IP Library Granted Patent US 10,249,246
Granted Patent B2
US 10,249,246 · App. 15/506,236 · Granted Apr 2, 2019

GOA circuit

Inventor: Yafeng Li (Wuhan, CN)
Assignee: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
G09G3/3266G09G3/3258G09G3/3648G09G3/3677G09G3/3696G09G2310/0283G09G2310/08
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Patent No.
US 10,249,246
App. No.
15/506,236
Granted
Apr 2, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention provides a GOA circuit, comprising a plurality of GOA units, for a positive integer n, n-th GOA unit comprising: a first TFT (T 1 ), a second TFT (T 2 ), a third TFT (T 3 ), a fourth TFT T( 4 ), a fifth TFT (T 5 ), a sixth TFT (T 6 ), a seventh TFT (T 7 ), an eighth TFT (T 8 ), a ninth TFT (T 9 ), a tenth TFT (T 10 ), a first capacitor (C 1 ) and a second capacitor (T 2 ). The invention, based on known GOA circuit, uses T 9 and T 10 so as to achieve forward and backward scanning without D2U and U2D control signals, which facilitates narrow border design and simplifies corresponding driving timing and reduce IC cost.

Claims (40)

1. A gate driver on array (GOA) circuit, comprising a plurality of cascade GOA units, for a positive integer n, the n-th GOA unit comprising:

a first thin film transistor (TFT), a gate of the first TFT connected to a constant high voltage, a first source/drain of the first transistor is directly connected to an signal output node of (n−2)th GOA unit, a second source/drain of the first transistor is directly connected to a first source/drain of a ninth TFT;

a ninth TFT, a gate of the ninth TFT connected to the signal output node of the (n−2)th GOA unit, and a second source/drain of the ninth transistor is directly connected to a third node;

a third TFT, a gate of the third TFT connected to the constant high voltage, a first source/drain of the third transistor is directly connected to an signal output node of (n+2)th GOA unit, a second source/drain of the third transistor is directly connected to a first source/drain of a tenth TFT;

a tenth TFT, a gate of the tenth TFT connected to the signal output node of the (n+2)th GOA unit, and a second source/drain of the tenth transistor is directly connected to the third node;

a seventh TFT, a gate of the seventh TFT connected to the third node, a source and a drain of the seventh transistor are directly connected respectively to a second node and a constant low voltage;

a sixth TFT, a gate of the sixth TFT connected to the second node, a source and a drain of the sixth transistor are directly connected respectively to the third node and the constant low voltage;

a fifth TFT, a gate of the fifth TFT connected to the constant high voltage, a source and a drain of the fifth transistor are directly connected respectively to the third node and the first node;

an eighth TFT, a gate of the eighth TFT inputted a second clock signal, a source and a drain of the eighth transistor are directly connected respectively to the second node and the constant high voltage;

a second TFT, a gate of the second TFT connected to the first node, a source and a drain of the second transistor are directly connected respectively to the signal output node of n-th GOA unit and an first clock signal;

a first capacitor, having the two ends connected respectively to the first node and the signal output node of n-th GOA unit;

a fourth TFT, a gate of the fourth TFT connected to the second node, a source and a drain of the fourth transistor are directly connected respectively to the signal output node of n-th GOA unit and the constant low voltage;

a second capacitor, having the two ends connected respectively to the second node and the constant low voltage.

2. The GOA circuit as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first clock signal and the second clock signal are rectangular waves having a duty ratio of 0.25, and the waveforms between the first clock signal and the second clock signal differ by a half cycle.

3. The GOA circuit as claimed in claim 1 , wherein for the first GOA unit in the cascade, when starting forward scanning, the signal output node of (n−2)th GOA unit inputs the high voltage signal as an activation signal.

4. The GOA circuit as claimed in claim 1 , wherein for the second GOA unit in the cascade, when starting forward scanning, the signal output node of (n−2)th GOA unit inputs the high voltage signal as an activation signal.

5. The GOA circuit as claimed in claim 1 , wherein for the last GOA unit in the cascade, when starting backward scanning, the signal output node of (n+2)th GOA unit inputs the high voltage signal as an activation signal.

6. The GOA circuit as claimed in claim 1 , wherein for the second last GOA unit in the cascade, when starting backward scanning, the signal output node of (n+2)th GOA unit inputs the high voltage signal as an activation signal.

7. The GOA circuit as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the GOA circuit is for low temperature polysilicon (LPTS) panel.

8. The GOA circuit as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the GOA circuit is for organic light-emitting diode (OLED) panel.

9. A gate driver on array (GOA) circuit comprising: a plurality of cascade GOA units, for a positive integer n, the n-th GOA unit comprising:

a first thin film transistor (TFT), a gate of the first TFT connected to a constant high voltage, a first source/drain of the first transistor is directly connected to an signal output node of (n−2)th GOA unit, a second source/drain of the first transistor is directly connected to a first source/drain of a ninth TFT;

a ninth TFT, a gate of the ninth TFT connected to the signal output node of the (n−2)th GOA unit, and a second source/drain of the ninth transistor is directly connected to a third node;

a third TFT, a gate of the third TFT connected to the constant high voltage, a first source/drain of the third transistor is directly connected to an signal output node of (n+2)th GOA unit, a second source/drain of the first third is directly connected to a first source/drain of a tenth TFT;

a tenth TFT, a gate of the tenth TFT connected to the signal output node of the (n+2)th GOA unit, and a second source/drain of the tenth transistor is directly connected to the third node;

a seventh TFT, a gate of the seventh TFT connected to the third node, a source and a drain of the seventh transistor are directly connected respectively to a second node and a constant low voltage;

a sixth TFT, a gate of the sixth TFT connected to the second node, a source and a drain of the sixth transistor are directly connected respectively to the third node and the constant low voltage;

a fifth TFT, a gate of the fifth TFT connected to the constant high voltage, a source and a drain of the fifth transistor are directly connected respectively to the third node and the first node;

an eighth TFT, a gate of the eighth TFT inputted a second clock signal, a source and a drain of the eighth transistor are directly connected respectively to the second node and the constant high voltage;

a second TFT, a gate of the second TFT connected to the first node, a source and a drain of the second transistor are directly connected respectively to the signal output node of n-th GOA unit and an input first clock signal;

a first capacitor, having the two ends connected respectively to the first node and the signal output node of n-th GOA unit;

a fourth TFT, a gate of the fourth TFT connected to the second node, a source and a drain of the fourth transistor are directly connected respectively to the signal output node of n-th GOA unit and the constant low voltage;

a second capacitor, having the two ends connected respectively to the second node and the constant low voltage;

wherein the first clock signal and the second clock signal being rectangular waves having a duty ratio of 0.25, and the waveforms between the first clock signal and the second clock signal differing by a half cycle;

wherein for the first GOA unit in the cascade, when starting forward scanning, the signal output node of (n−2)th GOA unit inputting the high voltage signal as an activation signal.

10. The GOA circuit as claimed in claim 9 , wherein for the second GOA unit in the cascade, when starting forward scanning, the signal output node of (n−2)th GOA unit inputs the high voltage signal as an activation signal.

11. The GOA circuit as claimed in claim 9 , wherein for the last GOA unit in the cascade, when starting backward scanning, the signal output node of (n+2)th GOA unit inputs the high voltage signal as an activation signal.

12. The GOA circuit as claimed in claim 9 , wherein for the second last GOA unit in the cascade, when starting backward scanning, the signal output node of (n+2)th GOA unit inputs the high voltage signal as an activation signal.

13. The GOA circuit as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the GOA circuit is for low temperature polysilicon (LPTS) panel.

14. The GOA circuit as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the GOA circuit is for organic light-emitting diode (OLED) panel.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 2, 2017
From: LI, YAFENG
To: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 041447/0626 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 2016 1 1230448 · Dec 27, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180218685A1 · Aug 2, 2018