Shift register unit and driving method thereof, driving apparatus and display apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11004417-B2
Application number	US-201916389152-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 19, 2019
Priority date	Apr 24, 2018
Publication date	May 11, 2021
Grant date	May 11, 2021

Abstract

There is provided in the present disclosure a shift register unit, including: a pull-up control circuit, connected to a signal input terminal and a pull-up node; a pull-up circuit, connected to the pull-up node, a first clock signal terminal and a signal output terminal; a pull-down circuit, connected to a pull-down node, the pull-up node, the signal output terminal and a power supply voltage terminal, and configured to pull down voltages of the pull-up node and the signal output terminal to a voltage of the power supply voltage terminal under the control of the pull-down node; a first pull-down control circuit, connected to a second clock signal terminal, a pull-down control signal terminal, the pull-down node and the power supply voltage terminal, and configured to pull up the voltage of the pull-down node to a valid pull-down level under the control of the pull-down control signal terminal.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A shift register unit, comprising:
a pull-up control circuit, connected to a signal input terminal and a pull-up node, and configured to output a voltage of the signal input terminal to the pull-up node under the control of the signal input terminal;
a pull-up circuit, connected to the pull-up node, a first clock signal terminal, and a signal output terminal, and configured to output a first clock signal of the first clock signal terminal to the signal output terminal under the control of the pull-up node;
a pull-down circuit, connected to a pull-down node, the pull-up node, the signal output terminal, and a power supply voltage terminal, and configured to pull down voltages of the pull-up node and the signal output terminal to a voltage of the power supply voltage terminal under the control of the pull-down node; and
a first pull-down control circuit, connected to a second clock signal terminal, a pull-down control signal terminal, the pull-down node, and the power supply voltage terminal, and configured to pull up the voltage of the pull-down node to a valid pull-down level under the control of the pull-down control signal terminal, wherein the first pull-down control circuit includes:
a first pull-down control transistor, of which a gate is connected to the pull-down control signal terminal, a first electrode is connected to the second clock signal terminal, and a second electrode is connected to the pull-down node, and
a second pull-down control transistor, of which a gate is connected to the pull-down control signal terminal, a first electrode is connected to the pull-down node, and a second electrode is connected to the power supply voltage terminal.

2. The shift register unit according to claim 1 , wherein the voltage of the pull-down node is controlled according to a channel width-to-length ratio of the first pull-down control transistor and the second pull-down control transistor.

3. The shift register unit according to claim 1 , further including a second pull-down control circuit, connected to the first clock signal terminal, the pull-up node, the pull-down node, and the power supply voltage terminal, and configured to pull down the voltage of the pull-down node to the voltage of the power supply voltage terminal when the pull-up node is at a valid pull-up level, and make the pull-down node be at a valid pull-down level when the pull-up node is at an invalid pull-up level.

4. The shift register unit according to claim 3 , wherein the second pull-down control circuit includes:
a first capacitor, of which one terminal is connected to the first clock signal terminal, and another terminal is connected to the pull-down node;
a third pull-down control transistor, of which a gate is connected to the pull-up node, a first electrode is connected to the pull-down node, and a second electrode is connected to the power supply voltage terminal.

5. The shift register unit according to claim 1 , further including an auxiliary noise reduction circuit, connected to the second clock signal terminal, the signal output terminal, and the power supply voltage terminal, and configured to pull down the voltage of the signal output terminal to the voltage of the power supply voltage terminal under the control of the second clock signal terminal.

6. The shift register unit according to claim 5 , wherein the auxiliary noise reduction circuit includes:
an auxiliary noise reduction transistor, of which a gate is connected to the second clock signal terminal, a first electrode is connected to the signal output terminal, and a second electrode is connected to the power supply voltage terminal.

7. The shift register unit according to claim 1 , further including: a reset circuit, connected to the pull-up node, the signal output terminal, the power supply voltage terminal, and a reset signal terminal, and configured to pull down voltages of the pull-up node and the signal output terminal to the voltage of the power supply voltage terminal under the control of the reset signal terminal.

8. The shift register unit according to claim 7 , wherein the reset circuit includes:
a first reset transistor, of which a gate is connected to the reset signal terminal, a first electrode is connected to the pull-up node, and a second electrode is connected to the power supply voltage terminal; and
a second reset transistor, of which a gate is connected to the reset signal terminal, a first electrode is connected to the signal output terminal, and a second electrode is connected to the power supply voltage terminal.

9. The shift register unit according to claim 1 , wherein, the pull-up control circuit includes:
a pull-up control transistor, of which a gate and a first electrode are connected to the signal input terminal, and a second electrode is connected to the pull-up node, the pull-up circuit includes:
a pull-up transistor, of which a gate is connected to the pull-up node, a first electrode is connected to the first clock signal terminal, and a second electrode is connected to the signal output terminal, and
a second capacitor, of which one terminal is connected to the pull-up node, and another terminal is connected to the signal output terminal, and

the pull-down circuit includes:
a first pull-down transistor, of which a gate is connected to the pull-down node, a first electrode is connected to the pull-up node, and a second electrode is connected to the power supply voltage terminal, and
a second pull-down transistor, of which a gate is connected to the pull-down node, a first electrode is connected to the signal output terminal, and a second electrode is connected to the power supply voltage terminal.

10. The shift register unit according to claim 1 , wherein the first clock signal of the first clock signal terminal and a second clock signal of the second clock signal terminal have opposite phases.

11. A driving method of the shift register unit according to claim 1 , including:
outputting, by the pull-up control circuit, the voltage of the signal input terminal to the pull-up node when the voltage of the signal input terminal is at a valid level;
outputting, by the pull-up circuit, the first clock signal of the first clock signal terminal to the signal output terminal when the pull-up node is at a valid pull-up level;
pulling up, by the first pull-down control circuit, the voltage of the pull-down node to a valid pull-down level when the voltage of the pull-down control signal terminal is at a valid pull-down control level; and
pulling down, by the pull-down circuit, the voltages of the pull-up node and the signal output terminal to the voltage of the power supply voltage terminal when the pull-down node is at a valid pull-down level.

12. The driving method according to claim 11 , wherein the voltage of the pull-down node is controlled according to a channel width-to-length ratio of the first pull-down control transistor and the second pull-down control transistor.

13. The driving method according to claim 11 , further including:
pulling down, by a second pull-down control circuit, the voltage of the pull-down node to the voltage of the power supply voltage terminal when the pull-up node is at a valid pull-up level; and
making, by the second pull-down control circuit, the pull-down node be in a valid pull-down level when the pull-up node is at an invalid pull-up level.

14. The driving method according to claim 13 , wherein the second pull-down control circuit includes:
a first capacitor, of which one terminal is connected to the first clock signal terminal, and another terminal is connected to the pull-down node; and

Assignees

• Hefei Xinsheng Optoelectronics Technology Co Ltd
• Boe Technology Group Co Ltd

Inventors

• Qian Xianrui
• Chen Yuting
• Wang Zixuan
• Zhang Donghui

Classifications

• G11C7/02

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• G09G3/3677 Primary

  suitable for active matrices only · CPC title

• G11C19/28 Primary

  using semiconductor elements (G11C19/14, G11C19/36 take precedence) · CPC title

• G09G3/20

  for presentation of an assembly of a number of characters, e.g. a page, by composing the assembly by combination of individual elements arranged in a matrix {no fixed position being assigned to or needed to be assigned to the individual characters or partial characters} · CPC title

• G09G3/3674 Primary

  Details of drivers for scan electrodes · CPC title