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EDID 1.3 Data Format: Extended Display Identification Data

This document summarizes the EDID 1.3 data format which contains 128 bytes of information about a display's capabilities and settings. It describes the various sections including the header, vendor/product identification, timing and resolution support, color characteristics, features, and optional extension blocks. The EDID provides crucial display information to ensure compatibility between displays and video cards.

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EDID 1.3 Data Format: Extended Display Identification Data

This document summarizes the EDID 1.3 data format which contains 128 bytes of information about a display's capabilities and settings. It describes the various sections including the header, vendor/product identification, timing and resolution support, color characteristics, features, and optional extension blocks. The EDID provides crucial display information to ensure compatibility between displays and video cards.

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EDID 1.

3 Data Format

Extended Display Identification Data


Overview


128 bytes
Header (8) 00h FFh FFh FFh FFh FFh FFh 00h
Vendor / Product Identification (10) ID/ SN / Date
EDID Structure Version / Revision (2) EDID 1.0/1.1/1.2/1.3
Basic Display Parameters / Features (5) Video Input def. / size / Gamma / Features
Color Characteristics (10) RGB W
Established Timings (3) ET1 / ET2 / Reserved
Standard Timing Identification(16) STI 1~8
Detailed Timing Descriptions(72) DTD 1 / DTD/Monitor Descriptor 2~4
Extension Flag (1) Number of (optional) Extension blocks
Checksum(1) sum of all 128 bytes = 00h
Vendor / Product Identification
(1/2)
 ID Manufacturer Name (2 bytes: 08h, 09h) ：
EISA 3 -character ID assigned by MS.
"00001=A” ； “ 00010=B” ； ... “11010=Z”.
08h bit 7 : wiki: 0 ， VESA EDID 1.3 Format not
specified.
 08h bit 6~2: First Char.

 08h bit 1&0 and 09h bit 7~5: Second Char.

 09h bit 4~0: third Char.


Vendor / Product Identification
(2/2)

ID Product Code(2 bytes): model ID, LSD
 ID Serial Number(4 bytes): Optional, LSD
 Week of Manufacture(1 bytes): 0:unused,
Rage:1~ 53
 Year of Manufacture (1 bytes):
V = Year of manufacture - 1990
EDID Structure Version / Revision
 EDID Structure Version / Revision:
(12h~13h, 2Bytes)
12h: 1 Bytes Version #
13h: 1 Bytes Revision #
E.g. EDID 1.3 ： Version = 1 and Revision = 3
Basic Display Parameters (1/2)
Video Input Definition(14h, 1 byte)
Digital Analog

Bit 7: 1 Bit 7: 0

Bit 0: 1=DFP( DFP Bit 6~5:video level: (in Vpp)


(Digital Flat Panel) 00=0.7, 0.3, 01=0.714, 0.286, 10=1, 0.4 11=0.7, 0
1.x compatible Bit 4:1:blank-to-black setup
Bit 1 ~ 6: reserved.
Bit 3:1: support separate syncs

Bit 2:1: support composite sync


Bit 1:1: support sync on green video
Bit 0:1:
serration v-sync. Required when composite
sync(bit 2). or sync-on-green video(bit 1) is used.
Basic Display Parameters(2/2)
 Max. Horizontal Image Size (1 byte,15h) ：
1~255(cm)
 Max. Vertical Image size(1 byte,16h) ：

1~255(cm)
 Display Transfer Characteristic (Gamma) ：

 1 byte, 17h
 V = (gamma x 100)-100
(gamma values range ： 1.00 ~ 3.54.)
Features(DPMS)
Bit 7 Support
Feature Standby:1. RGB guns off,
(DPMS:Display power
Power supply on Signaling)
Management
2. H-sync:OFF,V-sync:ON
Bit 6 Suspend:1. RGB guns off, power supply off
2. H-sync:ON,V-sync:OFF
Bit 5 active-off/low power ( No sync.)
Bit 4- display type.
3 00=monochrome, 01=RGB ,10=non RGB (e.g. R/G/Y),
11=undefined
Bit 2 1:sRGB standard default color space(HP,MS)
Bit 1 1: preferred timing mode : first detailed timing block.
Bit 0 1: default GTF(Generalized Timing Formula) supported
Color Characteristics
1. 19h~22h , 10 Bytes
2. RGB White point x,y(base on CIE colorimetric
space)
3. Binary value:
 accurate to +/- 0.0005

 (MSB: 2^-1, ..., LSB: 2^-10)

 e.g. Binary Value:100111001, To Decimal:

0.6103516, Actual Value: 0.610


Established Timings
23h 1 bytes Established Timings 1
bit 7-0 ：
720×400@70 Hz ， 720×400@88 Hz ， 640×480@60 Hz ， 640×480@67 Hz ，
640×480@72 Hz ， 640×480@75 Hz ， 800×600@56 Hz ， 800×600@60
Hz
24h 1 bytes Established Timings 2
bit 7-0 ：
800×600@72 Hz ， 800×600@75 Hz ， 832×624@75 Hz ， 1024×768@87 Hz
(Interlaced) ， 1024×768@60 Hz ， 1024×768@70 Hz ， 1024×768@75 Hz ，
1280×1024@75 Hz
25h 1 bytes Manufacturer's Reserved Timings
00h: none
bit 7 ： 1152x870 @ 75 Hz (Mac II ， Apple)
bit 6~0 ： reserved.
Standard Timing Identification
Standard Timing Identification 1~8: each STI is 2 bytes
First Byte
(Horizontal active pixels / 8) – 31
Horizontal active pixels range ： 256 → 2288
Second Byte
bit 7-6 ： Image Aspect ratio =
(Horizontal active pixel) : (Vertical active
pixel)
00=16 ： 10 ， 01=4 ： 3 ， 10=5 ： 4 ， 11=16 ：
9
bit 5-0 ： Refresh Rate (Hz) – 60
(Range ： 60 → 123Hz)
Detailed Timing Descriptions

Each 18 bytes
Monitor Descriptor Description
3 bytes Flag ： 000000h
1 byte Data Type Tag
1 byte Flag ： 00h
13 byte Descriptor Data
Data Type Tag

FFh: Monitor S/N ( Stored as CP 437 in Descriptor Data )

FEh: ASCII String ( Stored as CP 437 in Descriptor Data )

FDh: Monitor range limits( Stored as binary coded in Descriptor D
ata ), included Min./Max. Vertical(Hz)/Horizontal rate(kHz), Max.
Supported Pixel Clock, GTF curve supported(GTF curve
parameters ： C (offset), M (gradient), K(blanking time scaling
factor) , J(scaling factor weighting). )

FCh: Monitor name(Stored as CP 437 in Descriptor Data)

FBh: white point data (x,y , Gamma)

FAh: Standard Timing Identifications

F9h - 11h: undefined

10h: unused

0Fh - 00h: Defined by manufacturer.
Extension Flag

1 byte

The number of (optional) Extension EDID
blocks to follow.
e.g. CEA EDID Timing Extension Version 3
Checksum

1 byte
 This byte should be programmed such that the
sum of all 128 bytes equals 00h.
Others
 Timing information priority order
Priority GTF supported GTF not supported
1 Prefered Detailed Timing Prefered Detailed Timing

2 Other Detailed Timing if Other Detailed Timing if


present. present.
3 Standard Timing Standard Timing

4 GTF Timing Established Timing

5 Established Timing Default GTF mode


The End

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