Maxim's latest notebook LCD PMIC integrates all devices needed for powering the LCD gate drivers, source drivers, and VCOM backplane.
SUNNYVALE, CA—January 4, 2010—Maxim Integrated Products (NASDAQ: MXIM) announces the MAX17106, a fully integrated PMIC (power-management IC) that minimizes BOM cost and solution size for notebook LCD panels. This device is uniquely equipped with two boost regulators, an LDO, a programmable VCOM calibrator with buffer, three high-speed op amps, a high-voltage level-shifting scan driver, and 18Kb of EEPROM. Fabricated using Maxim's proprietary high-voltage BiCMOS process, the MAX17106 integrates all blocks required to power the LCD source drivers, gate drivers, and VCOM backplane.
One boost regulator has a 1.2MHz switching frequency and integrates a power MOSFET. It delivers output voltages up to 14V from a 2.4V to 5.5V input while achieving > 85% efficiency. A second boost regulator generates the GON voltage. The LDO can supply a 300mA load and provides a highly accurate output voltage. The integrated op amps drive the VCOM backplane and feature a 150mA short-circuit current with a 45V/µs slew rate. The level-shifting scan driver swings from -22V to +38V and can swiftly drive capacitive loads. The MAX17106 includes an I²C controlled VCOM calibrator that provides 7-bit setting accuracy. It also integrates 18Kb of EEPROM for setting and controlling the VCOM voltage level.
The MAX17106 is available in a 7mm x 7mm, 56-pin TQFN package and operates over the -40°C to +85°C extended temperature range. Prices start at $1.65 (1000-up, FOB USA).
Maxim Integrated Products is a publicly traded company that designs, manufactures, and sells high-performance semiconductor products. The Company was founded over 25 years ago with the mission to deliver innovative analog and mixed-signal engineering solutions that add value to its customers' products. To date, it has developed over 6200 products serving the industrial, communications, consumer, and computing markets.
Maxim reported revenue in excess of $1.6 billion for fiscal 2009. A Fortune 1000 company, Maxim is included in the Nasdaq 100, the Russell 1000, and the MSCI USA indices. For more information, go to www.maxim-ic.com.