GOA circuit

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9959830-B2
Application number	US-201615026256-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 24, 2016
Priority date	Jan 4, 2016
Publication date	May 1, 2018
Grant date	May 1, 2018

Abstract

The present invention provides a GOA circuit, comprising a forward-backward scan control module, an output module, an output pull-down module, a node control module, a second node signal input module, a second node signal control module, a voltage stabilizing module and a second capacitor; the forward scan of the circuit is controlled with the ninth and the tenth thin film transistors, and the signal input of the second node is controlled with the first and the eleventh thin film transistors, and the mutual control of the first node and the second node are achieved with the second, the fourth and the fifth thin film transistors, and meanwhile, as the GOA circuit applies to a display of dual side drive interlaced scan structure, the GOA circuits of the two sides can respectively receive four different clock signals to reduce the loading of the signal line of the GOA circuit.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A GOA circuit, comprising: GOA units of a plurality of stages which are cascade coupled, and the GOA unit of each stage comprises: a forward-backward scan control module, an output module, an output pull-down module, a node control module, a second node signal input module, a second node signal control module, a voltage stabilizing module and a second capacitor;
n is set to be a positive integer, and except the GOA unit of the first stage, the GOA unit of the second stage, the GOA unit of the next to last stage and the GOA unit of the last stage, in the GOA unit of the nth stage:
the forward-backward scan control module comprises: a ninth thin film transistor, and a gate of the ninth thin film transistor is electrically coupled to an output end of the two former stage n−2th GOA unit, and a source receives a forward scan direct current control signal, and a drain is electrically coupled to a third node; and a tenth thin film transistor, and a gate of the tenth thin film transistor is electrically coupled to an output end of the two latter stage n+2th GOA unit, and a source receives a backward scan direct current control signal, and a drain is electrically coupled to a third node;
the output module comprises: a seventh thin film transistor, and a gate of the seventh thin film transistor is electrically coupled to the first node, and a source receives a Mth clock signal, and a drain is electrically coupled to an output end; and a first capacitor, and one end of the first capacitor is electrically coupled to the first node, and the other end is electrically coupled to the output end;
the output pull-down module comprises: an eighth thin film transistor, and a gate of the eighth thin film transistor is electrically coupled to a second node, and a source receive a second constant voltage level, and a drain is electrically coupled to an output end;
the node control module comprises: a fourth thin film transistor, and a gate of the fourth thin film transistor receives the Mth clock signal, and a source is electrically coupled to the third node, and a drain is electrically coupled to a drain of a fifth thin film transistor; the fifth thin film transistor, and a gate of the fifth thin film transistor is electrically coupled to the second node, and a source receives the second constant voltage level; and a second thin film transistor, and a gate of the second thin film transistor is electrically coupled to the third node, and a source is electrically coupled to the second node, and a drain is electrically coupled to a fourth node;
the second node signal input module comprises: a third thin film transistor, and a gate of the third thin film transistor is electrically coupled to the fourth node, and a source is electrically coupled to a first constant voltage level, and a drain is electrically coupled to the second node;
the second node signal control module comprises: a first thin film transistor, and a gate of the first thin film transistor receives the forward scan direct current control signal, and a source receives a M−2th clock signal, and a drain is electrically coupled to the fourth node; and an eleventh thin film transistor, and a gate of the eleventh thin film transistor receives the backward scan direct current control signal, and a source receives a M+2th clock signal, and a drain is electrically coupled to the fourth node;
the voltage stabilizing module comprises: a sixth thin film transistor, and a gate of the sixth thin film transistor receives the first constant voltage level, and a source is electrically coupled to the third node, and a drain is electrically coupled to the first node;
one end of the second capacitor is electrically coupled to the second node, and the other end is electrically coupled to the second constant voltage level;
the voltages of the forward scan direct current control signal and the backward scan direct current control signal are one high and one low, and the voltages of the first constant voltage level and the second constant voltage level are one high and one low.

2. The GOA circuit according to claim 1 , wherein in the first stage GOA unit and the second stage GOA unit, the gate of the ninth thin film transistor receives a start signal of the circuit.

3. The GOA circuit according to claim 1 , wherein in the next to last stage GOA unit and the last stage GOA unit, the gate of the tenth thin film transistor receives a start signal of the circuit.

4. The GOA circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the respective thin film transistors are all N-type thin film transistors, and the first constant voltage level is a constant high voltage level, and the second constant voltage level is a constant low voltage level.

5. The GOA circuit according to claim 4 , wherein as performing forward scan, the forward scan direct current control signal is high voltage level and the backward scan direct current control signal is low voltage level; and as performing backward scan, the forward scan direct current control signal is low voltage level and the backward scan direct current control signal is high voltage level.

6. The GOA circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the respective thin film transistors are all P-type thin film transistors, and the first constant voltage level is a constant low voltage level, and the second constant voltage level is a constant high voltage level.

7. The GOA circuit according to claim 6 , wherein as performing forward scan, the forward scan direct current control signal is low voltage level and the backward scan direct current control signal is high voltage level; and as performing backward scan, the forward scan direct current control signal is high voltage level and the backward scan direct current control signal is low voltage level.

8. The GOA circuit according to claim 1 , wherein as applying to a display of dual side drive interlaced scan structure, two GOA circuit are respectively at left, right two sides of display active display area, the GOA circuit of one side only comprises the odd stage GOA units, and the GOA circuit of the other side only comprises even stage GOA units;
wherein the respective GOA units in the GOA circuit at the one side receive four clock signals: a first clock signal, a third clock signal, a fifth clock signal and a seventh clock signal; the respective GOA units in the GOA circuit at the other side receive four clock signals: a second clock signal, a fourth clock signal, a sixth clock signal and an eighth clock signal.

9. The GOA circuit according to claim 8 , wherein the pulse periods of the first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth clock signals are the same, and while a pulse signal of the former clock signal is finished, a pulse signal of the latter clock signal is generated.

10. The GOA circuit according to claim 8 , wherein as the Mth clock signal is the first clock signal, the M−2th clock signal is the seventh clock signal; as the Mth clock signal is the second clock signal, the M−2th clock signal is the eighth clock signal; as the Mth clock signal is the seventh clock signal, the M+2th clock signal is the first clock signal; as the Mth clock signal is the eighth clock signal, the M+2th clock signal is the second clock signal.

11. A GOA circuit, comprising: GOA units of a plurality of stages which are cascade coupled, and the GOA unit of each stage comprises: a forward-backward scan control module, an output module, an output pull-down module, a node control module, a second node signal input module, a second node signal control module, a voltage stabilizing module and a second capacitor;
n is set to be a positive integer, and except the GOA unit of the first stage, the GOA unit of

Assignees

• Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co Ltd

Inventors

• Xiao Juncheng
• Yan Yao
• Dai Ronglei
• Cao Shangcao

Classifications

• G09G2340/145

  related to small screens · CPC title

• G09G2300/0408

  Integration of the drivers onto the display substrate · CPC title

• G09G2330/023

  using energy recovery or conservation · CPC title

• G09G3/3648

  using an active matrix (G09G3/367 - G09G3/3696 take precedence) · CPC title

• G09G3/3677 Primary

  suitable for active matrices only · CPC title