# US 10,121,431 B2 · Shift register, gate driving circuit, display screen and method for driving the display screen

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- Number: US 10,121,431 B2
- Document ID: US10121431B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 15/174,518
- Filed: 2016-06-06
- Published: 2017-03-16
- Granted: 2018-11-06
- Earliest claimed: 2015-09-15
- Assignees: Boe Technology Group Co., Ltd.; Ordos Yuansheng Optoelectronics Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: Boe Technology Group Co., Ltd.; Ordos Yuansheng Optoelectronics Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Yan Li; Jian Sun; Cheng Li; Seong Jun An
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10121431B2

## CPC

- G09G 3/3648: {using an active matrix (G09G3/367 - G09G3/3696 take precedence)}
- G09G 3/3674: {Details of drivers for scan electrodes}
- G09G 3/20: 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}
- G09G 3/3677: {suitable for active matrices only}
- G09G 2300/0408: Integration of the drivers onto the display substrate
- G09G 2300/0426: Layout of electrodes and connections
- G09G 2300/0809: Several active elements per pixel in active matrix panels
- G09G 2310/0251: Precharge or discharge of pixel before applying new pixel voltage
- G09G 2310/0267: Details of drivers for scan electrodes, other than drivers for liquid crystal, plasma or OLED displays
- G09G 2310/0286: Details of a shift registers arranged for use in a driving circuit
- G09G 2310/08: Details of timing specific for flat panels, other than clock recovery
- G09G 2330/027: Arrangements or methods related to powering off a display
- G11C 19/28: using semiconductor elements (G11C19/14, G11C19/36 take precedence)
- G09G: ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION (arrangements for transferring data between digital computers and displays G06F3/14; static indicating arrangements comprising an association of a number of separate sources or light control cells G09F9/00; static indicating arrangements comprising integral associations of a number of light sources H01J, H01K, H10H, H05B33/12; scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, e.g. facsimile transmission, details thereof H04N1/00)
- G11C: STATIC STORES (semiconductor memory devices H10B)

## Abstract

A shift register, a gate driving circuit, a display screen and a method for driving the display screen are proposed. A first and/or a second node control unit are incorporated. The first node control unit controls a first node according to a first control signal to put a pulling-up unit in an OFF state; the second node control unit controls a second node according to a second control signal to put a pulling-down unit in an OFF state. During the period that the display screen is powered off, the level at the driving signal output terminal is prevented from being affected by the pulling-up unit through the first node control unit and by the pulling-down unit through the second node control unit, such that thin film transistors connected to a gate line corresponding to the shift register are all turned on and thus accumulated charges can be released rapidly.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A shift register comprising an input unit, a reset unit, a driving control unit, a pulling-up unit, a pulling-down unit and a discharging control unit,
wherein an output terminal of the input unit, an output terminal of the reset unit, a first terminal of the driving control unit and a control terminal of the pulling-up unit are connected to a first node; a second terminal of the driving control unit, a control terminal of the pulling-down unit and a first output terminal of the discharging control unit are connected to a second node; and an output terminal of the pulling-up unit, an output terminal of the pulling-down unit and a second output terminal of the discharging control unit are connected to a driving signal output terminal of the shift register,
characterized in that the shift register further comprises: a first node control unit and/or a second node control unit,
wherein an input terminal of the first node control unit is configured to receive a first control signal, an output terminal of the first node control unit is connected to the first node of the shift register, and the first node control unit is configured to control a level at the first node according to the first control signal so as to put the pulling-up unit in an OFF state;
an input terminal of the second node control unit is configured to receive a second control signal, an output terminal of the second node control unit is connected to the second node of the shift register, and the second node control unit is configured to control a level at the second node according to the second control signal so as to put the pulling-down unit in an OFF state.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The shift register of claim 1, wherein the first node control unit comprises a first capacitor,
wherein a first electrode of the first capacitor is connected to the first node and a second electrode of the first capacitor is configured to receive the first control signal.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The shift register of claim 1, wherein the second node control unit comprises a second capacitor,
wherein a first electrode of the second capacitor is connected to the second node and a second electrode of the second capacitor is configured to receive the second control signal.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The shift register of claim 1, wherein the shift register comprises the first node control unit and the second node control unit, the first control signal and the second control signal are a same control signal,
wherein the first node control unit comprises a first capacitor, wherein a first electrode of the first capacitor is connected to the first node and a second electrode of the first capacitor is configured to receive the first control signal,
wherein the second node control unit comprises a second capacitor, wherein a first electrode of the second capacitor is connected to the second node and a second electrode of the second capacitor is configured to receive the second control signal.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The shift register of claim 4, wherein the second electrode of the first capacitor and the second electrode of the second capacitor are arranged in a same layer, and/or the first electrode of the first capacitor and the first electrode of the second capacitor are arranged in a same layer.

### Claim 6 (depends on 4)

The shift register of claim 4, wherein the first capacitor and the second capacitor have a same capacitance value.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

A gate driving circuit comprising a plurality of cascaded shift registers of claim 1.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The gate driving circuit of claim 7, wherein each of the shift registers corresponds to the first node control unit one by one, and/or each of the shift registers corresponds to the second node control unit one by one.

### Claim 9 (depends on 7)

The gate driving circuit of claim 7, wherein at least two shift registers share the first node control unit, and/or at least two shift registers share the second node control unit.

### Claim 10 (depends on 7)

The gate driving circuit of claim 7, wherein when the shift register comprises the first node control unit and the second node control unit,
the first control signal and the second control signal are a same control signal,
at least two adjacent shift registers share the first node control unit, and at least two adjacent shift registers share the second node control unit.

### Claim 11 (depends on 7)

A method for driving a display screen comprising the gate driving circuit of claim 7, comprising: during the period that the display screen is powered off,
each of the first node control units controls the level at the first node in the shift register corresponding thereto according to the first control signal so as to put the pulling-up unit in the shift register corresponding thereto in an OFF state; and/or
each of the second node control units controls the level at the second node in the shift register corresponding thereto according to the second control signal so as to put the pulling-down unit in the shift register corresponding thereto in an OFF state.

### Claim 12 (depends on 11)

The method of claim 11, wherein the shift register comprises the first node control unit and the second node control unit, the first control signal and the second control signal are a same control signal,
the first node control unit comprises a first capacitor, wherein a first electrode of the first capacitor is connected to the first node and a second electrode of the first capacitor is configured to receive the first control signal;
the second node control unit comprises a second capacitor, wherein a first electrode of the second capacitor is connected to the second node and a second electrode of the second capacitor is configured to receive the second control signal.