# US 11,307,707 B2 · Scan shift circuit, touch shift circuit, driving method and related apparatus > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,307,707 B2 - Document ID: US11307707B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/093,921 - Filed: 2018-03-29 - Published: 2021-07-22 - Granted: 2022-04-19 - Earliest claimed: 2017-07-21 - Assignees: Boe Technology Group Co., Ltd.; Ordos Yuansheng Optoelectronics Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Boe Technology Group Co., Ltd.; Ordos Yuansheng Optoelectronics Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Fei Huang - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11307707B2 ## CPC - G06F 3/0416: {Control or interface arrangements specially adapted for digitisers} - G06F 3/04166: {Details of scanning methods, e.g. sampling time, grouping of sub areas or time sharing with display driving (Synchronisation with the driving of the display or the backlighting unit to avoid interferences generated internally G06F3/04184)} - 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 3/2092: {Details of a display terminals using a flat panel, the details relating to the control arrangement of the display terminal and to the interfaces thereto (suitable for both CRT and flat panel G09G5/003; specific for a CRT G09G1/165)} - G11C 19/28: using semiconductor elements (G11C19/14, G11C19/36 take precedence) - G06F 3/0412: {Digitisers structurally integrated in a display} - G06F 3/04184: {Synchronisation with the driving of the display or the backlighting unit to avoid interferences generated internally} - G09G 3/3266: Details of drivers for scan electrodes - G09G 3/3677: {suitable for active matrices only} - G09G 2300/0426: Layout of electrodes and connections - G09G 2310/0286: Details of a shift registers arranged for use in a driving circuit - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - 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 scan shift circuit and its driving method, a touch shift circuit and its driving method, a gate driving circuit, a touch driving circuit and a display apparatus are disclosed. The scan shift circuit includes an input circuit, a reset circuit, a latch control circuit and a scan signal output circuit. The touch shift circuit includes an input circuit, a reset circuit, a latch control circuit, a cascade signal output circuit, a touch driving circuit and a touch signal output circuit. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A scan shift circuit, comprising an input circuit, a reset circuit, a latch control circuit, and a scan signal output circuit; wherein the input circuit is connected to an input signal terminal, a first reference signal terminal and a first node, respectively, and configured to provide a signal at the first reference signal terminal to the first node under control of the input signal terminal; the reset circuit is connected to a reset signal terminal, the input signal terminal and a second node, respectively, and configured to provide a signal at the input signal terminal to the second node under control of the reset signal terminal; the latch control circuit is connected to the first node and the second node, respectively, and configured to control a potential of the first node to be opposite to a potential of the second node; and the scan signal output circuit is connected with a clock signal terminal, a first enable signal terminal, the first reference signal terminal, the first node, the second node and a scan signal output terminal of the scan shift circuit, respectively, and configured to supply a signal at the clock signal terminal to the scan signal output terminal under joint control of a signal at the first node and a signal at the second node, and to supply a signal at the first reference signal terminal to the scan signal output terminal under joint control of the first enable signal terminal and a signal at the first node. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The scan shift circuit according to claim 1, wherein the latch control circuit comprises a first transistor, a second transistor, a third transistor, a fourth transistor, a fifth transistor and a sixth transistor; wherein a control electrode of the first transistor is connected to the input signal terminal, a first electrode of the first transistor is connected to the second reference signal terminal, and a second electrode of the first transistor is connected to a first electrode of the second transistor; a control electrode of the second transistor is connected to the second node, a second electrode of the second transistor is connected with the first node; a control electrode of the third transistor is connected to the second node, a first electrode of the third transistor is connected to the second enable signal terminal, and a second electrode of the third transistor is connected with the first node; a control electrode of the fourth transistor is connected to the reset signal terminal, a first electrode of the fourth transistor is connected to the second reference signal terminal, and a second electrode of the fourth transistor is connected with a first electrode of the fifth transistor; a control electrode of the fifth transistor is connected to the first node, a second electrode of the fifth transistor is connected to the second node; and a control electrode of the sixth transistor is connected to the first node, a first electrode of the sixth transistor is connected to the first reference signal terminal, and a second electrode of the sixth transistor is connected to the second node. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The scan shift circuit according to claim 1, wherein the scan signal output circuit comprises a first transmission gate, a ninth transistor and a tenth transistor; wherein a first control terminal of the first transmission gate is connected to the first node, a second control terminal of the first transmission gate is connected to the second node, an input terminal of the first transmission gate is connected to the clock signal terminal, and an output terminal of the first transmission gate is connected to the scan signal output terminal; a control electrode of the ninth transistor is connected to the first node, a first electrode of the ninth transistor is connected to the first reference signal terminal, and a second electrode of the ninth transistor is connected to a first electrode of the tenth transistor; a control electrode of the tenth transistor is connected to the first enable signal terminal, and a second electrode of the tenth transistor is connected to the scan signal output terminal. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The scan shift circuit according to claim 3, wherein the scan signal output circuit further comprise a first output inverter and a second output inverter; wherein an input terminal of the first output inverter is connected with an output terminal of the first transmission gate and the second electrode of the tenth transistor, an output terminal of the first output inverter is connected with an input terminal of the second output inverter, and an output terminal of the second output inverter is connected with the scan signal output terminal. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The scan shift circuit according to claim 3, wherein the scan signal output circuit further comprise a first initialization transistor; wherein a control electrode of the first initialization transistor is connected with the first enable signal terminal, a first electrode of the first initialization transistor is connected with the second reference signal terminal, and a second electrode of the first initialization transistor is connected with the scan signal output terminal. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) A gate driving circuit, comprising a plurality of scan shift circuits according to claim 1 that are cascaded; wherein an input signal terminal of a first-stage scan shift circuit is connected with a frame trigger signal terminal; except for the first-stage scan shift circuit, an input signal terminal of a scan shift circuit at each of remaining stages is respectively connected to a scan signal output terminal of a previous-stage scan shift circuit adjacent to each of the remaining stages; and except for the last-stage scan shift circuit, a reset signal terminal of a scan shift circuit at each of remaining stages is respectively connected to a scan signal output terminal of a next-stage scan shift circuit adjacent to each of the remaining stages. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) A display apparatus, comprising the gate driving circuit according to claim 6. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) A driving method of a scan shift circuit according to claim 1, comprising a first stage, a second stage and a third stage; at the first stage, providing a first first-level signal to the input signal terminal and the first enable signal terminal, and providing a first second-level signal the reset signal terminal, the clock signal terminal and the first reference signal terminal, respectively; at the second stage, providing a second first-level signal to the clock signal terminal and the first enable signal terminal, and providing a second second-level signal to the input signal terminal, the reset signal terminal and the first reference signal terminal, respectively; at the third stage, providing a third first-level signal to the reset signal terminal and the first enable signal terminal, and providing a third second-level signal to the input signal terminal, the clock signal terminal and the first reference signal terminal, respectively. ### Claim 9 A touch shift circuit, comprising an input circuit, a reset circuit, a latch control circuit, a cascade signal output circuit, a touch driving circuit and a touch signal output circuit; wherein the input circuit is connected to an input signal terminal, a first reference signal terminal and a first node, respectively, and configured to supply a signal at the first reference signal terminal to the first node under control of the input signal terminal; the reset circuit is connected with a reset signal terminal, the input signal terminal and a second node, respectively, and configured to provide a signal at the input signal terminal to the second node under control of the reset signal terminal; the latch control circuit is connected with the first node and the second node, respectively, and configured to control a potential of the first node be opposite to a potential of the second node; the cascade signal output circuit is connected with a clock signal terminal, a first enable signal terminal, the first reference signal terminal, the first node, the second node and a cascade signal output terminal of the touch shift circuit, respectively, and configured to supply a signal at the clock signal terminal to the cascade signal output terminal under joint control of a signal at the first node and a signal at the second node, and to supply a signal at the first reference signal terminal to the cascade signal output terminal under joint control of a signal at the first enable signal terminal and a signal at the first node; the touch driving circuit is connected to a touch enable signal terminal, the first reference signal terminal, the cascade signal output terminal and a third node, respectively, and configured to provide a signal at the touch enable signal terminal or a signal at the first reference signal terminal to the third node under control of the cascade signal output terminal; the touch signal output circuit is connected to a touch electrode signal terminal, a common electrode signal terminal, the third node and a touch signal output terminal of the touch shift circuit, respectively, and configured to provide a signal at the touch electrode signal terminal or a signal at the common electrode signal terminal to the touch signal output terminal under control of a signal at the third node. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The touch shift circuit according to claim 9, wherein the latch control circuit comprises an eleventh transistor, a twelfth transistor, a thirteenth transistor, a fourteenth transistor, a fifteenth transistor and a sixteenth transistor; wherein a control electrode of the eleventh transistor is connected to the input signal terminal, a first electrode of the eleventh transistor is connected to the second reference signal terminal, and a second electrode of the eleventh transistor is connected with a first electrode of the twelfth transistor; a control electrode of the twelfth transistor is connected to the second node, a second electrode of the twelfth transistor is connected to the first node; a control electrode of the thirteenth transistor is connected to the second node, a first electrode of the thirteenth transistor is connected to the second enable signal terminal, and a second electrode of the thirteenth transistor is connected to the first node; a control electrode of the fourteenth transistor is connected to the reset signal terminal, a first electrode of the fourteenth transistor is connected to the second reference signal terminal, and a second electrode of the fourteenth transistor is connected with a first electrode of the fifth transistor; a control electrode of the fifteenth transistor is connected to the first node, a second electrode of the fifteenth transistor is connected to the second node; and a control electrode of the sixteenth transistor is connected to the first node, a first electrode of the sixteenth transistor is connected to the first reference signal terminal, and a second electrode of the sixteenth transistor is connected to the second node. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The touch shift circuit according to claim 9, wherein the input circuit includes a seventeenth transistor; wherein a control electrode of the seventeenth transistor is connected to the input signal terminal, a first electrode of the seventeenth transistor is connected to the first reference signal terminal, and a second electrode of the seventeenth transistor is connected to the first node; and the reset circuit includes an eighteenth transistor; wherein a control electrode of the eighteenth transistor is connected to the reset signal terminal, a first electrode of the eighteenth transistor is connected to the input signal terminal, and a second electrode of the eighteenth transistor is connected to the second node. ### Claim 12 (depends on 9) The touch shift circuit according to claim 9, wherein the cascade signal output circuit comprises a second transmission gate, a nineteenth transistor and a twentieth transistor; wherein a first control terminal of the second transmission gate is connected with the first node, a second control terminal of the second transmission gate is connected with the second node, an input terminal of the second transmission gate is connected with the clock signal terminal, and an output terminal of the second transmission gate is connected to the cascade signal output terminal; a control electrode of the nineteenth transistor is connected to the first node, a first electrode of the nineteenth transistor is connected to the first reference signal terminal, and a second electrode of the nineteenth transistor is connected to a first electrode of the twentieth transistor; and a control electrode of the twentieth transistor is connected to the first enable signal terminal, and a second electrode of the twentieth transistor is connected to the cascade signal output terminal. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The touch shift circuit according to claim 12, wherein the cascade signal output circuit further includes a third output inverter and a fourth output inverter; wherein an input terminal of the third output inverter is connected with an output terminal of the second transmission gate and the second electrode of the twentieth transistor, an output terminal of the third output inverter is connected with an input terminal of the fourth output inverter, and an output terminal of the fourth output inverter is connected with the cascade signal output terminal. ### Claim 14 (depends on 12) The touch shift circuit according to claim 12, wherein the cascade signal output circuit further includes a second initialization transistor; wherein a control electrode of the second initialization transistor is connected to the first enable signal terminal, a first electrode of the second initialization transistor is connected to the second reference signal terminal, and a second electrode of the second initialization transistor is connected to the cascade signal output terminal. ### Claim 15 (depends on 9) The touch shift circuit according to claim 9, wherein the touch driving circuit comprises a third transmission gate, a first inverter and a twenty-first transistor; wherein a second control terminal of the third transmission gate is connected with an input terminal of the first inverter and the cascade signal output terminal, respectively, a first control terminal of the third transmission gate is connected with an output terminal of the first inverter and a control electrode of the twenty-first transistor, an input terminal of the third transmission gate is connected with the touch enable signal terminal, and an output terminal of the third transmission gate is connected to the third node; and a first electrode of the twenty-first transistor is connected to the first reference signal terminal; and a second electrode of the twenty-first transistor is connected to the third node. ### Claim 16 (depends on 9) The touch shift circuit according to claim 9, wherein the touch signal output circuit comprises a fourth transmission gate, a fifth transmission gate, a second inverter and a third inverter; wherein an input terminal of the second inverter is connected with the third node, and an output terminal of the second inverter is connected with an input terminal of the third inverter, a first control terminal of the fourth transmission gate and a second control terminal of the fifth transmission gate; an output terminal of the third inverter is connected with a second control terminal of the fourth transmission gate and a first control terminal of the fifth transmission gate, respectively; an input terminal of the fourth transmission gate is connected with the touch electrode signal terminal, and an output terminal of the fourth transmission gate is connected with the touch signal output terminal; and an input terminal of the fifth transmission gate is connected with the common electrode signal terminal, and an output terminal of the fifth transmission gate is connected with the touch signal output terminal. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The touch shift circuit according to claim 16, wherein the touch signal output circuit further includes a fourth inverter and a fifth inverter; wherein an input terminal of the fourth inverter is connected to the third node, an output terminal of the fourth inverter is connected with an input terminal of the fifth inverter, and an output terminal of the fifth inverter is connected with an input terminal of the second inverter. ### Claim 18 (depends on 9) A touch shift circuit, comprising a plurality of touch shift circuits according to claim 9 that are cascaded; wherein an input signal terminal of the first-stage touch shift circuit is connected with a touch start signal terminal; except for the first-stage touch shift circuit, an input signal terminal of a touch shift circuit at each of remaining stages is respectively connected to a cascade signal output terminal of a previous-stage touch shift circuit adjacent to each of the remaining stages; except for the last-stage touch shift circuit, a reset signal terminal of a touch shift circuit at each of remaining stages is respectively connected to a cascade signal output terminal of a next-stage touch shift circuit adjacent to each of the remaining stages. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) A display apparatus, comprising the touch driving circuit according to claim 18. ### Claim 20 (depends on 9) A driving method of a touch shift circuit according to claim 9, comprising a first stage, a second stage and a third stage; at the first stage, providing a first first-level signal to the input signal terminal and the first enable signal terminal, and providing a first second-level signal to the reset signal terminal, the clock signal terminal and the first reference signal terminal, respectively; at the second stage, providing a second first-level signal to the clock signal terminal and the first enable signal terminal, providing a second second-level signal to the input signal terminal, the reset signal terminal and the first reference signal terminal, respectively, and providing a third first-level signal with preset duration to the touch enable signal terminal; and at the third stage, providing a fourth first-level signal to the reset signal terminal and the first enable signal terminal, respectively, and providing a third second-level signal to the input signal terminal, the clock signal terminal and the first reference signal terminal, respectively.