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Granted Patent B2
US 10,825,397 · App. 16/098,831 · Granted Nov 3, 2020

Shift register unit, shift register circuit, driving method therefor, and display panel

Inventors: Wenwen Qin (Beijing, CN); Zhen Wang (Beijing, CN); Jian Sun (Beijing, CN); Xiaozhou Zhan (Beijing, CN); Jiguo Wang (Beijing, CN); Yun Qiao (Beijing, CN); Fei Huang (Beijing, CN); Han Zhang (Beijing, CN); Zhengkui Wang (Beijing, CN); Lele Cong (Beijing, CN)
Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.; Ordos Yuansheng Optoelectronics Co., Ltd.
G09G3/3266G09G3/3677G11C19/28G09G2310/0286G09G2310/08
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Patent No.
US 10,825,397
App. No.
16/098,831
Granted
Nov 3, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a shift register unit. The shift register unit includes a first input circuit configured to transmit a first voltage signal to a pull-up node, a pull-up circuit configured to transmit a first clock signal to a signal output terminal, a first pull-down control circuit configured to transmit a second clock signal to a pull-down node, a second pull-down control circuit configured to transmit a second voltage signal to the pull-down node, a pull-up control circuit configured to transmit the second voltage signal to the pull-up node, a pull-down circuit configured to transmit the second voltage signal to the signal output terminal, and a holding circuit configured to maintain the pull-up node at a low level and/or maintain the pull-down node at a high level under control of a second input.

Claims (57)

1. A shift register unit, comprising:

a first input circuit configured to transmit a first voltage signal to a pull-up node under control of a first input signal;

a pull-up circuit configured to transmit a first clock signal to a signal output terminal under control of a voltage signal of the pull-up node;

a first pull-down control circuit configured to transmit a second clock signal to a pull-down node under control of the second clock signal;

a second pull-down control circuit configured to transmit a second voltage signal to the pull-down node under control of the voltage signal of the pull-up node;

a pull-up control circuit configured to transmit the second voltage signal to the pull-up node under control of a voltage signal of the pull-down node;

a pull-down circuit configured to transmit the second voltage signal to the signal output terminal under control of the voltage signal of the pull-down node; and

a holding circuit comprising at least one of a first holding unit and a second holding unit;

wherein the first holding unit is configured to transmit the second voltage signal to the pull-up node under control of the second input signal during a V-blank time period, the V-blank time period is a time period after a last stage of shift register unit outputs a high level signal in each frame;

wherein the second holding unit is configured to transmit the second input signal to the pull-down node under control of the second input signal during the V-blank time period;

wherein the shift register unit further comprises a third pull-down control circuit configured to transmit the second voltage signal to the pull-down node under control of a voltage signal of the signal output terminal.

2. The shift register unit of claim 1 , further comprising:

a second input circuit configured to transmit a third voltage signal to the pull-up node under control of a third input signal.

3. The shift register unit of claim 2 , wherein the second input circuit comprises:

an eighth switching element, wherein a control terminal of the eighth switching element receives the third input signal, a first terminal of the eighth switching element receives the third voltage signal, and a second terminal of the eighth switching element is connected to the pull-up node.

4. The shift register unit of claim 1 , wherein the first input circuit comprises:

a first switching element, wherein a control terminal of the first switching element receives the first input signal, a first terminal of the first switching element receives the first voltage signal, and a second terminal of the first switching element is connected to the pull-up node.

5. The shift register unit of claim 1 , wherein the pull up circuit comprises:

a second switching element, wherein a control terminal of second switching element is connected to the pull-up node, a first terminal of the second switching element receives the first clock signal, and a second terminal of the second switching element is connected to the signal output terminal; and

a first capacitor, wherein a first terminal of the first capacitor is connected to the pull-up node, and a second terminal of the first capacitor is connected to the signal output terminal.

6. The shift register unit of claim 1 , wherein:

the first pull-down control circuit comprises:

a third switching element, wherein a control terminal of the third switching element receives the second clock signal, a first terminal of the third switching element receives the second clock signal, and a second terminal of the third switching element is connected to the pull-down node;

the second pull-down control circuit comprises:

a fourth switching element, wherein a control terminal of the fourth switching element is connected to the pull-up node, a first terminal of the fourth switching element receives the second voltage signal, and a second terminal of the fourth switching element is connected to the pull-down node;

the third pull-down control circuit comprises:

a fifth switching element, wherein a control terminal of the fifth switching element is connected to the signal output terminal, a first terminal of the fifth switching element receives the second voltage signal, and a second terminal of the fifth switching element is connected to the pull-down node.

7. The shift register unit of claim 1 , wherein the pull-up control circuit comprises:

a sixth switching element, wherein a control terminal of the sixth switching element is connected to the pull-down node, a first terminal of the sixth switching element receives the second voltage signal, and a second terminal of the sixth switching element is connected to the pull-up node.

8. The shift register unit of claim 1 , wherein the pull-down circuit comprises:

a seventh switching element, wherein a control terminal of the seventh switching element is connected to the pull-down node, a first terminal of the seventh switching element receives the second voltage signal, and a second terminal of the seventh switching element is connected to the signal output terminal; and

a second capacitor, wherein a first terminal of the second capacitor is connected to the pull-down node, and a second terminal of second capacitor receives the second voltage signal.

9. The shift register unit of claim 1 , wherein:

the first holding unit comprises:

a ninth switching element, wherein a control terminal of the ninth switching element receives the second input signal, a first terminal of the ninth switching element receives the second voltage signal, and a second terminal of the ninth switching element is connected to the pull-up node;

the second holding unit includes:

a tenth switching element, where a control terminal of the tenth switching element receives the second input signal, a first terminal of the tenth switching element receives the second input signal, and a second terminal of the tenth switching element is connected to the pull-down node.

10. A shift register circuit, comprising a plurality of cascaded shift register units;

wherein each of the shift register units comprises:

a first input circuit configured to transmit a first voltage signal to a pull-up node under control of a first input signal;

a pull-up circuit configured to transmit a first clock signal to a signal output terminal under control of a voltage signal of the pull-up node;

a first pull-down control circuit configured to transmit a second clock signal to a pull-down node under control of the second clock signal;

a second pull-down control circuit configured to transmit a second voltage signal to the pull-down node under control of the voltage signal of the pull-up node;

a pull-up control circuit configured to transmit the second voltage signal to the pull-up node under control of a voltage signal of the pull-down node;

a pull-down circuit configured to transmit the second voltage signal to the signal output terminal under control of the voltage signal of the pull-down node; and

a holding circuit configured;

wherein an output signal of the signal output terminal of an M-th stage shift register unit is the first input signal of an (M+1)-th stage shift register unit;

wherein the holding circuit comprises at least one of a first holding unit and a second holding unit;

wherein the first holding unit is configured to transmit the second voltage signal to the pull-up node under control of the second input signal during a V-blank time period, the V-blank time period is a time period after a last stage of shift register unit outputs a high level signal in each frame;

wherein the second holding unit is configured to transmit the second input signal to the pull-down node under control of the second input signal during the V-blank time period;

wherein the shift register unit further comprises a third pull-down control circuit configured to transmit the second voltage signal to the pull-down node under control of a voltage signal of the signal output terminal.

11. The shift register circuit of claim 10 , wherein a scan mode of the shift register circuit comprises a forward scan or a reverse scan;

during the forward scan, the first voltage signal is at a high level, and the second voltage signal is at a low level;

during the reverse scan, the first voltage signal is at a low level and the second voltage signal is at a high level.

12. A display panel, comprising a display area and a peripheral area; wherein the peripheral area is provided with the shift register circuit of claim 10 .

13. A shift register circuit driving method for driving the shift register circuit of claim 10 wherein the driving method comprises:

after a signal output terminal of a last stage shift register unit outputs a high level in each frame period, controlling the pull-up node to be at a low value and/or controlling the pull-down node to be at a high level by using the second input signal.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 15, 2019
From: QIN, WENWEN; WANG, ZHEN; SUN, JIAN; ZHAN, XIAOZHOU; WANG, JIGUO; QIAO, YUN; HUANG, FEI; ZHANG, HAN; WANG, ZHENGKUI; CONG, LELE
To: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.; ORDOS YUANSHENG OPTOELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 048017/0030 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 2, 2018
From: QIAN, WENWEN; WANG, ZHEN; SUN, JIAN; ZHAN, XIAOZHOU; WANG, JIGUO; QIAO, YUN; HUANG, FEI; ZHANG, HAN; WANG, ZHENGKUI; CONG, LELE
To: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTBOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.D.; ORDOS YUANSHENG OPTOELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 047400/0137 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 2017 1 0175098 · Mar 22, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
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