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Granted Patent B2
US 12,394,357 · App. 18/732,585 · Granted Aug 19, 2025

Scan driver and display device having the same

Inventors: Kang Nam Kim (Yongin-si, KR); Sung Hoon Lim (Yongin-si, KR); Woo Geun Lee (Yongin-si, KR); Kyu Sik Cho (Yongin-si, KR); Jae Beom Choi (Yongin-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
G09G3/2092G09G3/3233G09G3/3266G09G2310/0202G09G2310/0267G09G2310/0275G09G2310/0286G09G2310/08
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Patent No.
US 12,394,357
App. No.
18/732,585
Granted
Aug 19, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A scan driver includes a plurality of stages. An nth (n is a natural number) stage among the stages includes: a first and a second input circuit for controlling a voltage of a first node in response to a carry signal of a previous stage and a next stage, respectively; a first output circuit for outputting an nth carry signal corresponding to a carry clock signal in response to the voltage of the first node; a second output circuit for outputting an nth scan and an nth sensing signal corresponding to a scan and a sensing clock signal, respectively, in response to the voltage of the first node; and a sampling circuit for storing the carry signal of the previous stage in response to a first select signal, and for supplying a control voltage to the first node in response to a second select signal and the stored carry signal.

Claims (27)

1. A scan driver comprising:

a plurality of stages, one of the plurality of stages being configured to control a voltage of a first node in response to a first signal of a previous stage of the plurality of stages,

wherein the one of the plurality of stages comprises:

a first transistor coupled between a first terminal and a second node, the first transistor comprising a gate electrode coupled to a second terminal;

a capacitor coupled between the second node and a third terminal;

a second transistor coupled between the third terminal and a third node, the second transistor comprising a gate electrode coupled to the second node; and

a third transistor coupled between the third node and the first node, the third transistor comprising a gate electrode coupled to a fourth terminal.

2. The scan driver of claim 1 , wherein the one of the plurality of stages is configured to output a second signal in response to the voltage of the first node.

3. The scan driver of claim 1 , wherein each of the first to third transistors comprises an oxide semiconductor transistor.

4. The scan driver of claim 1 , wherein the first transistor comprises a first sub-transistor and a second sub-transistor, which are coupled in series to each other.

5. The scan driver of claim 1 , wherein the one of the plurality of stages is configured to store the first signal in the capacitor in response to a third signal supplied to the second terminal, and to transfer a fourth signal supplied to the third terminal to the first node in response to a voltage charged in the capacitor and a fifth signal supplied to the fourth terminal.

6. The scan driver of claim 5 , wherein the fourth signal supplied to the third terminal has a gate-on voltage to turn on an oxide semiconductor transistor.

7. The scan driver of claim 1 , wherein the one of the plurality of stages is configured to discharge the first node in response to a start signal supplied to a fifth terminal.

8. A display device comprising:

a plurality of pixels respectively coupled to lines; and

a scan driver comprising a plurality of stages,

wherein one of the plurality of stages comprises:

a first transistor coupled between a first terminal and a second node, the first transistor comprising a gate electrode coupled to a second terminal;

a capacitor coupled between the second node and a third terminal;

a second transistor coupled between the third terminal and a third node, the second transistor comprising a gate electrode coupled to the second node; and

a third transistor coupled between the third node and a first node, the third transistor comprising a gate electrode directly coupled to a fourth terminal.

9. The display device of claim 8 , wherein the one of the plurality of stages is configured to supply a second signal to the lines.

10. The display device of claim 9 , wherein the one of the plurality of stages is configured to output the second signal in response to a voltage of the first node.

11. The display device of claim 8 , wherein each of the first to third transistors comprises an oxide semiconductor transistor.

12. The display device of claim 8 , wherein the scan driver further comprises a dummy stage configured to provide a first signal to a first stage from among the plurality of stages, and

wherein the dummy stage is electrically separated from the lines.

13. The display device of claim 8 , wherein the first transistor comprises a first sub-transistor and a second sub-transistor, which are coupled in series to each other.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 11, 2025
From: KIM, KANG NAM; LIM, SUNG HOON; LEE, WOO GEUN; CHO, KYU SIK; CHOI, JAE BEOM
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 070819/0451 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2019-0060734 · May 23, 2019 · national
Continuity (4)
Continuation 18132704 · Apr 10, 2023
Continuation 17478825 · Sep 17, 2021
Continuation 16875682 · May 15, 2020
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