Integrated gate driver circuit and driving method therefore

A gate driver circuit having a signal input terminal and an output terminal, the gate driver circuit consisting of:

• a first switch, having a first terminal coupled to the signal input terminal, a second terminal coupled to a node, and a control terminal receiving a first clock, the first switch being turned on when the first clock is at high level;
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• a second switch, having a first terminal receiving a second clock, a second terminal coupled to the output terminal, and a control terminal coupled to the node, wherein the second switch is turned on when the node is at high level thereby coupling the second clock to the output terminal.

A driving method for an integrated gate driver circuit, the integrated gate driver circuit comprising a plurality of driving units cascaded in series, each driving unit being for driving a load and comprising a signal input terminal, an output terminal, a first switch and a second switch, the driving method comprising the steps of:

• coupling a first clock to the first switch of a driving unit, turning on the first switch when the first clock being at high level thereby coupling an input signal from the signal input terminal of the driving unit, through the first switch, to a node;
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• coupling a second clock to the second switch of the driving unit, turning on the second switch when the voltage of the node being at high level thereby coupling the second clock, through the second switch, to the output terminal so as to output an output signal to charge and discharge the load.