# US 2021/0241673 A1 · Gate driving unit, gate driving method, gate driving circuit, display panel and display device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2021/0241673 A1 - Document ID: US20210241673A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 16/650,306 - Filed: 2019-03-28 - Published: 2021-08-05 - Earliest claimed: 2019-03-28 - Assignees: Ordos Yuansheng Optoelectronics Co., Ltd.; Boe Technology Group Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Ordos Yuansheng Optoelectronics Co., Ltd.; Boe Technology Group Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Peng LIU; Bailing LIU; Fuqiang LI; Zhichong WANG; Jing FENG; Xinglong LUAN - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20210241673A1 ## CPC - 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)} - G09G 3/3266: Details of drivers for scan electrodes - G09G 3/3674: {Details of drivers for scan electrodes} - G09G 2300/0426: Layout of electrodes and connections - G09G 2310/0224: Details of interlacing - 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 2310/061: for resetting or blanking - G09G 2310/08: Details of timing specific for flat panels, other than clock recovery - G09G 2330/021: Power management, e.g. power saving - 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 gate driving unit, a gate driving method, a gate driving circuit, a display panel and a display device are provided. The gate driving unit includes a start terminal, a first gate driving signal output terminal, a second gate driving signal output terminal, a pull-up control node control circuit, a pull-up node control circuit, configured to control a potential of a fist pull-up node and a potential of a second pull-up node based on the potential of the pull-up control node, a first gate driving signal output circuit, a second gate driving signal output circuit, and a pull-down node control circuit, configured to control and maintain the potential of the pull-down node under the control of a third clock signal and a fourth clock signal, and control to reset the potential of the pull-down node under the control of the potential of the pull-up control node. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A gate driving unit, comprising a start terminal, a first gate driving signal output terminal, a second gate driving signal output terminal, a pull-up control node control circuit, configured to control and maintain a potential of a pull-up control node to be a valid voltage under the control of a start signal inputted by a start terminal, and control the potential of the pull-up control node to be an invalid voltage under the control of a potential of a pull-down node; a pull-up node control circuit, configured to control a potential of a fist pull-up node and a potential of a second pull-up node based on the potential of the pull-up control node; a first gate driving signal output circuit, configured to control the connection of a first gate driving signal output terminal and a first clock signal terminal under the control of the potential of the first pull-up node, and control to reset a first gate driving signal outputted from the first gate driving signal output terminal under the control of the potential of the pull-down node; a second gate driving signal output circuit, configured to control the connection of a second gate driving signal output terminal and a second clock signal terminal under the control of the potential of the second pull-up node, and control to reset the second gate driving signal outputted from the second gate driving signal output terminal under the control of the potential of the pull-down node; and a pull-down node control circuit, configured to control and maintain the potential of the pull-down node under the control of a third clock signal inputted by a third clock signal terminal and a fourth clock signal inputted by a fourth clock signal terminal, and control to reset the potential of the pull-down node under the control of the potential of the pull-up control node. ### Claim 1 (depends on 2) The gate driving unit according to claim 2, wherein the pull-up control node control circuit comprises: a first transistor, a control electrode thereof being connected to the start terminal of odd-numbered rows, a first electrode thereof being connected to the first voltage terminal, and a second electrode thereof being connected to the pull-up control node; a second transistor, a control electrode thereof being connected to the start terminal of even-numbered rows, a first electrode thereof being connected to the first voltage terminal, and a second electrode thereof being connected to the pull-up control node; a pull-up control node pull-down transistor, a control electrode thereof being connected to the pull-down node, a first electrode thereof being connected to the pull-up control node, and a second electrode thereof being connected to a second voltage terminal; and a pull-up control node maintenance capacitor, a first end thereof being connected to the pull-up control node, and a second end thereof being connected to a third voltage terminal. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The gate driving unit according to claim 1, wherein the start terminal comprises a start terminal of odd-numbered rows and a start terminal of even-numbered rows, the pull-up control node control circuit is configured to control and maintain the potential of the pull-up control node to be a valid voltage when a valid voltage is inputted by the start terminal of odd-numbered rows, and control and maintain the potential of the pull-up control node to be a valid voltage when a valid voltage is inputted by the start terminal of even-numbered rows, and control the potential of the pull-up control node to he an invalid voltage when the potential of the pull-down node is a valid voltage. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The gate driving unit according to claim 1, wherein the start terminal comprises a forward start terminal of odd-numbered rows, a reverse start terminal of odd-numbered rows, a forward start terminal of even-numbered rows and a reverse start terminal of even-numbered rows; the gate driving unit further comprises a forward scan control terminal and a reverse scan control terminal, the pull-up control node control circuit is configured to, during the forward scanning, under the control of the forward scanning control signal inputted by the forward scanning control terminal, when the valid voltage is inputted by the forward start terminal of the odd-numbered rows, control the potential of the pull-up control node to be a valid voltage, and when a valid voltage is inputted by the forward start terminal of even-numbered rows, control and maintain the potential of the pull-up control node as a valid voltage; the pull-up control node control circuit is configured to, during the reverse scanning, under the control of the reverse scanning control signal inputted by the reverse scanning control terminal, when the valid voltage is inputted by the reverse start terminal of odd-numbered rows, control the potential of the pull-up control node to be a valid voltage, and when the valid voltage is inputted by the reverse start terminal of even-numbered rows, control and maintain the potential of the pull-up control node as a valid voltage; and the pull-up control node control circuit is further configured to control the potential of the pull-up control node to an invalid voltage when the potential of the pull-down node is a valid voltage. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The gate driving unit according to claim 1, wherein the pull-up control node control circuit comprises: a first forward scanning control transistor, a control electrode thereof being connected to the forward scanning control terminal, and a first electrode thereof being connected to the forward start terminal of odd-numbered rows; a second forward scan control transistor, a control electrode thereof being connected to the forward scan control terminal, and a first electrode thereof being connected to the forward start terminal of even-numbered rows; a first reverse scan control transistor, a control electrode thereof being connected to the reverse scan control terminal, a first electrode thereof being connected to a control electrode of a first pull-up control node control transistor, and a second electrode thereof being connected to the reverse start terminal of odd-numbered rows; a second reverse scan control transistor, a control electrode thereof being connected to the reverse scan control terminal, a first electrode thereof being connected to a control electrode of a second pull-up control node control transistor, and a second electrode thereof being connected to the reverse start terminal of even-numbered rows; a first pull-up control node control transistor, a control electrode thereof being connected to a second electrode of the first forward scan control transistor, a first electrode thereof being connected to the first voltage terminal, and a second electrode thereof being connected to the pull-up control node; a second pull-up control node control transistor, a control electrode thereof being connected to the second electrode of the second forward scan control transistor, the first electrode thereof being connected to the first voltage terminal, and the second electrode thereof being connected to the pull-up control node; a pull-up control node pull-down transistor, a control. electrode thereof being connected to the pull-down node, a first electrode thereof being connected to the pull-up control node, and a second electrode thereof being connected to a second voltage terminal; and a pull-up control node maintenance capacitor, a first end thereof being connected to the pull-up control node, and a second end thereof being connected to a third voltage terminal. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The gate driving unit according to claim 1, further comprising a reset circuit, wherein the reset circuit is configured to control the potential of the pull-down node to be a valid voltage under the control of a blank area reset signal inputted by a blank area reset terminal. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The gate driving unit according to claim 1, wherein the pull-up node control circuit comprises: a first pull-up node control transistor, a control electrode thereof being connected to a first voltage terminal, a first electrode thereof being connected to the first pull-up node, and a second electrode thereof being connected to the pull-up control node; and a second pull-up node control transistor, a control electrode thereof being connected to the first voltage terminal, a first electrode thereof being connected to the second pull-up node, and a second electrode thereof being connected to the pull-up control node. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The gate driving unit according to claim 1, wherein the pull-down node control circuit comprises: a first pull-down node control transistor, both a control electrode and a first electrode thereof being connected to the third clock signal terminal, and a second electrode thereof being connected to the pull-down node; a second pull-down node control transistor, both a control electrode and a second electrode thereof being connected to the fourth clock signal terminal, and the first electrode thereof being connected to the pull-down node; a third pull-down node control transistor, a control electrode thereof being connected to the pull-up control node, a first electrode thereof being connected to the pull-down node, and a second electrode thereof being connected to a second voltage terminal; and a pull-down node maintenance capacitor, a first end thereof being connected to the pull-down node, and a second end thereof being connected to a fourth voltage terminal. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The gate driving unit according to claim 1, wherein the first gate driving signal output circuit comprises a first output transistor and a first output pull-down transistor; a control electrode of the first output transistor is connected to the first pull-up node, a first electrode of the first output transistor is connected to the first clock signal terminal, and a second electrode of the first output transistor is connected to the first gate driving signal output terminal; a control electrode of the first output pull-down transistor is connected to the pull-down node, a first electrode of the first output pull-down transistor is connected to the first gate driving signal output terminal, and a second electrode of the first output pull-down transistor is connected to the second voltage terminal. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The gate driving unit according to claim 1, wherein the second gate driving signal output circuit comprises a second output transistor and a second output pull-down transistor, a control electrode of the second output transistor is connected to the second pull-up node, the first electrode of the second output transistor is connected to the second clock signal terminal, and the second electrode of the second output transistor is connected to the second gate driving signal output terminal, a control electrode of the second output pull-down transistor is connected to the pull-down node, a first electrode of the second output pull-down transistor is connected to the second gate driving signal output terminal, and a second electrode of the second output pull-down transistor is connected to the second voltage terminal. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The gate driving unit according to claim 1, further comprising a touch output control circuit, wherein the touch output control circuit is configured to control both the first gate driving signal output terminal and the second gate driving signal output terminal to output an invalid voltage under the control of a touch output control signal inputted by the touch output control terminal. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The gate driving unit according to claim 1, further comprising a screen off control circuit, wherein the screen off control circuit is configured to control both the first gate driving signal output terminal and the second gate driving signal output terminal to output a valid voltage under the control of a screen off control signal inputted by the screen off control terminal. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) A gate driving method for driving the gate driving unit according to claim 1, wherein a frame of display time comprises a first display period and a second display period, and the first display period comprises a first input phase and a first output phase in sequence; the second display period comprises a second input phase and a second output phase in sequence; and the gate driving method comprises: in the first input phase and the second input phase, controlling, by the pull-up control node control circuit, the potential of the pull-up control node to be a valid voltage under the control of the start signal, and controlling, by the pull-up node control circuit, the potential of the first pull-up node and the potential of the second pull-up node to be valid voltages based on the potential of the pull-up control node; in the first output phase, maintaining, by the pull-up control node control circuit, the potential of the pull-up control node as a valid voltage, the valid voltage being inputted by the first clock signal terminal, and controlling, by the first gate driving signal output circuit, the connection of the first gate driving signal output terminal and the first clock signal terminal under the potential of the first pull-up node, to control the first gate driving signal output terminal to output a valid voltage; in the second output phase, maintaining, by the pull-up control node control circuit, the potential of the pull-up control node as a valid voltage, a valid voltage being inputted by the second clock signal terminal, and controlling, by the second gate driving signal output circuit, the connection of the second gate driving signal output terminal and the second clock signal terminal under the control of the potential of the second pull-up node, to control the second gate driving signal output terminal to output a valid voltage. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The gate driving method according to claim 13, wherein the first display period further comprises a first output reset phase and a first pull-down node control phase set after the first output phase, and the second display period further comprises the second output reset phase and the second pull-down node control phase set after the second output phase, the gate driving method further comprises: in the first output reset phase, maintaining, by the pull-up control node control circuit, the potential of the pull-up control node as a valid voltage, an invalid voltage being inputted by the first clock signal terminal, and controlling, by the first gate driving signal output circuit, the connection of the first gate driving signal output terminal and the first clock signal terminal under the control of the potential of the first pull-up node, to control the first gate driving signal output terminal to output an invalid voltage; in the first pull-down node control phase, a valid voltage being inputted by the third dock signal terminal, controlling, by the pull-down node control circuit, the voltage of the pull-down node to be a valid voltage under the control of the third clock signal, and controlling, by the first gate driving signal output circuit, to reset the first gate driving signal outputted from the first gate driving signal output terminal under the control of the potential of the pull-down node; in the second output reset phase, maintaining, by the pull-up control node control circuit, the potential of the pull-up control node as a valid voltage, an invalid voltage being inputted by the second clock signal terminal, and controlling, by a second gate driving signal output circuit, the connection of the second gate driving signal output terminal and the second clock signal terminal under the control of the potential of the second pull-up node, to control the second gate driving signal output terminal to output an invalid voltage; and in the second pull-down node control phase, the valid voltage being inputted by the fourth clock signal terminal, controlling, by the pull-down node control circuit, the voltage of the pull-down node to be a valid voltage under the control of the fourth clock signal, and controlling, by the second gate driving signal output circuit, to reset the second gate driving signal outputted from the second gate driving signal output terminal. under the control of the potential of the pull-down node. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The gate driving method according to claim 14, wherein the first display period further comprises a first output cutoff maintenance phase set after the first pull-down node control phase, and the second display period further comprises a second output cut-off maintenance phase set after the second pull-down node control phase, the gate driving method further comprises: in the first output cut-off maintenance phase, maintaining, by the pull-down node control circuit, the voltage of the pull-down node as a valid voltage, and controlling, by the first gate driving signal output circuit, to reset the first gate driving signal outputted from the first gate driving signal output terminal under the control of the potential of the pull-down node; and in the second output cut-off maintenance phase, maintaining, by the pull-down node control circuit, the voltage of the pull-down node as a valid voltage, and controlling, by the second gate driving signal output circuit, to reset the second gate driving signal outputted from the second gate driving signal output terminal under the control of the potential of the pull-down node. ### Claim 16 (depends on 13) The gate driving method according to claim 13, further comprising: in the first input phase and the second input phase, an invalid voltage being inputted by the first clock signal terminal and the second clock signal terminal, and controlling, by the first gate driving signal output circuit, the connection of the first gate driving signal output terminal and the first clock signal terminal under the control of the potential of the first pull-up node, to control the first gate driving signal output terminal to output an invalid voltage, and controlling, by the second gate driving signal output circuit, the connection of the second gate driving signal output terminal and the second clock. signal terminal under the control of the potential of the second pull-up node, to control the second gate driving signal output terminal to output an invalid voltage; in the first output phase, a valid voltage being inputted by the second clock signal terminal, and controlling, by the second gate driving, signal output circuit, the connection of the second gate driving signal output terminal and the second clock signal terminal under the control of the potential of the second pull-up node, to control the second gate driving signal output terminal to output an invalid voltage; in the second output phase, a valid voltage being inputted by the first clock signal terminal, and controlling, by the first gate driving signal output circuit, the connection of the first gate driving signal output terminal and the first clock signal terminal under the control of the potential of the first pull-up node, to control the first gate driving signal output terminal to output an invalid voltage. ### Claim 17 (depends on 13) The gate driving method according to claim 13, wherein the gate driving unit further comprises a reset circuit, and the gate driving method further comprises: setting a blank phase between two display periods, controlling, by the reset circuit, the potential of the pull-down node to be a valid voltage under the control of a blank area reset signal inputted by the blank area reset terminal. ### Claim 18 (depends on 1) A gate driving circuit, comprising a plurality of stages of the gate driving unit according to claim 1, wherein the start terminal comprises a start terminal of even-numbered rows and a start terminal of even-numbered rows, except for a first stage of gate driving unit, the start terminal of odd-numbered rows of a current stage of the gate driving unit is connected to the first gate driving signal output terminal of an adjacent previous-stage of gate driving unit, the start terminal of the even-numbered rows of a current stage of gate driving unit is connected to the second gate driving signal output terminal of an adjacent previous-stage of gate driving unit; the start terminal of the odd-numbered rows of the first-stage of gate driving unit is connected to the first start signal input terminal, and the start terminal of the even-numbered rows of the first-stage of gate driving unit is connected to the second start signal input terminal; or wherein the start terminal comprises a forward start terminal of odd-numbered rows, a reverse start terminal of odd-numbered rows, a forward start terminal of even-numbered rows, and a reverse start terminal of even-numbered rows, the gate driving unit comprises a forward scanning control terminal and a reverse scanning control terminal; except for the first-stage of gate driving unit, the forward star terminal of odd-numbered rows of a current stage of the gate driving unit is connected to the first gate driving signal output terminal of an adjacent previous-stage of gate driving unit, and the start terminal of even-numbered rows of a current stage of the gate driving unit is connected to the second gate driving signal output terminal of the adjacent previous-stage of gate driving unit; the forward start terminal of the odd-numbered rows of the first-stage of gate driving unit is connected to the first forward start signal input terminal, and the forward start terminal of the even-numbered rows of the first-stage of gate driving unit is connected to the second forward start signal input terminal; except for the last-stage of gate driving unit, the reverse start terminal of odd-numbered rows of a current stage of gate driving unit is connected to the first gate driving signal output terminal of the adjacent next-stage of gate driving unit, the reverse start terminal of the even-numbered rows of a current stage of the gate driving unit is connected to the second gate driving signal output terminal of the adjacent next-stage of gate driving unit; the reverse start terminal of odd-numbered rows of the last-stage of gate driving unit is connected to the first reverse start signal input terminal, and the reverse start terminal of even-numbered rows of the last-stage of gate driving unit is connected to the second reverse start signal input terminal. ### Claim at position 19 19-24. (canceled) ### Claim 25 (depends on 18) A display panel, comprising a display substrate, gate lines in M rows arranged on the display substrate and the gate driving circuit according to claim 18, wherein M is the total number of stages of gate driving units included in the gate driving circuit, the first gate driving signal output terminal of the m-th stage of gate driving unit of the gate driving circuit is connected to a gate line in the (2m-1)th row; the second gate driving signal output terminal of the m-th stage of gate driving unit of the gate driving circuit is connected to a gate line in (2m)th row; M is an integer greater than 1, and m is a positive integer less than or equal to M. ### Claim 26 (depends on 18) A display panel, comprising a display substrate, gate lines in M rows arranged on the display substrate and two gate driving circuits according to claim 18, wherein M is the total number of stages of gate driving units included in the gate driving circuit, the first gate driving signal output terminal. of the m-th stage of gate driving unit of the first gate driving circuit is connected to a left terminal of the gate line in the (2m-1)th row; the second gate driving signal output terminal of the m-th stage of gate driving unit of the first gate driving circuit is connected to a left terminal of the gate line in. the (2m)th row; the first gate driving signal output terminal of the m-th stage of gate driving unit of the second gate driving circuit is connected to a right terminal of the gate line in the (2m-1)th row; and the second gate driving signal output terminal of the m-th stage of gate driving unit of the second gate driving circuit is connected to a right terminal of the gate line in the (2m)th row: M is an integer greater than 1, and in is a positive integer less than or equal to M ### Claim 27 (canceled)