Samsung LTN173KT02-T01 User manual

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SAMSUNG TFT-LCD
MODEL NO : LTN173KT02-T01
NOTE : Extension code [-T01]
→ LTN173KT02-T01
Surface type [ Glare ]
Any Modification of Spec is not allowed without SEC’s permission.
APPROVED BY :
PREPARED BY : Minu Han
Application Engineering Group, LCD Division
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
TO
DATE : Toshiba : February. 8, 2012
H.W Park

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CONTENTS
Revision History
General Description
1. Absolute Maximum Ratings
1.1 Absolute Ratings of environment
1.2 ElectricalAbsolute Ratings
2. Optical Characteristics
3. Electrical Characteristics
3.1 TFT LCD Module
3.2 Backlight Unit
3.3 LED Driver
4. Block Diagram
4.1 TFT LCD Module
5. Input Terminal Pin Assignment
5.1 Input Signal & Power
5.2 LVDS Interface
5.3 Timing Diagrams of LVDS For Transmitting
5.4 Input Signals, Basic Display Colors and Gray Scale of Each Color.
5.5 Pixel format
6. Interface Timing
6.1 Timing Parameters
6.2 Timing Diagrams of interface Signal
6.3 Power ON/OFF Sequence
7. Outline Dimension
8. Packing
9. Markings & Others
10. General Precautions
11. EDID
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REVISION HISTORY
Date Revision No. Page Summary
2011. Nov. 7 A00 All The LTN173KT02-T01 model’s Approval spec was issued first.
2012 Feb. 8 A01 P.10 Hsync/Main Frequency Min. and Max. value were added.

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GENERAL DESCRIPTION
DESCRIPTION
LTN173KT02-T01 is a color active matrix TFT (Thin Film Transistor) liquid crystal display
(LCD) that uses amorphous silicon TFT as switching devices. This model is composed of a
TFT LCD panel, a driver circuit and a backlight system. The resolution of a 17.3" contains
1600 x 900 pixels and can display up to 262,144 colors. 6 O'clock direction is the Optimum
viewing angle.
APPLICATIONS
•Notebook PC
•If the usage of this product is not for PC application, but for others, please contact SEC
GENERAL INFORMATION
FEATURES
•Thin and light weight
•High contrast ratio, high aperture structure
•1600 x 900 pixels resolution (16:9)
•Fast Response Time
•Low power consumption
•LED BLU Structure
•DE (Data enable) only mode
•3.3V LVDS Interface
•On board EDID chip
•Pb-free product
Item Specification Unit Note
Display area 382. 08(H) x 214.92 (V) (17.3 ”diagonal) mm
Driver element a-Si TFT active matrix
Display colors 262,144
Number of pixel 1600 x 900 pixel 16 : 9
Pixel arrangement RGB vertical stripe
Pixel pitch 0.2388 (H) x 0.2388 (V) (TYP.) mm
Display Mode Normally white
Surface treatment Haze 0, Hardness 3H Glare

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1. ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM RATINGS
1.1 ENVIRONMENTAL ABSOLUTE RATINGS
Mechanical Information
Note (1) Temperature and relative humidity range are shown in the figure below.
95 % RH Max. (40 CTa)
Maximum wet - bulb temperature at 39 OC or less. (Ta 40 C ) No condensation
(2) 2ms, half sine wave, one time for X, Y, Z.
(3) 5 - 500 Hz, random vibration, 30min for X, Y, Z.
(4) At testing Vibration and Shock, the fixture in holding the Module to be tested have to be
hard and rigid enough so that the Module would not be twisted or bent by the fixture.
0
20
40
60
80
100
-40 -20 020 40 60 80
5
90
Operating Range
Storage Range
Relative Humidity ( %RH)
Temperature (OC)
Item Min. Typ. Max. Unit Note
Module
size
Horizontal (H) 397.6 398.1 398.6 mm
Vertical (V) 232.3 232.8 233.3 mm
Depth (D) - - 6.0 mm (1)
Weight - -570 g
Item Symbol Min. Max. Unit Note
Storage temperate TSTG -20 60 C (1)
Operating temperate
(Temperature of glass surface) TOPR 0 50 C (1)
Shock ( non-operating ) Snop - 240 G (2),(4)
Vibration (non-operating) Vnop - 2.41 G (3),(4)
( 40,90 )
( 50,50.4 )
( 60,27.7 )
Note (1) Measurement condition of outline dimension
. Equipment : Vernier Calipers
. Push Force : 500g f (minimum)

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1.2 ELECTRICAL ABSOLUTE RATINGS
(1) TFT LCD MODULE
Note (1) Within Ta (25 2 C )
VDD =3.3V, VSS = GND = 0V
Item Symbol Min. Max. Unit Note
Power Supply Voltage VDD VDD –0.3 VDD + 0.3 V (1)
Logic Input Voltage VDD VDD –0.3 VDD + 0.3 V (1)

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2. OPTICAL CHARACTERISTICS
The following items are measured under stable conditions. The optical characteristics
should be measured in a dark room or equivalent state with the methods shown in Note (5).
Measuring equipment : TOPCON SR-3
* Ta = 25 2 C, VDD=3.3V, fv= 60Hz, fDCLK = 51.89 MHz, IL= 27 mA
Item Symbol Conditio
nMin. Typ. Max Unit Note
Contrast Ratio
(5 Points) CR
Normal
Viewing
Angle
= 0
= 0
300 - - - (1), (2),
(5)
Response Time at Ta
( Rising + Falling ) TRT -16 25 msec (1), (3)
Average Luminance
of White (5 Points) YL,AVE 185 220 - cd/m2IL=27mA (1), (4)
Color
Chromaticity
( CIE )
Red RX0.585 0.615 0.645
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RY0.332 0.362 0.392
Green GX0.318 0.348 0.378
GY0.570 0.600 0.630
Blue BX0.116 0.146 0.176
BY0.045 0.075 0.105
White WX0.283 0.313 0.343
WY0.299 0.329 0.359
Viewing
Angle
Hor. L
CR 10
30 45 -
Degrees (1), (5)
SR-3
R30 45 -
Ver. H10 15 -
L20 30 -
Color Gamut - 60 - %
13 Points
White Variation L- - 1.7 - (6)

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Note 3) Definition of Response time :
Note 1) Definition of Viewing Angle : Viewing angle range(10 C/R)
Average Luminance of White ( YL,AVE )
YL4 + YL5 + YL7 + YL9 + YL10
YL,AVE =5
Note 4) Definition of Average Luminance of White : measure the luminance of white at 5 points.
6 O’clock
direction
Normal Line
L
R
H
L12 O’clock
direction
R=90o
L =90o
= 0o,
x
x'y'
y
= 0o
H= 90o
L= 90o
Display data Black(TFT ON) White(TFT OFF) White(TFT OFF)
Optical
Response
100%
90%
10%
0%
TRTF
Time
CR = CR(4) + CR(5) + CR(7) + CR(9) + CR(10)
Note 2) Definition of Contrast Ratio (CR) : Ratio of gray max (Gmax) ,gray min (Gmin)
at 5 points(4, 5, 7, 9, 10)
5
Points : , , , , at the figure of Note (6).
4 9 10 7
5
: test point
VIEW AREA
(225)
(450)
(675)
(lines)
(400) ( 800) (1200)
7
54
9
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[ Optical characteristics measurement setup ]
Center of the screen
TFT-LCD module LCD panel
Photo-detector
( TOPCON SR-3 )
50 cm
Field = 2
Note 5) After stabilizing and leaving the panel alone at a given temperature for 30 min , the measurement
should be executed. Measurement should be executed in a stable, windless,and dark room.
30 min after lighting the backlight. This should be measured in the center of screen.
LED current : 20 mA
Environment condition : Ta = 25 2 C
Maximum luminance of 13 points
Minimum luminance of 13 points
Note 6) Definition of 13 points white variation (L), [ ~ ]
113
L=
: test point
400 800 1200
225
450
675
(lines)
10mm
10mm
10mm 10mm
4
2
5
3
6
8
10 9
13 12 11
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3. ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS
3.1 TFT LCD MODULE
Note (1) Display data pins and timing signal pins should be connected.( GND = 0V )
(2) fV = 60Hz, fDCLK = 51.89 MHZ, VDD = 3.3V , DC Current.
(3) Power dissipation pattern
*a) White Pattern *b) Mosaic Pattern
Display Brightest Gray Level
Display Darkest Gray Level
VIEW AREA
Ta= 25 2C
Item Symbol Min. Typ. Max. Unit Note
Voltage of Power Supply VDD 3.0 3.3 3.6 V
Differential Input
Voltage for LVDS
Receiver Threshold
High VIH - - +100 mV VCM = +1.2V
Low VIL -100 - - mV
Vsync Frequency fv -60 -Hz
Hsync Frequency fH53.1 55.8 58.5 KHz
Main Frequency fDCLK 47.0 51.89 57.0 MHz @ 2CH
Rush Current IRUSH - - 1.5 A (4)
Current of Power
Supply
White IDD -510 530 mA (2),(3)*a
Mosaic - 485 500 mA (2),(3)*b
V. Stripe - 650 670 mA (2),(3)*c