Shift register unit and driving method thereof, gate driving circuit, and display device

1. A shift register unit, comprising an input sub-circuit, an input terminal, a first voltage terminal, an output sub-circuit, an output terminal, a first clock terminal, a first reset sub-circuit, a reset terminal, a second voltage terminal, a second reset sub-circuit, a pull-down sub-circuit, a second clock terminal, a first storage sub-circuit, a pull-up node, a pull-down node, and a spacing sub-circuit; wherein

the input sub-circuit is coupled to the input terminal, the first voltage terminal and the pull-up node, and configured to provide a signal at the first voltage terminal to the pull-up node in response to an active signal being inputted to the input terminal,

the output sub-circuit is coupled to the pull-up node and the first clock terminal, and configured to output a signal at the first clock terminal in response to a signal at the pull-up node being an active signal,

the first storage sub-circuit has two terminals coupled to the pull-up node and the output terminal, respectively, and is configured to keep a voltage difference between the pull-up node and the output terminal when the pull-up node is floating,

the first reset sub-circuit is coupled to the reset terminal, the second voltage terminal, the pull-up node and the output terminal, and configured to provide a signal at the second voltage terminal to both the pull-up node and the output terminal in response to an active signal being inputted to the reset terminal,

the second reset sub-circuit is coupled to the second clock terminal and the pull-down node, and configured to provide, in response to an active signal inputted to the second clock terminal, the active signal inputted to the second clock terminal to the pull-down node,

the pull-down sub-circuit is coupled to the pull-down node, the second voltage terminal and the output terminal, and configured to provide the signal at the second voltage terminal to the output terminal in response to a signal at the pull-down node being an active signal, and

the spacing sub-circuit is coupled to the pull-up node, the pull-down node and the second voltage terminal, and configured to provide the signal at the second voltage terminal to the pull-down node in response to the signal at the pull-up node being an active signal,

the shift register unit further comprising an auxiliary pull-down sub-circuit coupled to the output terminal, the second voltage terminal and the pull-down node, and configured to provide the signal at the second voltage terminal to the pull-down sub-circuit in response to an active signal being outputted from the output terminal.

2. The shift register unit of claim 1 , further comprising a second storage sub-circuit having two terminals respectively coupled to the pull-down node and the second voltage terminal.

3. The shift register unit of claim 2 , wherein the first storage sub-circuit and the second storage sub-circuit each comprise a storage capacitor.

4. A gate driving circuit, comprising a plurality of cascaded shift register units each of the shift register units being the shift register unit of claim 3 .

5. A display device, comprising the gate driving circuit of claim 4 .

6. A gate driving circuit, comprising a plurality of cascaded shift register units each of the shift register units being the shift register unit of claim 2 .

7. A display device, comprising the gate driving circuit of claim 6 .

8. The shift register unit of claim 1 , wherein

the input sub-circuit comprises a first transistor having a control electrode coupled to the input terminal, a first electrode coupled to the first voltage terminal, and a second electrode coupled to the pull-up node,

the output sub-circuit comprises a fourth transistor having a control electrode coupled to the pull-up node, a first electrode coupled to the first clock terminal, and a second electrode coupled to the output terminal,

the first reset sub-circuit comprises a second transistor and a ninth transistor,

the second transistor having a control electrode coupled to the reset terminal, a first electrode coupled to the second voltage terminal, and a second electrode coupled to the pull-up node, and

the ninth transistor having a control electrode coupled to the reset terminal, a first electrode coupled to the output terminal, and a second electrode coupled to the second voltage terminal,

the second reset sub-circuit comprises a third transistor having a control electrode and a first electrode both coupled to the second clock terminal, and a second electrode coupled to the pull-down node,

the spacing sub-circuit comprises a sixth transistor having a control electrode coupled to the pull-up node, a first electrode coupled to the pull-down node, and a second electrode coupled to the second voltage terminal, and

the pull-down sub-circuit comprises a seventh transistor having a control electrode coupled to the pull-down node, a first electrode coupled to the output terminal, and a second electrode coupled to the second voltage terminal.

9. A gate driving circuit, comprising a plurality of cascaded shift register units each of the shift register units being the shift register unit of claim 8 .

10. A display device, comprising the gate driving circuit of claim 9 .

11. The shift register unit of claim 1 , wherein the auxiliary pull-down sub-circuit comprises an eighth transistor having a control electrode coupled to the output terminal, a first electrode coupled to the second voltage terminal, and a second electrode coupled to the pull-down node.

12. A gate driving circuit, comprising a plurality of cascaded shift register units each of the shift register units being the shift register unit of claim 11 .

13. A display device, comprising the gate driving circuit of claim 12 .

14. A gate driving circuit, comprising a plurality of cascaded shift register units each of the shift register units being the shift register unit of claim 1 .

15. A display device, comprising the gate driving circuit of claim 14 .

16. A driving method for a shift register unit, wherein the shift register unit comprises an input sub-circuit, an input terminal, a first voltage terminal, an output sub-circuit, an output terminal, a first clock terminal, a first reset sub-circuit, a reset terminal, a second voltage terminal, a second reset sub-circuit, a pull-down sub-circuit, a second clock terminal, a first storage sub-circuit, a pull-up node, a pull-down node, and a spacing sub-circuit, wherein

the input sub-circuit is coupled to the input terminal, the first voltage terminal and the pull-up node, and configured to provide a signal at the first voltage terminal to the pull-up node in response to an active signal being inputted to the input terminal,

the output sub-circuit is coupled to the pull-up node and the first clock terminal, and configured to output a signal at the first clock terminal in response to a signal at the pull-up node being an active signal,

the first storage sub-circuit has two terminals coupled to the pull-up node and the output terminal, respectively, and is configured to keep a voltage difference between the pull-up node and the output terminal when the pull-up node is floating,

the first reset sub-circuit is coupled to the reset terminal, the second voltage terminal, the pull-up node and the output terminal, and configured to provide a signal at the second voltage terminal to both the pull-up node and the output terminal in response to an active signal being inputted to the reset terminal,

the second reset sub-circuit is coupled to the second clock terminal and the pull-down node, and configured to provide, in response to an active signal inputted to the second clock terminal, the active signal inputted to the second clock terminal to the pull-down node,

the pull-down sub-circuit is coupled to the pull-down node, the second voltage terminal and the output terminal, and configured to provide the signal at the second voltage terminal to the output terminal in response to a signal at the pull-down node being an active signal, and

the spacing sub-circuit is coupled to the pull-up node, the pull-down node and the second voltage terminal, and configured to provide the signal at the second voltage terminal to the pull-down node in response to the signal at the pull-up node being an active signal,

the driving method comprises steps of:

in an input stage, inputting an active signal to the input terminal, providing a voltage at the first voltage terminal to the pull-up node, and charging the pull-up node to make a signal at the pull-up node active, so that the pull-down node is coupled to the second voltage terminal and is discharged;

in an output stage, making the pull-up node floating, the first storage sub-circuit bootstrapping, and a signal at the pull-up node active, so that the signal at the first clock terminal is provided to the output terminal, and the pull-down node is coupled to the second voltage terminal and is discharged;

in a first reset stage, inputting an active signal to the reset terminal, so that both the pull-up node and the output terminal are coupled to the second voltage terminal and are discharged and a signal at the pull-down node is maintained to be an inactive signal; and

in a second reset stage, inputting an active signal to the second clock terminal, so that the pull-down node is coupled to the second clock terminal and is charged, and a signal at the pull-down node is changed to an active signal, so as to couple the second signal terminal to the output terminal.

17. The driving method of claim 16 , wherein the shift register unit further comprises an auxiliary pull-down sub-circuit coupled to the output terminal, the second voltage terminal and the pull-down node, and configured to provide the signal at the second voltage terminal to the pull-down sub-circuit in response to an active signal being outputted from the output terminal, and the driving method further comprises:

in the output stage, outputting an active signal by the output terminal so that the second voltage terminal is coupled to the pull-down node.