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Granted Patent B2
US 9,052,538 · App. 13/727,956 · Granted Jun 9, 2015

Liquid crystal display device

Inventor: Ju-Young Lee (Gyeonggi-Do, KR)
Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
G02F1/13306G09G3/3677G09G3/3696G09G2300/0426G09G2310/0281G09G2310/0286G09G2310/08
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Patent No.
US 9,052,538
App. No.
13/727,956
Granted
Jun 9, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to a liquid crystal display device, and more particularly, to a gate-in-panel (GIP) type dual gate structure liquid crystal display device for minimizing a region occupied by a gate driving unit in the GIP structure liquid crystal display device in which the gate driving unit supplying a gate driving signal is formed on a liquid crystal panel to implement a narrow-bezel, and improving image quality deterioration due to signal delay. According to the present invention, the number of stages may be reduced through the structure of alternately outputting a gate driving voltage other than the structure of simultaneously outputting a gate driving voltage from two gate driving units in a dual GIP type liquid crystal display, thereby minimizing an area occupied by the gate driving unit.

Claims (42)

1. A liquid crystal display device, comprising:

a liquid crystal panel formed with a plurality of gate lines;

a timing controller configured to receive a timing signal from an external system and generate a first through a fourth clock signal;

a first gate driving unit configured to apply a gate high voltage to one side of the n−3th and n−1th gate lines (n is a natural number greater than or equal to 4) in correspondence to the first and the third clock signal;

a second gate driving unit configured to apply the gate high voltage to one side of the n−2th and nth gate lines in correspondence to the second and the fourth clock signal;

an L-discharge circuit configured to apply a gate low voltage to the other side of the n−2th gate line in correspondence to a voltage level of the nth gate line; and

a R-discharge circuit configured to apply the gate low voltage to the other side of the n−3th gate line in correspondence to a voltage level of the n−1th gate line.

2. The liquid crystal display device of claim 1 , wherein the first through the fourth clock signal have a high interval of two horizontal periods (2H), respectively, and one horizontal period (1H) is overlapped between front and rear signals.

3. The liquid crystal display device of claim 1 , wherein the first gate driving unit comprises a plurality of L-stages connected to one another, and operated by receiving any one of the first and third clock signals, and the L-discharge circuit is formed between the plurality of L-stages.

4. The liquid crystal display device of claim 3 , wherein the first gate driving unit further comprises at least one dummy L-stage connected to the R-discharge circuit.

5. The liquid crystal display device of claim 3 , wherein the L-discharge circuit is a plurality of transistors comprising:

a first electrode connected to the n−2th or nth gate line;

a second electrode to which the gate low voltage is applied; and

a gate electrode connected to the nth gate line or dummy line.

6. The liquid crystal display device of claim 1 , wherein the second gate driving unit comprises a plurality of R-stages connected to one another, and operated by receiving any one of the second and fourth clock signals, and the R-discharge circuit is formed between the plurality of R-stages.

7. The liquid crystal display device of claim 6 , wherein the second gate driving unit further comprises at least one dummy R-stage connected to the L-discharge circuit.

8. The liquid crystal display device of claim 6 , wherein the R-discharge circuit is a plurality of transistors comprising:

a first electrode connected to the n−1th or n−3th gate line;

a second electrode to which the gate low voltage is applied; and

a gate electrode connected to the n−1th gate line or dummy line.

9. The liquid crystal display device of claim 1 , wherein the first and the second gate driving unit are embedded in the non-active area of the liquid crystal panel.

10. A liquid crystal display device, comprising:

a liquid crystal panel formed with a plurality of gate lines;

a timing controller configured to receive a timing signal from an external system and generate a first through a sixth clock signal;

a first gate driving unit configured to apply a gate high voltage to one side of the n−5th, n−3th and n−1th gate lines (n is a natural number greater than or equal to 6) in correspondence to the first, the third, and the fifth clock signal;

a second gate driving unit configured to apply the gate high voltage to one side of the n−4th, n−2th and nth gate lines in correspondence to the second, the fourth, and the sixth clock signal;

a R-discharge circuit configured to apply a gate low voltage to the other side of the n−3th gate line in correspondence to a voltage level of the nth gate line; and

a L-discharge circuit configured to apply the gate low voltage to the other side of the n−4th gate line in correspondence to a voltage level of the n−1th gate line.

11. The liquid crystal display device of claim 10 , wherein the first through the sixth clock signal have a high interval of three horizontal periods (3H), respectively, and two horizontal periods (2H) are overlapped between front and rear signals.

12. The liquid crystal display device of claim 10 , wherein the first gate driving unit comprises a plurality of L-stages connected to one another, and operated by receiving any one of the first, third and fifth clock signals, and the L-discharge circuit is formed between the plurality of L-stages.

13. The liquid crystal display device of claim 12 , wherein the first gate driving unit further comprises at least one dummy L-stage connected to the R-discharge circuit.

14. The liquid crystal display device of claim 12 , wherein the L-discharge circuit is a plurality of transistors comprising:

a first electrode connected to the n−4th, n−2th or nth gate line;

a second electrode to which the gate low voltage is applied; and

a gate electrode connected to the n−1th gate line or dummy line.

15. The liquid crystal display device of claim 10 , wherein the second gate driving unit comprises a plurality of R-stages connected to one another, and operated by receiving any one of the second, fourth and sixth clock signals, and the R-discharge circuit is formed between the plurality of R-stages.

16. The liquid crystal display device of claim 15 , wherein the second gate driving unit further comprises at least one dummy R-stage connected to the L-discharge circuit.

17. The liquid crystal display device of claim 15 , wherein the R-discharge circuit is a plurality of transistors comprising:

a first electrode connected to the n−3th or n−1th gate line;

a second electrode to which the gate low voltage is applied; and

a gate electrode connected to the nth gate line or dummy line.

18. The liquid crystal display device of claim 10 , wherein the first and the second gate driving unit are embedded in the non-active area of the liquid crystal panel.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 14, 2013
From: LEE, JU-YOUNG
To: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2012-0043420 · Apr 25, 2012 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20130286316A1 · Oct 31, 2013