IP Library Granted Patent US 12,424,162
Granted Patent B2
US 12,424,162 · App. 18/455,711 · Granted Sep 23, 2025

Shift register and driving method thereof, driving circuit, display substrate and device

Inventor: Yingsong Xu (Beijing, CN)
Assignees: Chengdu BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.; BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
G09G3/3225G11C19/28G09G2300/0852G09G2310/0286
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Patent No.
US 12,424,162
App. No.
18/455,711
Granted
Sep 23, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention provides a shift register unit, a driving method, a driving circuit and a driving device. The shift register unit includes a first input circuit, a second input circuit, a control circuit and an output circuit; the first input circuit provides an input signal to a first node and provides a second voltage signal to a third node under control of a second clock signal; the second input circuit outputs a first voltage signal to the third node and controls a potential at a fourth node under control of a potential at the first node and an input control signal; the control circuit provides a first voltage signal to the first node under control of a potential at a fourth node. The present invention provides waveforms for operation of specific pixels.

Claims (34)

1. A shift register unit, comprising a first input circuit, a second input circuit, a control circuit and an output circuit, wherein

the first input circuit is respectively coupled to an input terminal, a second voltage terminal, a second clock signal terminal, a first node and a third node, and is configured to provide an input signal to the first node and provide a second voltage signal to the third node in response to a second clock signal provided by the second clock signal terminal; the input terminal is configured to provide the input signal, and the second voltage terminal is configured to provide the second voltage signal;

the second input circuit is respectively coupled to an input control terminal, the third node, a fourth node and a first voltage terminal, and is configured to output a signal to the third node under control of an input control signal provided by the input control terminal; the second input circuit comprises a first transistor, a second transistor and a first capacitor, the first capacitor is coupled between a control electrode and a first electrode of the first transistor, and a second electrode of the first transistor is directly coupled to the third node, the first electrode of the first transistor is coupled to the fourth node, a control electrode of the second transistor is electrically coupled to the first node, a second electrode of the second transistor is electrically coupled to the fourth node, and a first electrode of the second transistor is electrically coupled to the first voltage terminal;

the control circuit is respectively coupled to the first node, the fourth node and the first voltage terminal and is configured to provide a first voltage signal to the first node under control of a potential of the fourth node; the first voltage terminal is configured to provide the first voltage signal; and

the output circuit is electrically coupled to the third node, the first node, a first clock signal terminal and the first voltage terminal and an output terminal, respectively, and is configured to control a signal output by the output terminal.

2. The shift register unit of claim 1 , wherein a first terminal of the first capacitor is electrically coupled to a first clock signal terminal, and a second terminal of the first capacitor is electrically coupled to the fourth node.

3. The shift register unit of claim 2 , wherein the control electrode of the first transistor is electrically coupled to the first clock signal terminal.

4. The shift register unit of claim 1 , further comprising a voltage stabilizing sub-circuit, wherein the voltage stabilizing sub-circuit comprises a second capacitor and a eighth transistor, the second capacitor is configured to stabilize a potential of a second node, a control electrode of the eighth transistor is electrically coupled to the second clock signal terminal, and a first electrode of the eighth transistor is electrically coupled to the input terminal.

5. The shift register unit of claim 1 , wherein the control circuit comprises a seventh transistor; and

a first electrode of the seventh transistor is electrically coupled to the first voltage terminal, and a second electrode of the seventh transistor is electrically coupled to the first node.

6. The shift register unit of claim 5 , wherein

the control circuit further comprises a fourth capacitor, and

a first terminal of the fourth capacitor is electrically coupled to the first voltage terminal, and a second terminal of the fourth capacitor is electrically coupled to the first node.

7. The shift register unit of claim 1 , wherein

the control electrode of the first transistor is electrically coupled to the third clock signal terminal;

and

a first terminal of the first capacitor is electrically coupled to the third clock signal terminal, and a second terminal of the first capacitor is electrically coupled to the fourth node.

8. The shift register unit of claim 1 , wherein

the first input circuit comprises a third transistor and a fourth transistor,

a control electrode of the third transistor is electrically coupled to the second clock signal terminal, a first electrode of the third transistor is electrically coupled to the second voltage terminal, and a second electrode of the third transistor is electrically coupled to the third node; and

a control electrode of the fourth transistor is electrically coupled to the second clock signal terminal, a second electrode of the fourth transistor is electrically coupled to the first node, and a first electrode of the fourth transistor is electrically coupled to the input terminal.

9. The shift register unit of claim 1 , wherein

the output circuit comprises a voltage stabilizing sub-circuit and an output sub-circuit,

the voltage stabilizing sub-circuit is electrically coupled to the third node, the output terminal, the first node, the second node and a control voltage terminal, respectively, and is configured to maintain the potential at the third node, control connection or disconnection between the first node and the second node in response to a control voltage signal provided by the control voltage terminal, and control a potential at the second node according to the signal output by the output terminal, and

the output sub-circuit is electrically coupled to the third node, the second node, the first voltage terminal, the first clock signal terminal and the output terminal, respectively, and is configured to control provision of the first voltage signal to the output terminal under control of the potential at the third node, and control provision of the first clock signal to the output terminal under control of the potential at the second node.

10. The shift register unit of claim 9 , wherein

the voltage stabilizing sub-circuit comprises an eighth transistor, a second capacitor, and a third capacitor,

a control electrode of the eighth transistor is electrically coupled to the control voltage terminal, a first electrode of the eighth transistor is electrically coupled to the first node, and a second electrode of the eighth transistor is electrically coupled to the second node,

a first terminal of the second capacitor is coupled to the second node, and a second terminal of the second capacitor is coupled to the output terminal,

a first terminal of the third capacitor is coupled to the third node, and a second terminal of the third capacitor is coupled to the first voltage terminal,

the output sub-circuit comprises a fifth transistor and a sixth transistor,

a control electrode of the fifth transistor is electrically coupled to the third node, a first electrode of the fifth transistor is electrically coupled to the first voltage terminal, and a second electrode of the fifth transistor is electrically coupled to the output terminal,

a control electrode of the sixth transistor is electrically coupled to the second node, a first electrode of the sixth transistor is electrically coupled to the first clock signal terminal, and a second electrode of the sixth transistor is electrically coupled to the output terminal, and

the control voltage terminal is the second voltage terminal or the second clock signal terminal.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 24, 2023
From: XU, YINGSONG
To: CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.; BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 065327/0392 →
Priority Claims (2)
CN 202011028890.9 · Sep 25, 2020 · national
CN 202011452344.8 · Dec 10, 2020 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 17788825
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