The origins of this book can be found in the scientific collaboration (officially

started in March 2003) between Francesco Pulvirenti and me. Besides its obvious technical aim, this collaboration has produced eighteen theses for second-level laurea degree in electronic engineering and fifteen theses for first level laurea degree in electronic engineering. It has given many students the possibility to work within a skilled and experienced design team in a friendly environment, while measuring their strengths against advanced and exciting microelectronic issues. Many of these students are now appreciated designers working all over the world. One of these graduate students was David Joseph Roger Cristaldi, who has just completed his Ph.D. course program.

This book has been written also to leave the marks of this hard work, commitment, respect, and friendship.

Liquid Crystal Display Drivers deals with Liquid Crystal Displays from the electronic engineering point of view and is the first expressively focused on their driving circuits. After introducing the physical-chemical properties of the LC substances, their evolution and application to LCDs, the book converges to the examination and in-depth explanation of those reliable techniques, architectures, and design solutions amenable to efficiently design drivers for passive-matrix and active-matrix LCDs, both for small size and large size panels. Practical approaches regularly adopted for mass production but also emerging ones are discussed. The topics treated have in many cases general validity and found application also in alternative display technologies (OLEDs, Electrophoretic Displays, etc.).