# US 2021/0241706 A1 · Shift register unit and driving method thereof, and gate driving circuit, display apparatus

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- Number: US 2021/0241706 A1
- Document ID: US20210241706A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 16/650,593
- Filed: 2019-04-02
- Published: 2021-08-05
- Earliest claimed: 2019-04-02
- Assignees: Chengdu Boe Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.; Boe Technology Group Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: Chengdu Boe Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.; Boe Technology Group Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Yao HUANG; Yang ZHOU; Gen LI
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20210241706A1

## 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 3/3614: {Control of polarity reversal in general}
- G09G 3/3674: {Details of drivers for scan electrodes}
- G11C 19/28: using semiconductor elements (G11C19/14, G11C19/36 take precedence)
- 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 2310/06: Details of flat display driving waveforms
- G09G 2310/061: for resetting or blanking
- 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

Provided is shift register unit, a gate driving circuit, and a display apparatus. The shift register unit includes an input-sub-circuit, having a first terminal connected to an input signal terminal and a second terminal connected to a terminal of a first control signal; a first output sub-circuit, having a first terminal connected to a third terminal of the input sub-circuit, a second terminal connected to a terminal of a second control signal, and a third terminal connected to a first output terminal; a phase inversion control sub-circuit, having a first terminal connected to the first output terminal, a second terminal connected to a terminal of a third control signal; and a second output sub-circuit, having a first terminal connected to the first output terminal, a second terminal connected to a third terminal of the phase inversion control sub-circuit, and a third terminal connected to a second output terminal.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A shift register unit, comprising:
an input-sub-circuit, having a first terminal connected to an input signal terminal and a second terminal connected to a terminal of a first control signal;
a first output sub-circuit, having a first terminal connected to a third terminal of the input sub-circuit, a second terminal connected to a terminal of a second control signal, and a third terminal connected to a first output terminal;
a phase inversion control sub-circuit, having a first terminal connected to the first output terminal, a second terminal connected to a terminal of a third control signal; and
a second output sub-circuit, having a first terminal connected to the first output terminal, a second terminal connected to a third terminal of the phase inversion control sub-circuit, and a third terminal connected to a second output terminal;
wherein the second output sub-circuit is configured that when a signal output by the first output sub-circuit changes from a valid level to an invalid level, a signal output by the second output sub-circuit changes from the invalid level to the valid level.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The shift register unit according to claim 1, further comprising:
an output control sub-circuit, having a first terminal connected to the third terminal of the input sub-circuit, a second terminal connected to the terminal of the first control signal, and a third terminal connected to the first output terminal.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The shift register unit according to claim 1, further comprising:
a reset sub-circuit, having a first terminal connected to the third terminal of the input sub-circuit, a second terminal connected to a fourth terminal of the output control sub-circuit.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The shift register unit according to claim 1, wherein the phase inversion control sub-circuit comprises:
a first phase inversion control transistor, having a control electrode connected to the first output terminal, a first electrode connected to a terminal of an invalid level signal, and a second electrode connected to the second output sub-circuit;
a second phase inversion control transistor, having a control electrode connected to the terminal of the third control signal, a first electrode connected to the second electrode of the first phase inversion control transistor, and a second electrode connected to a terminal of a valid level signal.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The shift register unit according to claim 1, wherein the input sub-circuit comprises:
an input transistor, having a control terminal connected to the terminal of the first control signal, a first electrode connected to the input signal terminal, and a second electrode connected to the first terminal of the first output sub-circuit.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The shift register unit according to claim 1, wherein the first output sub-circuit comprises:
a first output transistor, having a control terminal connected to the third terminal of the input sub-circuit, a first electrode connected to the first output terminal, and a second electrode connected to the terminal of the second control signal;
a first output capacitor, having a first terminal connected to the first output terminal, a second terminal connected to the control terminal of the first output transistor.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The shift register unit according to claim 1, wherein the second output sub-circuit comprises:
a second output transistor, having a control terminal connected to the first output terminal, a first electrode connected to a terminal of an invalid level signal, and a second electrode connected to the second output terminal; and
a third output transistor, having a control terminal connected to the third terminal of the phase inversion control sub-circuit, a first electrode connected to the second output terminal, and a second electrode connected to a terminal of a valid level signal.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The shift register unit according to claim 7, wherein the second output sub-circuit further comprises:
a second output capacitor, having a first terminal connected to the second output terminal, and a second terminal connected to the control terminal of the third output transistor.

### Claim 9 (depends on 2)

The shift register unit according to claim 2, wherein the output control sub-circuit comprises:
a first output control transistor, having a control terminal connected to the first control signal terminal, a first electrode connected to a terminal of a valid level signal, and a second electrode connected to a fourth terminal of the output control sub-circuit;
a second output control transistor, having a control terminal connected to the second electrode of the first output control transistor, a first electrode connected to a terminal of an invalid level signal, and a second electrode connected to the first output terminal;
an output control capacitor, having a first terminal connected to the terminal of the invalid level signal, a second terminal connected to the control terminal of the second output control transistor; and
a third output control transistor, having a control terminal connected to the third terminal of the input sub-circuit, a first electrode connected to the second electrode of the first output control transistor, and a second electrode connected to the terminal of first control signal terminal.

### Claim 10 (depends on 3)

The shift register unit according to claim 3, wherein the reset sub-circuit comprises:
a first reset transistor, having a control terminal connected to the fourth terminal of the output control sub-circuit, a first electrode connected to a terminal of an invalid level signal; and
a second reset transistor, having a control terminal connected to the terminal of the second control signal, a first electrode connected to a second electrode of the first reset transistor, and a second electrode connected to the third terminal of the input sub-circuit.

### Claim 11 (depends on 1)

A gate driving circuit having N stages of shift register units cascaded connected, the shift register unit being the shift register unit according to claim 1, wherein,
an input signal terminal of an i-th stage shift register unit is connected to a first output terminal of an i-1-th stage shift register unit, and N is an integer larger than 2, 1<i≤N;
an input signal terminal of a first stage shift register unit is connected to a frame input signal control line.

### Claim 12 (depends on 11)

A display apparatus, comprising the gate driving circuit according to claim 11.

### Claim 13 (depends on 1)

A driving method used for the shift register unit according to claim 1, comprising:
in an input phase, the input sub-circuit outputting an input signal to the first terminal of the first output sub-circuit to charge the first output sub-circuit;
in an output phase,
the first output sub-circuit outputting a first output signal at the first output terminal under the control of the third terminal of the input sub-circuit,
the second output sub-circuit outputting a second output signal having an opposite level to the first output signal at the second output terminal under the control of the first output terminal.

### Claim 14 (depends on 13)

The driving method according to claim 13, wherein the shift register unit further comprises an output control sub-circuit, having a first terminal connected to the third terminal of the input sub-circuit, a second terminal connected to the first control signal terminal, and a third terminal connected to the first output terminal; and a reset sub-circuit, having a first terminal connected to the third terminal of the input sub-circuit, a second terminal connected to a fourth terminal of the output control sub-circuit, and the driving method further comprises:
in a first reset phase, the phase inverse control sub-circuit controlling the second output signal output from the second output terminal to change from the invalid level to the valid level while the first output signal changes from the valid level to the invalid level, wherein the third control signal changes from the invalid level to the valid level while the first output signal changes from the valid level to the invalid level; and
in a second reset phase, resetting the first output sub-circuit under the control of the fourth terminal of the output control sub-circuit.
