IP Library Granted Patent US 11,455,956
Granted Patent B2
US 11,455,956 · App. 16/478,445 · Granted Sep 27, 2022

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

Inventors: Xuehuan Feng (Beijing, CN); Yongqian Li (Beijing, CN)
Assignees: Hefei Xinsheng Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.; BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
G09G3/3266G09G2300/0426G09G2310/0286G09G2310/061G09G2310/08
View Patent ↗
Loading inventors, assignments & file history…
Monitor This Case
Get email alerts when status or documents change.
Order Certified Copies
Most orders are placed with the USPTO same day — all within 24 business hours.
Order via The Patent Place →
Pre-filled with this patent's details
Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,455,956
App. No.
16/478,445
Granted
Sep 27, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed is a shift register, a gate driving circuit, a display apparatus and a driving method, the shift register including a first input sub-circuit, configured to receive a first input signal from a first input terminal and output a banking output control signal to a first node in a blanking period of time of a frame; a second input sub-circuit, configured to receive a second input signal from a second input terminal and output a display output control signal to the first node in a display period of time of the frame; an output sub-circuit, configured to output a composite output signal via an output terminal under control of a first node, wherein the composite output signal includes a display output signal outputted in a display period of time and a blanking output signal outputted in a blanking period of time which are independent of each other.

Claims (70)

1. A shift register, comprising:

a first input sub-circuit, configured to receive a first input signal from a first input terminal and output a blanking output control signal;

a second input sub-circuit, configured to receive a second input signal from a second input terminal and output a display output control signal;

an output sub-circuit, configured to output a composite output signal via an output terminal under control of a first node, wherein the composite output signal includes a display output signal outputted in a display period of time and a blanking output signal outputted in a blanking period of time which are independent of each other,

wherein a first input sub-circuit comprises:

a storing sub-circuit, having a terminal connected to the blanking pull-up control node, configured to store a blanking pull-up control signal; and

an isolating sub-circuit, configured to input a blanking output control signal to the first node according to the blanking pull-up control signal in a blanking period of time of a frame, said isolating sub-circuit comprising a first isolating transistor and a second isolating transistor

said shift register further comprising:

a first electric leakage prevention sub-circuit comprising a first electric leakage prevention transistor and a second electric leakage prevention transistor, wherein a first electrode of the first electric leakage prevention transistor is connected to the blanking pull-up control node, wherein a second electrode of the first electric leakage prevention transistor is connected to a first electrode of the second electric leakage prevention transistor, wherein a control electrode of the first electric leakage prevention transistor is connected to a second clock signal line, wherein the first electrode of the second electric leakage prevention transistor is connected to the second electrode of the first electric leakage prevention transistor, wherein a second electrode of the second electric leakage prevention transistor is connected to an electric leakage prevention signal input, and wherein a control electrode of the second electric leakage prevention transistor is connected to the blanking pull-up control node; and

a second electric leakage prevention sub-circuit comprising a fourth electric leakage prevention transistor, a fifth electric leakage prevention transistor, and a sixth electric leakage prevention transistor, wherein a control electrode of the fourth electric leakage prevention transistor, a first electrode of the fifth electric leakage prevention transistor, and a first electrode of the sixth electric leakage prevention transistor are connected to the first node, wherein a first electrode of the fourth electric leakage prevention transistor, a second electrode of the fifth electric leakage prevention transistor, and a second electrode of the sixth electric leakage prevention transistor are connected to the second isolating transistor, wherein a second electrode of the fourth electric leakage prevention transistor is connected to the electric leakage prevention signal input, and wherein a control electrode of the fifth electric leakage prevention transistor is connected to a control electrode of the second isolating transistor.

2. A gate driving circuit, comprising N rows of shift registers connected in cascades, the shift register being the shift register according to claim 1 , where N is an integer greater than 1,

a second input terminal of a first stage of shift register is connected to a second signal line, and a first input terminal thereof is connected to a first signal line, and

an overlap exists between composite output signals outputted by the N rows of shift registers.

3. The gate driving circuit according to claim 2 , wherein

an output terminal of an i-th stage of shift register is connected to a first input terminal of an (i+1)-th stage of shift register, where i is an integer, 1<i N.

4. The gate driving circuit according to claim 2 , wherein

a second input terminal of an i-th stage of shift register is connected to an output terminal of an (i−k)-th stage of shift register, where k is an integer greater than 1, and i is an integer greater than 2.

5. The gate driving circuit according to claim 2 , wherein the shift register further comprises:

a display reset sub-circuit, configured to reset the first node under control of a display reset control signal inputted via a display reset terminal.

6. The gate driving circuit according to claim 5 , wherein

a display reset terminal of an i-th stage of shift register is connected to an output terminal of an (i+m)-th stage of shift register, where m is an integer greater than 1, and i is an integer smaller than N−1.

7. The gate driving circuit according to claim 6 , wherein m is greater than k.

8. The gate driving circuit according to claim 2 , wherein the first input sub-circuit further comprises:

a charging sub-circuit, configured to input a first input signal to the blanking pull-up control node.

9. The gate driving circuit according to claim 8 , wherein the shift register further comprises:

a blanking reset sub-circuit, configured to reset the first node and/or the output terminal under control of a blanking reset control signal before the blanking period of time of the frame ends up.

10. The gate driving circuit according to claim 9 , wherein the output sub-circuit comprises at least one shift signal output terminal and at least one pixel signal output terminal.

11. The gate driving circuit according to claim 10 , wherein the shift register further comprises:

a pull-down control sub-circuit, configured to control a potential of a pull-down node according to the first node; and

a pull-down sub-circuit, configured to pull down the first node and the output terminal to a non-operation potential under control of the pull-down node.

12. The gate driving circuit according to claim 8 , wherein the charging sub-circuit comprises

a charging transistor, having a first electrode and/or control electrode connected to the first input terminal, and a second electrode connected to the blanking pull-up control node; and

the storing sub-circuit comprises a first capacitor, having a first terminal is connected to the blanking pull-up control node; and

wherein a control terminal of the first isolating transistor is connected to the blanking pull-up control node,

wherein a first electrode of the second isolating transistor is connected to a second electrode of the first isolating transistor,

wherein a second electrode of the second isolating transistor is connected to the first node, and

wherein a control electrode of the second isolating transistor is connected to an isolating control signal line.

13. The gate driving circuit according to claim 12 , wherein the second input sub-circuit comprises a first display input transistor, having a first electrode connected to the first node, and a second electrode and/or control electrode connected to the second input terminal,

wherein the output sub-circuit comprises an output transistor and an output capacitor,

wherein a first electrode of the output transistor is connected to an output clock signal line,

wherein a second electrode of the output transistor is connected to the output terminal,

wherein a control electrode of the output transistor is connected to the first node,

wherein a first terminal of the output capacitor is connected to the first node, and

wherein a second terminal of the output capacitor is connected to the output terminal.

14. The gate driving circuit according to claim 13 , wherein the second input sub-circuit further comprises a second display input transistor, having a first electrode connected with a control electrode of the second display input transistor and connected to the first electrode of the first display input transistor, and a second electrode connected to the first node.

15. The gate driving circuit according to claim 5 , wherein

the display reset sub-circuit comprises a display reset transistor, having a first electrode connected to the first node, a control electrode connected to a display reset control terminal, and a second electrode connected to a display reset signal line.

16. The gate driving circuit according to claim 9 , wherein the blanking reset sub-circuit comprises a first blanking reset transistor, having a first electrode connected to the first node, a control electrode connected to a blanking reset control terminal, and a second electrode connected to a blanking reset signal line.

17. The gate driving circuit according to claim 16 , wherein the blanking reset sub-circuit further comprises a second blanking reset transistor, having a first electrode connected to the output terminal, a control electrode connected to the blanking reset control terminal, and a second electrode connected to the blanking reset signal line.

18. The gate driving circuit according to claim 11 , wherein the pull-down control sub-circuit comprises a first pull-down control transistor and a second pull-down control transistor,

wherein a first electrode of the first pull-down control transistor is connected with a control electrode of the first pull-down control transistor and connected to a pull-down control signal line,

wherein a second electrode of the first pull-down control transistor is connected to the pull-down node,

wherein a first electrode of the second pull-down control transistor is connected to the pull-down node,

wherein a control electrode of the second pull-down control transistor is connected to the first node,

wherein a second electrode of the second pull-down control transistor is connected to a pull-down signal line,

wherein the pull-down sub-circuit comprises a first pull-down transistor and a second pull-down transistor,

wherein a first electrode of the first pull-down transistor is connected to the first node,

wherein a control electrode of the first pull-down transistor is connected to the pull-down node,

wherein a second electrode of the first pull-down transistor is connected to the pull-down signal line,

wherein a first electrode of the second pull-down transistor is connected to the output terminal,

wherein a control electrode of the second pull-down transistor is connected to the pull-down node, and

wherein a second electrode of the second pull-down transistor is connected to the pull-down signal line.

19. A display apparatus comprising the gate driving circuit according to claim 2 .

20. A driving method applicable to the shift register according to claim 1 , the method comprising:

during a display period of time of the frame:

in a first control phase, outputting, by the second input sub-circuit, the display output control signal to the first node; and

in a first output phase, outputting, by the output sub-circuit, a first output signal under control of the first node; and

during the blanking period of time of the frame:

in a second control phase, inputting, by the first input sub-circuit, the blanking output control signal to the first node; and

in a second output phase, outputting, by the output sub-circuit, a second output signal under control of the first node.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 16, 2019
From: FENG, XUEHUAN; LI, YONGQIAN
To: HEFEI XINSHENG OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.; BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 049769/0565 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 201810153520.4 · Feb 14, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220005417A1 · Jan 6, 2022
Cited By (3)
US 50,290 US 12,217,696 US 12,236,824