IP Library Granted Patent US 11,587,521
Granted Patent B2
US 11,587,521 · App. 17/252,331 · Granted Feb 21, 2023

Gate driver on array (GOA) circuit and display device solving problem of electrical stress easily biasing threshold voltage of thin film transistor (TFT)

Inventor: Yan Xue (Guangdong, CN)
Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co., Ltd.
G09G3/3677G09G2300/0408G09G2300/0842G09G2320/0214
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Patent No.
US 11,587,521
App. No.
17/252,331
Granted
Feb 21, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

Gate Driver on Array (GOA) circuit and display device solving problem of electrical stress easily biasing threshold voltage of thin film transistor (TFT), are provided. The GOA circuit including m cascaded GOA units, wherein an n th GOA unit includes a pull-up control unit, a pull-up unit, a compensation control unit, and a pull-down unit.

Claims (12)

1. A Gate Driver On Array (GOA) circuit comprising m cascaded GOA units, wherein an n th GOA unit comprises: a pull-up control circuit, a pull-up circuit, a compensation control circuit, and a pull-down circuit; wherein m and n are positive integers and m≥n≥1; wherein the pull-up control circuit is connected to the compensation control circuit and the pull-up circuit respectively, the compensation control circuit is connected to the pull-up control circuit, the pull-up circuit, and the pull-down circuit respectively, the pull-up circuit is connected to the pull-up control circuit, the compensation control circuit, and the pull-down circuit respectively, and the pull-down circuit is connected to the pull-up circuit and the compensation control circuit respectively; wherein the pull-up control circuit comprises a first thin film transistor, the pull-up circuit comprises a second thin film transistor and a first capacitor, the pull-down circuit comprises a third thin film transistor, and the compensation control circuit comprises a fourth thin film transistor;

a gate of the fourth transistor is connected to an n+1 th stage row scanning signal Cout (n+1), a drain of the fourth thin film transistor is connected to a source of the first thin film transistor in the pull-up control circuit and a gate of the second thin film transistor in the pull-up circuit, a source of the fourth thin film transistor is connected to a drain of the third thin film transistor in the pull-down circuit, a source of the second thin film transistor in the pull-up circuit, and an n th stage row scanning signal Cout (n), and wherein the compensation control circuit is configured to control a threshold voltage of the second thin film transistor in the pull-up circuit to be stored in the first capacitor in the pull-up circuit;

the pull-up control circuit is connected to an n−1 th stage row scanning signal Cout (n−1), and is configured to raise a potential at a Q point;

the pull-up circuit is configured to output the n th stage row scanning signal Cout (n) of a high potential; and

the pull-down circuit is configured to pull the high potential of the n th stage row scanning signal Cout (n) to a low potential.

2. The GOA circuit according to claim 1 , wherein a drain and a gate of the first thin film transistor are connected to the n−1 th stage row scanning signal Cout (n−1) respectively, the source of the first thin film transistor is connected to the drain of the fourth thin film transistor and the pull-up circuit.

3. The GOA circuit according to claim 2 , wherein a drain of the second thin film transistor is connected to a clock signal CK, the gate of the second thin film transistor is connected to the source of the first thin film transistor and the drain of the fourth thin film transistor, the source of the first thin film transistor is connected to the n th stage row scanning signal Cout (n) through the first capacitor, the source of the second thin film transistor is connected to the n th stage row scanning signal Cout (n) and the pull-down-circuit.

4. The GOA circuit according to claim 3 , wherein the drain of the third thin film transistor is connected to the source of the second thin film transistor, the n th stage row scanning signal Cout (n), and the source of the fourth thin film transistor, a gate of the third thin film transistor is connected to an n+2 th stage row scanning signal Cout (n+2), and a source of the third thin film transistor is connected to a ground.

5. The GOA circuit according to claim 4 , wherein the source of the first thin film transistor and the drain of the fourth thin film transistor are connected through a second capacitor.

6. The GOA circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the first thin film transistor, the second thin film transistor, the third thin film transistor, and the fourth thin film transistor are of an indium gallium zinc oxide (IGZO) thin film transistor.

7. A thin film transistor (TFT) substrate comprising the GOA circuit according to claim 1 .

8. A display device comprising the TFT substrate according to claim 7 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 15, 2020
From: XUE, YAN
To: SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 054646/0088 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 202010146510.5 · Mar 5, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
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