# US 10,319,329 B2 · Gate driving circuit, level shifter, and display device

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- Number: US 10,319,329 B2
- Document ID: US10319329B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 15/711,928
- Filed: 2017-09-21
- Published: 2018-03-29
- Granted: 2019-06-11
- Earliest claimed: 2016-09-28
- Assignees: Silicon Works Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: Silicon Works Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Hyun Jin Jeon; Jin Soo Byeon; Ji Hun Kim; Young Jin Woo
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10319329B2

## CPC

- G09G 3/3688: {suitable for active matrices only}
- 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 2300/0408: Integration of the drivers onto the display substrate
- G09G 2300/0439: Pixel structures
- G09G 2310/0267: Details of drivers for scan electrodes, other than drivers for liquid crystal, plasma or OLED displays
- G09G 2310/0289: Details of voltage level shifters arranged for use in a driving circuit
- 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)

## Abstract

The present invention attenuates noise appearing at neighboring electrodes by causing a rising edge of one clock signal to be synchronized with a falling edge of another one clock signal when a clock signal for gate driving is generated.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A gate driving circuit comprising:
a control signal reception unit for receiving a first clock control signal and a second clock control signal from a timing controller;
a level shifting unit for generating a plurality of clock signals having voltage levels different from those of the first clock control signal and the second clock control signal, each of the plurality of clock signals including at least one voltage rising section, which is formed in synchronization with the first clock control signal, and at least one voltage falling section, which is formed in synchronization with the second clock control signal; and
a gate driving signal supply unit for supplying a gate driving signal generated according to the plurality of clock signals to a plurality of gate lines disposed on a display panel,
wherein each of the gate lines is coupled to one electrode disposed on the display panel by capacitance, and one voltage rising section of one clock signal of the plurality of clock signals is synchronized with one voltage falling section of another one clock signal,
wherein a common electrode is disposed on the display panel, and the common electrode and the gate lines are coupled with each other by capacitance.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The gate driving circuit of claim 1, wherein the level-shifting unit connects a node from which each clock signal is output to an intermediate voltage through a resistor in a first voltage rising section, and connects the node to a high voltage in a second voltage rising section.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The gate driving circuit of claim 1, wherein the level shifting unit connects a node from which the one clock signal is output and a node from which the another one clock signal is output, through a resistor, in the one voltage rising section of the one clock signal and the one voltage falling section of the another one clock signal.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The gate driving circuit of claim 1, wherein a first voltage rising section of the at least one voltage rising section is formed in synchronization with a rising edge of the first clock control signal, and a second voltage rising section is formed in synchronization with a falling edge of the first clock control signal.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The gate driving circuit of claim 1, wherein a first voltage falling section of the at least one voltage falling section is formed in synchronization with a rising edge of the second clock control signal, and a second voltage falling section is formed in synchronization with a falling edge of the second clock control signal.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The gate driving circuit of claim 5, wherein the one voltage rising section of the one clock signal is synchronized with the first voltage falling section or the second voltage falling section of the another one clock signal.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The gate driving circuit of claim 6, wherein the first clock control signal and the second clock control signal are pulse width modulation (PWM) signals of 50% duty.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The gate driving circuit of claim 1, wherein the plurality of clock signals have a first voltage rising section and a second voltage rising section which are formed in two stages, and have a first voltage falling section and a second voltage falling section which are formed in two stages, and
the first voltage rising section and the second voltage rising section of the one clock signal are synchronized with the first voltage falling section and the second voltage falling section of the another one clock signal, respectively.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The gate driving circuit of claim 1, wherein one voltage rising section of the another one clock signal is synchronized with one voltage falling section of the one clock signal.

### Claim 10

A level shifter comprising:
a control signal reception unit for receiving a first clock control signal and a second clock control signal from a timing controller; and
a level shifting unit for generating a plurality of clock signals having voltage levels different from those of the first clock control signal and the second clock control signal, each of the plurality of clock signals including at least one voltage rising section, which is formed in synchronization with the first clock control signal, and at least one voltage falling section, which is formed in synchronization with the second clock control signal,
wherein a gate driving signal generated according to the plurality of clock signals is supplied to a plurality of gate lines disposed on a display panel,
each of the gate lines is coupled to one electrode disposed on the display panel by capacitance, and
one voltage rising section of one clock signal of the plurality of clock signals is synchronized with one voltage falling section of another one clock signal,
wherein a common electrode is disposed on the display panel, and the common electrode and the gate lines are coupled with each other by capacitance.

### Claim 11 (depends on 10)

The level shifter of claim 10, wherein the one voltage rising section of the one clock signal is synchronized with a rising edge of the first clock control signal, the one voltage falling section of the another one clock signal is synchronized with a falling edge of the second clock control signal, and the rising edge of the first clock control signal and the falling edge of the second clock control signal are synchronized with each other.

### Claim 12 (depends on 10)

The level shifter of claim 10, wherein the first clock control signal and the second clock control signal are pulse width modulation (PWM) signals having the same period.

### Claim 13

A display device comprising:
a timing controller for transmitting a first clock control signal and a second clock control signal;
a display panel on which a plurality of gate lines coupled to one electrode by capacitance are arranged; and
a gate driving circuit for generating a plurality of clock signals having voltage levels different from those of the first clock control signal and the second clock control signal, each of the plurality of clock signals including at least one voltage rising section, which is formed in synchronization with the first clock control signal, and at least one voltage falling section, which is formed in synchronization with the second clock control signal, and for supplying a gate driving signal generated according to the plurality of clock signals to the plurality of gate lines,
wherein one voltage rising section of one clock signal of the plurality of clock signals is synchronized with one voltage falling section of another one clock signal,
wherein a common electrode is disposed on the display panel, and the common electrode and the gate lines are coupled with each other by capacitance.

### Claim 14 (depends on 13)

The display device of claim 13, wherein the gate driving circuit comprises:
a clock generation unit for generating the plurality of clock signals; and
a gate driving signal supply unit for generating the gate driving signal according to the plurality of clock signals, and supplying the gate driving signal to the gate line,
wherein the gate driving signal supply unit is disposed on the display panel, and the clock generation unit is disposed on the outside of the display panel, and
the display panel includes a plurality of clock lines through which the plurality of clock signals are transmitted.

### Claim 15 (depends on 13)

The display device of claim 13, wherein the display panel further comprises a connection transistor unit for connecting two gate lines, and
the gate driving circuit controls the connection transistor unit in one voltage rising section or one voltage falling section of the plurality of clock signals, so as to connect the two gate lines.

### Claim 16 (depends on 13)

The display device of claim 13, wherein a channel for outputting the one clock signal and a channel for outputting the another one clock signal are connected to each other by a transistor unit included in each channel, and
the one clock signal and the another one clock signal form an intermediate stage voltage while the transistor unit is turned on in one voltage rising section of the one clock signal and one voltage falling section of the another one clock signal.