Emerging screen technologies impact on application engine IC power

Author

Gentric, Philippe

Author_Institution

Texas Instrum. Nice, Nice, France

fYear

2010

fDate

2-4 June 2010

Firstpage

172

Lastpage

173

Abstract

Emerging screen technologies, such as Electrophoretic Displays (EPD) used in E-book Readers, are changing product power requirements due to their advantageous properties such as bi-stability (effective "zero power" static display) and reflective mode of operation (no backlight). We will first review the emerging screen technologies under the angle of system and IC design impact. We will explain power management consequences for IC design, with a focus on Application Engine SOCs for the wireless/portable markets.

Keywords

electrophoretic displays; integrated circuit design; low-power electronics; system-on-chip; IC design; application engine IC power; bistability; e-book reader; electrophoretic display; power management; product power requirement; reflective mode; screen technology; system design; system-on-chip; zero power static display; Application specific integrated circuits; Engines; Instruments; Interference; Liquid crystal displays; Mirrors; Optical microscopy; Optical modulation; Portable media players; Thin film transistors; Electrophoretic displays; System On Chip;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

IC Design and Technology (ICICDT), 2010 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Grenoble

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-5773-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICICDT.2010.5510267

Filename

5510267