Preliminary
MXED102
APPLICATION NOTES:
Application Note 1 - Parasitic Diode in Precharge Circuit:
The MX823 has a parasitic diode connected between the precharge reference pin PRECHA and column outputs
1, 4, … , 238, and between PRECHB and outputs 2, 5, … , 239, and between PRECHC and outputs 3, 6, …,
240 as shown below. This means that the precharge voltage must be set above the display diode anode volt-
ages during calibration and at or above display diode anode voltages during operation or output current will flow
through the parasitic diodes and not the display.
Display Block Diagram
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