Shift register unit and gate drive device for liquid crystal display
View Patent ↗An embodiment of the present invention discloses a shift register unit and a gate drive device for a liquid crystal display. The shift register unit, on the basis of a structure of 12 transistors and 1 capacitor in the prior art, enables both the drain of the seventh thin film transistor and the gate and the drain of the ninth thin film transistor being connected to the second clock signal input terminal, such that a leakage current would not be generated among the seventh thin film transistor, the eighth thin film transistor, the ninth thin film transistor and the tenth thin film transistor when a high level signal is outputted from the shift register unit, thus power consumption of the shift register unit may be reduced.
1. A shift register unit, comprising:
a first thin film transistor, a drain and a gate of which are both connected to a signal input terminal;
a second thin film transistor, a drain of which is connected to the source of the first thin film transistor, a gate of which is connected to a reset signal input terminal, and a source of which is connected to a low voltage signal input terminal;
a third thin film transistor, a drain of which is connected to a first clock signal input terminal, a gate of which is connected to the source of the first thin film transistor, and a source of which is connected to a signal output terminal;
a fourth thin film transistor, a drain of which is connected to the source of the third thin film transistor, a gate of which is connected to the reset signal input terminal, and a source of which is connected to the low voltage signal input terminal;
a fifth thin film transistor, a drain of which is connected to the source of the first thin film transistor, and a source of which is connected to the low voltage signal input terminal;
a sixth thin film transistor, a drain of which is connected to the source of the third thin film transistor, and a source of which is connected to the low voltage signal input terminal;
a seventh thin film transistor, a drain of which is connected to a second clock signal input terminal, and a source of which is connected to the gate of the fifth thin film transistor and the gate of the sixth thin film transistor respectively;
a eighth thin film transistor, a drain of which is connected to the source of the seventh thin film transistor, a gate of which is connected to the source of the first thin film transistor, and a source of which is connected to the low voltage signal input terminal;
a ninth thin film transistor, a drain and a gate of which are both connected to the second clock signal input terminal, and a source of which is connected to the gate of the seventh thin film transistor;
a tenth thin film transistor, a drain of which is connected to the source of the ninth thin film transistor, a gate of which is connected to the source of the first thin film transistor, and a source of which is connected to the low voltage signal input terminal;
a capacitor, two ends of which are connected to the gate of the third thin film transistor and the signal output terminal, respectively; and
a twelfth thin film transistor, a drain of which is connected to the signal output terminal, a source of which is connected to the low voltage signal input terminal, and a gate of which is connected to the second clock signal input terminal.
2. The shift register unit as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising an eleventh thin film transistor, a drain of which is connected to the signal input terminal, a gate of which is connected to the second clock signal input terminal, and a source of which is connected to the source of the first thin film transistor.
3. The shift register unit as claimed according to claim 1 , wherein a ratio between a width-length ratio of the channel of the seventh thin film transistor and that of the eighth thin film transistor is 1/1˜1/50; and a ratio between the width-length ratio of the channel of the ninth thin film transistor and that of the tenth thin film transistor is 1/1˜1/50.
4. The shift register unit as claimed according to claim 1 , wherein a ratio between a width-length ratio of the channel of the seventh thin film transistor and that of the eighth thin film transistor is 1/1˜1/50; and a ratio between the width-length ratio of the channel of the ninth thin film transistor and that of the tenth thin film transistor is 1/1˜1/50.
5. The shift register unit as claimed according to claim 1 , wherein a ratio between a width-length ratio of the channel of the seventh thin film transistor and that of the eighth thin film transistor is 1/1˜1/50; and a ratio between the width-length ratio of the channel of the ninth thin film transistor and that of the tenth thin film transistor is 1/1˜1/50.
6. The shift register unit as claimed according to claim 2 , wherein a ratio between a width-length ratio of the channel of the seventh thin film transistor and that of the eighth thin film transistor is 1/1˜1/50; and a ratio between the width-length ratio of the channel of the ninth thin film transistor and that of the tenth thin film transistor is 1/1˜1/50.
7. A gate drive device for liquid crystal display, comprising a plurality of shift register units as claimed according to claim 1 , deposited on an array substrate of the liquid crystal display;
wherein except for the first shift register unit and the last shift register unit, the signal output terminal of each shift register unit is connected to the signal input terminal of a next adjacent shift register unit and the reset signal input terminal of a previous adjacent shift register unit, the signal output terminal of the first shift register unit is connected to the signal input terminal of the second shift register unit, the signal output terminal of the last shift register unit is connected to the reset signal input terminal of a previous adjacent shift register unit and the reset signal input terminal of the last shift register unit;
a signal input terminal of the first shift register unit inputs a frame start signal;
the first clock signal input terminal of the odd-numbered shift register unit inputs the first clock signal, the second clock signal input terminal of the odd-numbered shift register unit inputs the second clock signal; the first clock signal input terminal of the even-numbered shift register unit inputs the second clock signal, the second clock signal input terminal of the even-numbered shift register unit inputs the first clock signal;
the low voltage signal input terminal of each shift register unit inputs a low voltage signal.
8. The gate drive device for liquid crystal display as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the shift register unit further comprising an eleventh thin film transistor, a drain of which is connected to the signal input terminal, a gate of which is connected to the second clock signal input terminal, and a source of which is connected to the source of the first thin film transistor.
9. The gate drive device for liquid crystal display as claimed according to claim 7 , wherein a ratio between a width-length ratio of the channel of the seventh thin film transistor and that of the eighth thin film transistor is 1/1˜1/50; and a ratio between the width-length ratio of the channel of the ninth thin film transistor and that of the tenth thin film transistor is 1/1˜1/50.
10. The gate drive device for liquid crystal display as claimed according to claim 7 , wherein a ratio between a width-length ratio of the channel of the seventh thin film transistor and that of the eighth thin film transistor is 1/1˜1/50; and a ratio between the width-length ratio of the channel of the ninth thin film transistor and that of the tenth thin film transistor is 1/1˜1/50.
11. The gate drive device for liquid crystal display as claimed according to claim 7 , wherein a ratio between a width-length ratio of the channel of the seventh thin film transistor and that of the eighth thin film transistor is 1/1˜1/50; and a ratio between the width-length ratio of the channel of the ninth thin film transistor and that of the tenth thin film transistor is 1/1˜1/50.
12. The gate drive device for liquid crystal display as claimed according to claim 8 , wherein a ratio between a width-length ratio of the channel of the seventh thin film transistor and that of the eighth thin film transistor is 1/1˜1/50; and a ratio between the width-length ratio of the channel of the ninth thin film transistor and that of the tenth thin film transistor is 1/1˜1/50.