A high performance data driver LSI for color AC plasma display panels

We have developed a data driver LSI using dielectric isolation (DI) technology for high resolution color AC plasma display panel (PDP) systems such as HDTV applications. The high voltage device in the data driver LSIs employs an extended drain MOSFET (EDMOSFET) structure which has invariant channel length in spite of process variation due to self-alignment structure, the breakdown voltage of 180 V and specific on-resistance of 5.48 m Omega cm(2). This is the best reported device characteristics in 180 V class lateral high voltage devices. The developed LSI with 60 output channels can operate for output voltage of up to 120 V, output current per channel up to 50 mA and addressing frequencies of up to 1.43 MHz. This can be applied to fast addressable PDP systems with the addressing time of 0.7 mu s, such as HDTV.