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US 10,796,780 · App. 15/992,948 · Granted Oct 6, 2020

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

Inventors: Yan Li (Beijing, CN); Bo Gao (Beijing, CN); Lingyun Shi (Beijing, CN); Wei Sun (Beijing, CN); Yang Chen (Beijing, CN)
Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.; BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
G11C19/287G09G3/20G09G3/3677G11C19/28G09G2300/0809G09G2310/0286G09G2310/08
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Patent No.
US 10,796,780
App. No.
15/992,948
Granted
Oct 6, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A shift register unit and a driving method thereof, a gate driving circuit and a display apparatus. The shift register unit includes an input circuit, a first pull-down circuit, a second pull-down circuit, and an output circuit. In a first state, the first pull-down circuit is configured to pull down the level of a pull-up node, and the second pull-down circuit is configured to pull down a level of the output terminal.

Claims (44)

1. A shift register unit, comprising an input circuit, a first pull-down circuit, a second pull-down circuit, and an output circuit;

wherein the input circuit is coupled to a pull-up node, an input signal terminal, a first level signal terminal, a reset signal terminal and a second level signal terminal, and is configured to charge the pull-up node;

the output circuit is coupled to the pull-up node, a first clock signal terminal and an output terminal, and is configured to output a signal inputted by the first clock signal terminal to the output terminal under control of a level of the pull-up node;

the first pull-down circuit is coupled to the pull-up node, a first level power signal terminal and a third level signal terminal; and

the second pull-down circuit is coupled to the first clock signal terminal, a second clock signal terminal, the first level power signal terminal and the output terminal;

wherein in a first state, the first pull-down circuit is configured to pull down the level of the pull-up node, and the second pull-down circuit is configured to pull down a level of the output terminal;

the second pull-down circuit comprises a second transistor and a third transistor;

a gate electrode of the second transistor is coupled to the first clock signal terminal, a first electrode of the second transistor is coupled to a second electrode of the third transistor, and a second electrode of the second transistor is coupled to the output terminal; and

a gate electrode of the third transistor is coupled to the second clock signal terminal, and a first electrode of the third transistor is coupled to the first level power signal terminal.

2. The shift register unit according to claim 1 , wherein the first pull-down circuit comprises a first transistor;

a gate electrode of the first transistor is coupled to the third level signal terminal, a first electrode of the first transistor is coupled to the pull-up node, and a second electrode of the first transistor is coupled to the first level power signal terminal.

3. The shift register unit according to claim 1 , wherein both the second transistor and the third transistor are p-type transistors.

4. The shift register unit according to claim 1 , wherein the input circuit comprises a fourth transistor and a fifth transistor;

a gate electrode of the fourth transistor is coupled to the input signal terminal, a first electrode of the fourth transistor is coupled to the first level signal terminal, and a second electrode of the fourth transistor is coupled to the pull-up node; and

a gate electrode of the fifth transistor is coupled to the reset signal terminal, a first electrode of the fifth transistor is coupled to the pull-up node, and a second electrode of the fifth transistor is coupled to the second level signal terminal.

5. The shift register unit according to claim 1 , wherein the output circuit comprises a sixth transistor and a first capacitor;

a gate electrode of the sixth transistor is coupled to the pull-up node, a first electrode of the sixth transistor is coupled to the first clock signal terminal, and a second electrode of the sixth transistor is coupled to the output terminal; and

a first end of the first capacitor is coupled to the pull-up node, and a second end of the first capacitor is coupled to the output terminal.

6. The shift register unit according to claim 1 , further comprising a third pull-down driving circuit and a third pull-down circuit;

the third pull-down driving circuit is coupled to a pull-down node, the pull-up node, the first level power signal terminal and the second clock signal terminal, and is configured to control a level of the pull-down node in a second state; and

the third pull-down circuit is coupled to the pull-down node, the pull-up node, the first level power signal terminal and the output terminal, and is configured to pull-down the level of the pull-up node and the level of the output terminal under control of the level of the pull-down node in the second state.

7. The shift register unit according to claim 6 , wherein the third pull -down circuit comprises a seventh transistor and an eighth transistor;

a gate electrode of the seventh transistor is coupled to the pull-down node, a first electrode of the seventh transistor is coupled to the output terminal, and a second electrode of the seventh transistor is coupled to the first level power signal terminal; and

a gate electrode of the eighth transistor is coupled to the pull-down node, a first electrode of the eighth transistor is coupled to the pull-up node, and a second electrode of the eighth transistor is coupled to the first level power signal terminal.

8. The shift register unit according to claim 6 , wherein the third pull-down driving circuit comprises a ninth transistor and a tenth transistor;

a gate electrode and a first electrode of the ninth transistor are coupled to the second clock signal terminal, and a second electrode of the ninth transistor is coupled to the pull -down node; and

a gate electrode of the tenth transistor is coupled to the pull-up node, a first electrode of the tenth transistor is coupled to the pull-down node, and a second electrode of the tenth transistor is coupled to the first level power signal terminal.

9. The shift register unit according to claim 8 , wherein the third pull-down driving circuit further comprises an eleventh transistor;

a gate electrode of the eleventh transistor is coupled to the output terminal, a first electrode of the eleventh transistor is coupled to the pull-down node, and a second electrode of the eleventh transistor is coupled to the first level power signal terminal.

10. A gate driving circuit, comprising a plurality of cascaded shift register units each of which is according to claim 1 .

11. A gate driving circuit, comprising a plurality of cascaded shift register units each of which is according to claim 6 .

12. A display apparatus, comprising the gate driving circuit according to claim 10 .

13. A display apparatus, comprising the gate driving circuit according to claim 11 .

14. A driving method of the shift register unit according to claim 1 , comprising: in the first state, the first pull-down circuit pulling down the level of the pull-up node, and the second pull-down circuit pulling down the level of the output terminal.

15. The driving method according to claim 14 , further comprising:

in a second state, in a first stage, the input circuit charging the pull-up node, and the output terminal outputting a signal inputted by the first clock signal terminal;

in a second stage, the output terminal outputting a signal inputted by the first clock signal terminal; and

in a third stage, the input circuit pulling down the level of the pull-up node, wherein the first pull-down circuit and the second pull-down circuit are in a turn-off state in the second state.

16. A driving method of the shift register unit according to claim 6 , comprising: in the first state, the first pull-down circuit pulling down the level of the pull-up node, and the second pull-down circuit pulling down the level of the output terminal.

17. The driving method according to claim 16 , further comprising:

in a second state, in a first stage, the input circuit charging the pull-up node, the output terminal outputting a signal inputted by the first clock signal terminal, and the third pull-down driving circuit pulling down the level of the pull-down node;

in a second stage, the output terminal outputting a signal inputted by the first clock signal terminal, and the third pull-down driving circuit pulling down the level of the pull -down node; and

in a third stage, the input circuit pulling down the level of the pull-up node, the third pull-down driving circuit pulling up the level of the pull-down node, and the third pull-down circuit pulling down the level of the output terminal to be approximately the same as the first level power signal terminal,

wherein the first pull-down circuit and the second pull-down circuit are in a turn-off state in the second state.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 30, 2018
From: LI, YAN; GAO, BO; SHI, LINGYUN; SUN, WEI; CHEN, YANG
To: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.; BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 045937/0951 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 2017 1 0670316 · Aug 8, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190051365A1 · Feb 14, 2019
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