Why negative voltage on old character LCDs?

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Why negative voltage on old character LCDs?

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Why did the old character LCDs have a negative voltage?
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Re: Why negative voltage on old character LCDs?

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Older character, segment and monochrome graphic displays required a negative voltage to deal with temperature swings. More power is required to drive a monochrome display as the temperature drops.

Newer character displays have a built in circuit with a charge pump (bump circuit) the increases the output voltage necessary to keep the display active.
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