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The most obvious failure is physical damage to the panel. This can appear
as a small cluster of damaged pixels or a complete shattering of the panel
glass. Another physical failure may appear as a single or several lines
running vertically or horizontally across the screen. The lines may be VIDEO TIMING
PROCESS CONTROL
brightly lit or dark. This is caused by a failure of the flexible printed circuit
where it is bonded to the panel edge. This is known as a tab bond issue.
Do not confuse this with multiple vertical lines across the screen that are of
the same color. This is electrical and usually caused by the TCON board. LCD PANEL
LVDS LVDS
Figure 8-5 illustrates some examples of tab bonding issues. TRANSMITTER RECEIVER
PANEL B+
GATE
DRIVERS
BU1 TCON
FIGURE 8-4
LCD PANEL DRIVE
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FIGURE 8-5
LCD PANEL FAILURES
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TCON Failures
Failures of the TCON circuit can cause a variety of symptoms varying
from evenly spaced multiple vertical lines of the same color, fixed random
patterns, colored blotches, or the complete loss of video. A complete
failure of the TCON is difficult to determine since there is nothing on the
display to help troubleshoot and has the same symptoms as a complete
video process failure on the B board. A procedure to help in diagnosing
this failure will be covered shortly.
Figure 8-6 contains several photos of symptoms caused by a failure on
the TCON board. Note the fixed and symmetrical lines in the first 3 photos.
This is a classic timing IC failure on the TCON board. The fourth photo
is interesting. Another task performed on the TCON board is gamma
correction. The correction is performed in defined zones across the entire
panel. The data is stored in an on-board EEPROM. If this data is corrupted
for whatever reason, one or more of the zones will exhibit a severe white
balance issue.
FIGURE 8-6
SAMPLES OF TCON FAILURES
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FIGURE 8-8
SAMPLE REACTIONS TO LVDS LOOSENING
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