Short for timing controller, this chip sits between the video source and the display matrix. It takes the incoming video signal and generates the complex, high-speed clock and control signals required by the source and gate drivers to refresh the pixels. Without a TCON, the raw video data cannot be mapped onto the physical grid of an LCD or OLED screen.
Heard on the job
The screen is tearing right down the middle, so check the LVDS signals going into the TCON.
Also heard as
- timing controller