

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