IP Library Granted Patent US 11,315,472
Granted Patent B2
US 11,315,472 · App. 16/336,274 · Granted Apr 26, 2022

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

Inventors: Lei Mi (Beijing, CN); Yanchen Li (Beijing, CN); Yanna Xue (Beijing, CN)
Assignees: BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.; BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
G09G3/2092G09G2300/0426G09G2310/0267G09G2310/0286G09G2310/061G09G2310/08
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Patent No.
US 11,315,472
App. No.
16/336,274
Granted
Apr 26, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A shift register unit, a gate driving circuit and a driving method thereof, a display device. The shift register unit includes: a first input circuit configured for outputting a voltage of a first voltage terminal to a pull-up node under a control of a first signal terminal; a second input circuit configured for outputting a voltage of a second voltage terminal to the pull-up node under a control of a second signal terminal; an output circuit configured for outputting a clock signal of a clock signal terminal to the signal output terminal under a control of the pull-up node; a pull-up node reset circuit configured for outputting a voltage of the third voltage terminal to the pull-up node under a control of the third signal terminal.

Claims (65)

1. A shift register unit, comprising a first input circuit, a second input circuit, an output circuit and a pull-up node reset circuit; wherein

the first input circuit is connected with a first signal terminal, a first voltage terminal and a pull-up node, and configured for outputting a voltage of the first voltage terminal to the pull-up node under a control of the first signal terminal;

the second input circuit is connected with a second signal terminal, a second voltage terminal and the pull-up node, and configured for outputting a voltage of the second voltage terminal to the pull-up node under a control of the second signal terminal;

the output circuit is connected with a clock signal terminal, the pull-up node and a signal output terminal, and configured for outputting a clock signal of the clock signal terminal to the signal output terminal under a control of the pull-up node;

the pull-up node reset circuit is connected with a third signal terminal, a third voltage terminal and the pull-up node, and configured for outputting a voltage of the third voltage terminal to the pull-up node under a control of the third signal terminal.

2. The shift register unit according to claim 1 , further comprising a signal output terminal reset circuit;

wherein the signal output terminal reset circuit is connected with the third signal terminal, the third voltage terminal, and the signal output terminal, and configured for outputting a voltage of the third voltage terminal to the signal output terminal under a control of the third signal terminal.

3. The shift register unit according to claim 2 , wherein the signal output terminal reset circuit comprises a second transistor;

a gate of the second transistor is connected with the third signal terminal, a first electrode of the second transistor is connected with the third voltage terminal and a second electrode of the second transistor is connected with the signal output terminal.

4. The shift register unit according to claim 2 , further comprising a pull-down control circuit, a pull-down circuit and a noise reduction circuit;

wherein the pull-down control circuit is connected with the third voltage terminal, the fourth voltage terminal, the pull-up node and the pull-down node, and configured for controlling a level of the pull-down node;

the pull-down circuit is connected with the pull-down node, the third voltage terminal and the signal output terminal, and configured for outputting a voltage of the third voltage terminal to the signal output terminal under a control of the pull-down node;

the noise reduction circuit is connected with the pull-down node, the third voltage terminal and the pull-up node, and configured for outputting a voltage of the third voltage terminal to the pull-up node under a control of the pull-down node.

5. The shift register unit according to claim 2 , wherein the pull-up node reset circuit comprises a first transistor;

a gate of the first transistor is connected with the third signal terminal, a first electrode of the first transistor is connected with the third voltage terminal and a second electrode of the first transistor is connected with the pull-up node.

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

wherein the pull-down control circuit is connected with the third voltage terminal, the fourth voltage terminal, the pull-up node and the pull-down node, and configured for controlling a level of the pull-down node;

the pull-down circuit is connected with the pull-down node, the third voltage terminal and the signal output terminal, and configured for outputting a voltage of the third voltage terminal to the signal output terminal under a control of the pull-down node;

the noise reduction circuit is connected with the pull-down node, the third voltage terminal and the pull-up node, and configured for outputting a voltage of the third voltage terminal to the pull-up node under a control of the pull-down node.

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

a gate of the sixth transistor is connected with the fourth voltage terminal, a first electrode of the sixth transistor is connected with the fourth voltage terminal, and a second electrode of the sixth transistor is connected with the pull-down node;

a gate of the seventh transistor is connected with the pull-up node, a first electrode of the seventh transistor is connected with the third voltage terminal, and a second electrode of the seventh transistor is connected with the pull-down node.

8. The shift register unit according to claim 7 , wherein the pull-down control circuit further comprises an eighth transistor and a ninth transistor;

a gate of the eighth transistor is connected with the fourth voltage terminal, a first electrode of the eighth transistor is connected with the fourth voltage terminal, and a second electrode of the eighth transistor is connected with the gate of the sixth transistor;

a gate of the ninth transistor is connected with the pull-up node, a first electrode of the ninth transistor is connected with the third voltage terminal, and a second electrode of the ninth transistor is connected with the gate of the sixth transistor.

9. The shift register unit according to claim 6 , wherein the pull-down circuit comprises a tenth transistor; the noise reduction circuit comprises an eleventh transistor;

a gate of the tenth transistor is connected with the pull-down node, a first electrode of the tenth transistor is connected with the third voltage terminal, and a second electrode of the tenth transistor is connected with the signal output terminal;

a gate of the eleventh transistor is connected with the pull-down node, a first electrode of the eleventh transistor is connected with the third voltage terminal, and a second electrode of the eleventh transistor is connected with the pull-up node.

10. The shift register unit according to claim 6 , wherein the pull-up node reset circuit comprises a first transistor;

a gate of the first transistor is connected with the third signal terminal, a first electrode of the first transistor is connected with the third voltage terminal and a second electrode of the first transistor is connected with the pull-up node.

11. The shift register unit according to claim 6 , wherein the signal output terminal reset circuit comprises a second transistor;

a gate of the second transistor is connected with the third signal terminal, a first electrode of the second transistor is connected with the third voltage terminal and a second electrode of the second transistor is connected with the signal output terminal.

12. The shift register unit according to claim 1 , wherein the pull-up node reset circuit comprises a first transistor;

a gate of the first transistor is connected with the third signal terminal, a first electrode of the first transistor is connected with the third voltage terminal and a second electrode of the first transistor is connected with the pull-up node.

13. The shift register unit according to claim 1 , wherein the first input circuit comprises a third transistor; the second input circuit comprises a fourth transistor;

a gate of the third transistor is connected with the first signal terminal, a first electrode of the third transistor is connected with the first voltage terminal and a second electrode of the third transistor is connected with the pull-up node;

a gate of the fourth transistor is connected with the second signal terminal, a first electrode of the fourth transistor is connected with the second voltage terminal and a second electrode of the fourth transistor is connected with the pull-up node.

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

a gate of the fifth transistor is connected with the pull-up node, a first electrode of the fifth transistor is connected with the clock signal terminal and a second electrode of the fifth transistor is connected with the signal output terminal and a second terminal of the capacitor;

a first terminal of the capacitor is connected with the pull-up node, and the second terminal of the capacitor is further connected with the signal output terminal.

15. A scan driving circuit, comprising at least two cascaded stages of shift register units according to claim 1 ;

the first signal terminal of the shift register unit at a first stage is connected with a start signal terminal;

except the shift register unit at the first stage, the first signal terminal of the shift register unit at a stage is connected with the signal output terminal of the shift register unit at a previous stage;

except the shift register unit at a last stage, the second signal terminal of the shift register unit at a stage is connected with the signal output terminal of the shift register unit at a next stage;

the second signal terminal of the shift register unit at the last stage is connected with the start signal terminal.

16. A display device, comprising the gate driving circuit according to claim 15 .

17. A method of driving the gate driving circuit according to claim 15 , comprising:

during a scan phase of a frame:

receiving by the shift register unit at the first stage of the gate driving circuit a start signal of the start signal terminal, and turning on the shift register units in the gate driving circuit stage by stage;

during a field blanking phase of the frame:

outputting a voltage of the third voltage terminal to the pull-up node of each of the cascaded shift register units under a control of the third signal terminal, so as to reset the pull-up node of each of the cascaded shift register units.

18. A method of driving a shift register unit according to any claim 1 , comprising:

an input phase:

outputting by the first input circuit a voltage of the first voltage terminal to the pull-up node, under a control of the first signal terminal;

an output phase:

outputting by the output circuit the clock signal of the clock signal terminal to the signal output terminal which outputs a gate scan signal, under a control of the pull-up node.

19. The driving method according to claim 18 , wherein the shift register unit further comprises a pull-down control circuit, a pull-down circuit, and a noise reduction circuit,

the driving method further comprises:

a pull-down phase:

outputting by the second input circuit a voltage of the second voltage terminal to the pull-up node under a control of the second signal terminal, so as to control the output circuit to be turned off;

outputting by the pull-down control circuit a voltage of a fourth voltage terminal to a pull-down node under a control of the pull-up node;

outputting by the pull-down circuit a voltage of the third voltage terminal to the signal output terminal, and outputting by the noise reduction circuit a voltage of the third voltage terminal to the pull-up node, under a control of the pull-down node.

20. The driving method according to claim 18 , further comprising:

a reset phase:

outputting by the pull-up node reset circuit a voltage of the third voltage terminal to the pull-up node under a control of the third signal terminal.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 25, 2019
From: MI, LEI; LI, YANCHEN; XUE, YANNA
To: BEIJING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.; BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
CN 201710910077.6 · Sep 29, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
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