Abstract: A shift register circuit with waveform-shaping function includes plural shift register stages. Each shift register stage includes a first input unit, a pull-up unit, a pull-down circuit, a second input unit, a control unit and a waveform-shaping unit. The first input unit is utilized for outputting a first driving control voltage in response to a first gate signal. The pull-up unit pulls up a second gate signal in response to the first driving control voltage. The pull-down circuit is employed to pull down the first driving control voltage and the second gate signal. The second input unit is utilized for outputting a second driving control voltage in response to the first gate signal. The control unit provides a control signal in response to the second driving control voltage and an auxiliary signal. The waveform-shaping unit performs a waveform-shaping operation on the second gate signal in response to the control signal.

Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosed technical solution provides a shift register unit circuit which operates based on two clock signals and comprises input terminals, a pre-charging circuit, a level pulling-down circuit, a outputting circuit and a scan signal output terminal. Embodiments of the disclosed technical solution also provides a shift register having at least two shift register unit circuits connected in cascade, and further provides a liquid crystal display array substrate and a liquid crystal display. The disclosed technical solution stabilizes the wave output from the scan signal output terminal and has small noise by means of a design of pulling down the level, and may realize the GOA circuit utilizing less TFTs circuits, so that the circuit structure is simple and power consumption is small.

Abstract: A shift register comprising a plurality of shift register stages {SN}. Each shift register stage comprises a first input, a second input, a third input for receiving a first clock signal, a fourth input for receiving a second clock signal, an output for providing an output signal OUT(N), therefrom. The stages is electrically connected to each other in serial such that the first input of the shift register stage SN is electrically connected to the output of the (N?1)-th shift register stage SN?1 for receiving an output signal OUT(N?1) therefrom, the second input of the shift register stage SN is electrically connected to the output of the (N+1)-th shift register stage SN+1 for receiving an output signal OUT(N+1) therefrom, and the output of the shift register stage SN is electrically connected to the first input of the (N+1)-th shift register stage SN+1 for providing the output signal OUT(N+1) thereto.

Abstract: A shift register includes individually connected shift register units. Each shift register unit includes a switching unit, a pre-charging unit, a pulse signal output unit, a low level voltage signal control unit, a first clock pulse signal input, a second clock pulse signal input, and an output. The first and the second clock pulse signal inputs respectively receive a first clock signal and a second clock signal, the first clock signal and the second clock signal having reverse clock pulses during each clock cycle. The switching unit receives at least one external starting signal and a high level signal, when the at least one external starting signal is high level, the switching unit is turned on and outputs the high level signal to the pre-charging unit. When the second clock signal is high level, the pre-charging unit receives the high level signal and charges, and when the first clock signal is high level, the pre-charging unit discharges.

Abstract: A shift register circuit includes plural shift register stages for providing plural gate signals. Each shift register stage includes a pull-up unit, a pull-up control unit, an input unit, a first pull-down unit, a second pull-down unit, and a pull-down control unit. The pull-up control unit generates a first control signal according to a driving control voltage and a first clock. The pull-up unit pulls up a corresponding gate signal according to the first control signal. The input unit is utilized for inputting the gate signal of a preceding shift register stage to become the driving control voltage according to a second clock having a phase opposite to the first clock. The pull-down control unit generates a second control signal according to the driving control voltage. The first and second pull-down units pull down the corresponding gate signal and the first control signal respectively according to the second control signal.

Abstract: A high-reliability gate driving circuit is disclosed for providing a plurality of gate signals to plural gate lines respectively. The gate driving circuit includes a plurality of shift register stages. Each shift register stage includes a pull-up unit, an energy-store unit, a buffer unit, a discharging unit, a first pull-down unit, a second pull-down unit and a control unit. The pull-up unit pulls up a gate signal according to a driving control voltage and a first clock. The buffer unit receives an input signal. The energy-store unit provides the driving control voltage through performing a charging process based on the input signal. The first pull-down unit pulls down the gate signal according to a control signal. The second pull-down unit pulls down the gate signal according to a second clock having a phase opposite to the first clock. The control unit generates the control signal based on the gate signal.

Abstract: A shift register is disclosed, which can prevent malfunctioning of device by decreasing the load on a discharging voltage source line, and can decrease a size of stage. The shift register comprises a plurality of stages to sequentially output scan pulses through respective output terminals, wherein each of the stages comprises a pull-up switching unit controlled based on a signal state of node, and connected between the output terminal and any one among a plurality of clock transmission lines to transmit the clock pulses provided with sequential phase differences; and a node controller to control the signal state of node, and to discharge the node by using the clock pulse from any one among the plurality of clock transmission line.

Abstract: A display device comprises a driver circuit having a shift register circuit having a level conversion function is provided with a simple circuit configuration of first, second, and third basic circuits connected in tandem at multistages. A common clear signal is supplied to a control electrode or a third transistor of each basic circuit, a first clock is supplied to a control electrode of a first transistor of each of the first and third basic circuits, a second cock different in phase from the first clock is supplied to a control electrode of a first transistor of the second basic circuit, outputs of the first and second basic circuit are respectively supplied to control electrodes of second transistors of the second and third basic circuits, and an inversion output of the third basic circuit is supplied to a control electrode of a fourth transistor of the first basic circuit.

Abstract: A shift register circuit includes plural shift register stages for providing plural gate signals. Each shift register stage includes a pull-up unit, a pull-up control unit, an input unit, a first pull-down unit, a second pull-down unit, and a pull-down control unit. The pull-up control unit generates a first control signal according to a driving control voltage and a first clock. The pull-up unit pulls up a corresponding gate signal according to the first control signal. The input unit is utilized for inputting the gate signal of a preceding shift register stage to become the driving control voltage according to a second clock having a phase opposite to the first clock. The pull-down control unit generates a second control signal according to the driving control voltage. The first and second pull-down units pull down the corresponding gate signal and the first control signal respectively according to the second control signal.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a driver circuit including a normally-on thin film transistor, which driver circuit ensures a small malfunction and highly reliable operation. The driver circuit includes a static shift register including an inverter circuit having a first transistor and a second transistor, and a switch including a third transistor. The first to third transistors each include a semiconductor layer of an oxide semiconductor and are depletion-mode transistors. An amplitude voltage of clock signals for driving the third transistor is higher than a power supply voltage for driving the inverter circuit.

Abstract: Disclosed is a dual shift register that includes a first shift register configured to include a plurality of stages which sequentially output scan pulses using at least two clock signals with sequential and circular phases, and a second shift register configured to a plurality of stages which form pair with the respective stages of the first shift register and sequentially output the scan pulses using at least two clock signals. Each stage includes: a scan direction controller configured to respond to the scan pulses from previous and next stages and to selectively output forward and reverse direction voltages with opposite electric potentials to each other; and an output portion configured to respond to the output signal of the scan direction controller, to generate two sequential scan pulses using two of the at least two clock signals, and to distribute the sequential scan pulses to the previous and next stages.

Abstract: An exemplary shift register includes a control circuit and an output transistor. The control circuit has a start pulse signal input terminal, a first clock pulse signal input terminal and a power supply voltage input terminal and includes a first control transistor and a second control transistor. The output transistor is electrically coupled to the first control transistor and includes a gate driving signal output terminal and a second clock pulse signal input terminal. Moreover, the first control transistor, the second control transistor and the output transistor all are negative threshold voltage transistors.

Abstract: A shift register and a display driver thereof are provided. The display driver submitted by the present invention can be directly disposed on a glass substrate of a liquid crystal display (LCD) panel to replace a scan driver commonly used in prior art, so that the cost of the liquid crystal display can be reduced. In addition, the stress taken by the output stage transistor of each shift register stage within the display driver submitted by the present invention can be reduced. Thus, each shift register stage has the highest reliability, and may consequently avoid the erroneous actions when each shift register stage is operated for a long time.

Abstract: A shift register includes a plurality of shift register units coupled in series. Each shift register unit, receiving an input voltage at an input end and an output voltage at an output end, includes a node, a pull-up driving circuit, a pull-up circuit and first through third pull-down circuits. The pull-up driving circuit can transmit the input voltage to the node, and the pull-up circuit can provide the output voltage based on a high-frequency clock signal and the input signal. The first pull-down circuit can provide a bias voltage at the node or at the output end based on a first low-frequency clock signal. The second pull-down circuit can provide a bias voltage at the node or at the output end based on a second low-frequency clock signal. The third pull-down circuit can provide a bias voltage at the node or at the output end based on a feedback voltage.

Abstract: A shift register of an LCD device includes a plurality of shift register units coupled in series. Each shift register unit includes an input circuit and a pull-down circuit having symmetric structures which enable the LCD device to function in a forward-scan mode and a reverse-scan mode.

Abstract: A shift register comprises many stages, and each of stages comprises a first, a second and a third level control unit and a first and a second control unit is provided. The first and the second level control unit respectively provides a first clock signal and a voltage to an output terminal. The first driving unit and the level control unit are coupled to a first node. The first driving unit turns on and turns off the first level control unit in response to an input signal, a second control signal and a first control signal of the next stage. The second driving unit turns on and turns off the second level control unit in response to the first control signal. The third level control unit provides a first voltage to the output terminal in response to the second control signal and the first control signal.

Abstract: A shift register circuit includes plural shift register stages for providing plural gate signals. Each shift register stage includes a pull-up unit, a pull-up control unit, an input unit, a first pull-down unit, a second pull-down unit, and a pull-down control unit. The pull-up control unit generates a first control signal according to a driving control voltage and a first clock. The pull-up unit pulls up a corresponding gate signal according to the first control signal. The input unit is utilized for inputting the gate signal of a preceding shift register stage to become the driving control voltage according to a second clock having a phase opposite to the first clock. The pull-down control unit generates a second control signal according to the driving control voltage. The first and second pull-down units pull down the corresponding gate signal and the first control signal respectively according to the second control signal.

Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention discloses a shift register unit and a gate drive device for a liquid crystal display. The shift register unit, on the basis of a structure of 12 transistors and 1 capacitor in the prior art, enables both the drain of the seventh thin film transistor and the gate and the drain of the ninth thin film transistor being connected to the second clock signal input terminal, such that a leakage current would not be generated among the seventh thin film transistor, the eighth thin film transistor, the ninth thin film transistor and the tenth thin film transistor when a high level signal is outputted from the shift register unit, thus power consumption of the shift register unit may be reduced.

Abstract: A shift register circuit comprises a first transistor connected between a clock terminal and an output terminal, a second transistor for charging a control electrode of the first transistor in response to activation of an output signal of the preceding stage, a third transistor for discharging the control electrode of the first transistor, an inverter using a control electrode of the third transistor as an output end, and a fourth transistor which discharges an input end of the inverter at power-off and is turned off after power-on. A fifth transistor which is a load element of the inverter charges the control electrode of the third transistor at power-on. It is thereby possible to initialize the respective levels of the nodes without any external initialization signal and prevent a decrease in the level change rate of the output signal in the shift register circuit.

Abstract: An exemplary layout structure of a shift register circuit includes a first shift register and a second shift register arranged adjacent to the first shift register. The first shift register and the second shift register each receive a first signal and a second signal phase-inverted with respect to the first signal. Moreover, the first shift register and the second shift register share a common signal routing trace for receiving the first signal. The common signal routing trace is arranged extending into between the first shift register and the second shift register.

Abstract: A low power consumption shift register which inputs a CK signal with a low voltage with almost no effect of variation in characteristics of transistors. In the invention, an input portion of an inverter is set at a threshold voltage thereof and a CK signal is inputted to the input portion of the inverter through a capacitor means. In this mariner, the CK signal is amplified, which is sent to the shift register. That is, by obtaining the threshold potential of the inverter, the shift register which operates with almost no effect of variation in characteristics of transistors can be provided. A level shifter of the CK signal is generated from an output pulse of the shift register, therefore, the low power consumption shift register having the level shifter which flows a shoot-through current for a short period can be provided.

Abstract: A shift register comprising a plurality of shift register stages {SN}. Each shift register stage comprises a first input, a second input, a third input for receiving a first clock signal, a fourth input for receiving a second clock signal, an output for providing an output signal OUT(N), therefrom. The stages is electrically connected to each other in serial such that the first input of the shift register stage SN is electrically connected to the output of the (N?1)-th shift register stage SN?1 for receiving an output signal OUT(N?1) therefrom, the second input of the shift register stage SN is electrically connected to the output of the (N+1)-th shift register stage SN+1 for receiving an output signal OUT(N+1) therefrom, and the output of the shift register stage SN is electrically connected to the first input of the (N+1)-th shift register stage SN+1 for providing the output signal OUT(N+1) thereto.

Abstract: In a semiconductor circuit a floating node is set to any voltage by utilizing a control signal applied to a refresh terminal and has a period shorter than that of a clock signal. The circuit includes first and second transistors connected between a first clock terminal and first power supply terminal, third and fourth transistors connected between the refresh terminal and the first power supply terminal, and fifth and sixth transistors connected between a second power supply terminal and the first power supply. Gates of the fourth and fifth transistors are connected to an input terminal, a gate of the third transistor is connected to a second clock terminal, a gate of the first transistor is connected to a node between the fifth and sixth transistors, gates of the second and sixth transistors are connected, and a node between the first and second transistors is connected to an output terminal.

Abstract: An LCD device is configured to drive a plurality of shift register units using two clock signals having different driving abilities. Each shift register unit may thus generate a stronger signal for triggering a next-stage shift register unit, thereby improving cold-start. When the LCD device has been activated over a predetermined period of time, the driving ability of the clock signal having higher driving ability is gradually lowered, thereby reducing power consumption.

Abstract: A shift register includes multiple cascade-connected stages. Each stage generates an output signal in response to a clock signal and a first control signal. Each stage includes a pull-up module, a pull-up driving module, a first pull-down module, a second pull-down module, and a third pull-down module. The pull-up module is used for providing the output signal based on the clock signal. The pull-up driving module turns on the pull-up module in response to a first control signal. The first pull-down module adjusts voltage level on the first node to a first supply voltage in response to a second control signal. The second pull-down module adjusts voltage level on the output end to a second supply voltage in response to the second control signal. The third pull-down module adjusts voltage level on the second node to a third supply voltage in response to a third control signal.

Abstract: A touch device includes gate lines, pixels, sense control lines and sense units. Each pixel is connected to one of the gate lines and is decided whether to receive data according to a voltage on the gate line. Each the sense unit is connected to one of the sense control lines and is decided whether to perform a touch sense operation according to a voltage on the sense control line. The touch device further includes a shift register string including cascade-connected shift registers. Each shift register has first and second output terminals. The first output terminal provides an output to one of the gate lines according to a first clock signal to control the voltage on the gate line. The second output terminal provides an output to one of the sense control lines according to a second clock signal to control the voltage on the detection control line.

Abstract: A shift register includes a plurality of serially-coupled shift register units each including a first node, a second node, an input circuit, a pull-up circuit and a pull-down circuit. The shift register unit receives an input voltage at an input end, and provides an output voltage at an output end. The input circuit controls the signal transmission path between a first clock signal and the first node according to the input voltage. The pull-up circuit controls the signal transmission path between a second clock signal and the output end according to the voltage level of the first node. The voltage level of the first node or the output end is maintained according to the voltage level of the second node. The voltage level of the second node is maintained according to the first clock signal, the second clock signal and the voltage level of the first node.

Abstract: A gate-on array shift register includes a signal-input unit, a control transistor and at least three stable modules. The signal-input unit receives and outputs a previous-stage output signal. The control terminal of the control transistor is electrically coupled to the signal-input unit for receiving the previous-stage output signal. The control transistor outputs corresponding output signal on output terminal of the shift register according to the previous-stage output signal. Each of the stable modules is electrically coupled to the control terminal of the control transistor and the output terminal of the shift register to stabilize voltage of the terminals.

Abstract: A shift register circuit includes a plurality of shift register stages for providing plural gate signals to plural gate lines. Each shift register stage includes an input unit, a first pull-up unit, a second pull-up unit, a pull-down unit and an auxiliary pull-down unit. The input unit inputs a first gate signal generated by a preceding shift register stage to become a driving control voltage. The first pull-up unit pulls up a second gate signal according to the driving control voltage and a first clock signal. The second pull-up unit pulls up a third gate signal according to the driving control voltage and a second clock signal. The auxiliary pull-down unit is employed to pull down the driving control voltage according to a fourth gate signal generated by a subsequent shift register stage. The pull-down unit pulls down the first and second gate signals according to the driving control voltage.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a shift register and a gate driver therefor.

Abstract: A shift register comprising a plurality of shift register stages {SN}, N=1, 2, . . . , M, M being a nonzero positive integer. Each of the plurality of shift register stages, SN, comprises a first input, a second input, a third input for receiving a first clock signal CK, a fourth input for receiving a second clock signal XCK, an output for providing an output signal OUT(N), therefrom. The plurality of stages {SN} is electrically connected to each other in serial such that the first input of the shift register stage SN is electrically connected to the output of the (N?1)-th shift register stage SN?1 for receiving an output signal OUT(N?1) therefrom, the second input of the shift register stage SN is electrically connected to the output of the (N+1)-th shift register stage SN+1 for receiving an output signal OUT(N+1) therefrom, and the output of the shift register stage SN is electrically connected to the first input of the (N+1)-th shift register stage, SN+1 for providing the output signal OUT(N+1) thereto.

Abstract: A shift register circuit is provided that can suppress a decrease in a drive capability when a frequency of a clock signal increases. A unit shift register includes a first transistor for supplying a clock signal to an output terminal, a pull-up driving circuit for driving the first transistor, a second transistor for discharging the output terminal, and a pull-down driving circuit for driving the second transistor. In the pull-up driving circuit, the gate of a third transistor charging the gate of the first transistor is charged in accordance with activation of an output signal of preceding stage, and the potential at the gate of the third transistor is increased with a capacitive element. As a result, the third transistor operates in the non-saturated region.

Abstract: An exemplary shift register includes a control circuit and an output circuit. The control circuit is electrically coupled to receive a start pulse signal, a first clock pulse signal and a power supply voltage and for generating an enable signal according to the start pulse signal and the first clock pulse signal. A logic low level of the first clock pulse signal is lower than a level of the power supply voltage. The output circuit is subjected to the control of the enable signal and for generating a gate driving signal according to a second clock pulse signal. The second clock pulse signal and the first clock pulse signal are phase-inverted with respect to each other, and a logic low level of the second clock pulse signal is higher than the level of the power supply voltage.

Abstract: Disclosed is a dual shift register that includes a first shift register configured to include a plurality of stages which sequentially output scan pulses using at least two clock signals with sequential and circular phases, and a second shift register configured to a plurality of stages which form pair with the respective stages of the first shift register and sequentially output the scan pulses using at least two clock signals. Each stage includes: a scan direction controller configured to respond to the scan pulses from previous and next stages and to selectively output forward and reverse direction voltages with opposite electric potentials to each other; and an output portion configured to respond to the output signal of the scan direction controller, to generate two sequential scan pulses using two of the at least two clock signals, and to distribute the sequential scan pulses to the previous and next stages.

Abstract: A shift register includes a first flip-flop group composed of a plurality of cascaded first flip-flops, each first flip-flop having a first master latch and a first slave latch and having first and second transmission paths for transmitting a master clock and a slave clock, a second flip-flop group composed of a plurality of cascaded second flip-flops, each second flip-flop having a second master latch and a second slave latch which are each composed of a transistor with a relatively small transistor size and having a third transmission path connected to the first transmission path and a fourth transmission path connected to the second transmission path, and a transfer portion configured to transfer pieces of data held in the second flip-flops to one of the first master latches and the first slave latches of the first flip-flops.

Abstract: An exemplary shift register includes a plurality of shift register units, each of which includes an output circuit, an input circuit, and a logic circuit. The output circuit includes a clock transistor, a voltage stabilizing transistor, and an input circuit for receiving signals output by a previous shift register unit. The logic circuit receives signals output by the input circuit. When the input circuit outputs signals to switch on the clock transistor, the logic circuit outputs a low level voltage signal to shut off the voltage stabilizing transistor. Thus, the output circuit outputs signals via the clock circuit. On the other hand, when the input circuit outputs signals to shut off the clock transistor, the logic circuit outputs a high level voltage signal to turn on the voltage stabilizing transistor, so as to maintain the output circuit to output low level voltage signal.

Abstract: A shift register comprises stages connected to each other, in which each stage generates an output signal in response to any one of clock signals and an output from each of two different stages. Each clock signal has a duty ratio of less than 50% and a different phase from each of the other clock signals. A display device includes pixels, signal lines, and first and second shift registers each having stages connected to each other and generating output signals to signal lines. Each stage includes a set terminal, a reset terminal, a clock terminal, and first and second output terminals.

Abstract: A gate driving circuit includes cascaded stages, each including a pull-up part, a carry part, a pull-up driving part, a holding part and an inverter. The pull-up part pulls up a gate voltage to an input clock. The carry part pulls up a carry voltage to the input clock. The pull-up driving part is connected to a control terminal (Q-node) common to the carry part and the pull-up part, and receives a previous carry voltage from a previous stage to turn on the pull-up part and the carry part. The holding part holds the gate voltage at an off-voltage, and the inverter controls at least one of turning on the holding part and turning off the holding part based on an inverter clock. A high level of the inverter clock in a given horizontal period (1H) temporally precedes a high level of the input clock by a predetermined time interval.

Abstract: A shift register includes a control circuit, a pull-up circuit and a pull-down circuit. The control circuit generates a control signal according to a start pulse signal during being enabled. The pull-up circuit produces a gate pulse signal according to a clock signal during being enabled by the control signal. The pull-up circuit includes a dual-gate transistor. A first gate of the dual-gate transistor is electrically coupled to the control signal, a second gate of the dual-gate transistor is electrically coupled to a predetermined voltage, the source/drain of the dual-gate transistor serves as an output terminal for the gate pulse signal, and the drain/source of the dual-gate transistor is electrically coupled to the clock signal. The pull-down circuit pulls a potential at the first gate and another potential at the output terminal down to a power supply potential during the pull-up circuit is disabled.

Abstract: A shift register circuit with waveform-shaping function includes plural shift register stages. Each shift register stage includes a first input unit, a pull-up unit, a pull-down circuit, a second input unit, a control unit and a waveform-shaping unit. The first input unit is utilized for outputting a first driving control voltage in response to a first gate signal. The pull-up unit pulls up a second gate signal in response to the first driving control voltage. The pull-down circuit is employed to pull down the first driving control voltage and the second gate signal. The second input unit is utilized for outputting a second driving control voltage in response to the first gate signal. The control unit provides a control signal in response to the second driving control voltage and an auxiliary signal. The waveform-shaping unit performs a waveform-shaping operation on the second gate signal in response to the control signal.

Abstract: A serial interface includes a select node, a clock node, a first bidirectional data port, a second bidirectional data port, and shift register circuitry coupled to both data ports such that a leading edge and a falling edge of a clock signal associated with the clock node are used to shift or transfer data.

Abstract: A method for executing a program verify operation in a non-volatile memory. A data register having master and slave latching circuits is used for concurrently storing two different words of data. In a program operation, the master latch stores program data which is used for programming selected memory cells. In a program verify operation, the data programmed to the memory cells are read out and stored in the slave latches. In each data register stage, the logic states of both latches are compared to each other, and a status signal corresponding to a program pass condition is generated if opposite logic states are stored in both latches. The master latch in each stage is inverted if programming was successful, in order to prevent re-programming of that bit of data.

Abstract: A shift register includes a plurality of electrically connected shift units. Each shift unit includes a pull-up circuit, a pull-up driving circuit, a pull-down circuit, and a pull-down driving circuit. The pull-up circuit outputs a first signal to an output node according to the first signal and a voltage of a driving node. The pull-up driving drives the pull-up circuit according to an output voltage of the previous shift unit. The pull-down driving circuit outputs a low level voltage to the driving node and the output node according to the first signal and a second signal. The pull-down circuit resets the pull-up driving circuit according to the voltage of the output node and outputs the low level voltage to the output node and the driving node according to a third signal and a fourth signal.

Abstract: An exemplary shift register circuit includes a shift register, a first switching circuit and a second switching circuit. The shift register has a start pulse signal input terminal and a start pulse signal output terminal. The first switching circuit includes a first input switch unit and a second output switch unit respectively electrically coupled to the start pulse signal input terminal and the start pulse signal output terminal. The second switching circuit includes a second input switch unit and a first output switch unit respectively electrically coupled to the start pulse signal input terminal and the start pulse signal output terminal. Moreover, on-off states of the first input and first output switch units are opposite to on-off states of the second input and second output switch units. Moreover, a gate driving circuit using the above-mentioned shift register and switching circuits also is provided.

Abstract: A shift register comprising a plurality of shift register stages {SN}, N=1, 2, . . . , M, M being a nonzero positive integer. Each of the plurality of shift register stages, SN, comprises a first input, a second input, a third input for receiving a first clock signal CK, a fourth input for receiving a second clock signal XCK, an output for providing an output signal OUT(N), therefrom. The plurality of stages {SN} is electrically connected to each other in serial such that the first input of the shift register stage SN is electrically connected to the output of the (N?1)-th shift register stage SN?1 for receiving an output signal OUT(N?1) therefrom, the second input of the shift register stage SN is electrically connected to the output of the (N+1)-th shift register stage SN+1 for receiving an output signal OUT(N+1) therefrom, and the output of the shift register stage SN is electrically connected to the first input of the (N+1)-th shift register stage, SN+1 for providing the output signal OUT(N+1) thereto.

Abstract: An exemplary shift register (20) includes a plurality of shift register units (200) connected one by one. Each of the shift register units includes a clock signal input terminal (TS), a high level signal input terminal (VH), a low level signal input terminal (VL), an output terminal (VOUT), a reverse output terminal (VOUTB), a first input terminal (VIN1), a second input terminal (VIN2), a first common node (P1), a second common node (P2), a first switch circuit (31), a second switch circuit (32), a third switch circuit (33), a fourth switch circuit (34), a fifth switch circuit (35), a six switch circuit (36), a first inverter (37) connected between the first common node and the second common node, and a second inverter (39) connected between the output terminal and the reverse output terminal.

Abstract: An exemplary shift register (20) includes a plurality of shift register units (200) connected one by one. Each of the shift register units includes a clock signal input terminal (TS), a high level signal input terminal (VH), a low level signal input terminal (VL), an input terminal (VIN), a first output terminal (VOUT1), a second output terminal (VOUT2), a first common node (P1), a second common node (P2), a first switch circuit (31), a second switch circuit (32), a third switch circuit (33), a fourth switch circuit (34), a fifth switch circuit (35), a six switch circuit (36), a nor gate, an inverter, and an and gate.

Abstract: A shift register which is capable of simultaneously driving gate lines is disclosed. The shift register includes a plurality of stages for simultaneously supplying all-drive signals to gate lines for an all-drive period and sequentially supplying scan pulses to the gate lines for a scan period.

Abstract: A shift register circuit is provided that can suppress a decrease in a drive capability when a frequency of a clock signal increases. A unit shift register includes a first transistor for supplying a clock signal to an output terminal, a pull-up driving circuit for driving the first transistor, a second transistor for discharging the output terminal, and a pull-down driving circuit for driving the second transistor. In the pull-up driving circuit, the gate of a third transistor charging the gate of the first transistor is charged in accordance with activation of an output signal of preceding stage, and the potential at the gate of the third transistor is increased with a capacitive element. As a result, the third transistor operates in the non-saturated region.

Abstract: A shift register comprises a plurality of stages, {Sn}, n=1, 2, . . . , N, N being a positive integer.