KR101407740B1 - Shift Register and Gate Driving Circuit Using the Same - Google Patents

Abstract

The gate drive circuit includes N shift registers sequentially connected to sequentially supply scan signals to the gate lines of the display device and the output signals of neighboring shift registers partially overlap each other. (n is a natural number equal to or greater than 1 and equal to or smaller than N) is a direction input signal having a gate high voltage VGH or a gate low voltage VGL by an output signal of the (n-2) th or (n + An input for outputting to the bootstrap node; A pull-up unit connected to the bootstrap node for activating a first clock signal by a signal of the bootstrap node and outputting the first clock signal as an output signal to the corresponding gate line, a third pull- An output unit configured with a pull-down unit for outputting; Th shift register to the bootstrap node by the fourth clock signal in the case of the forward drive and to the bootstrap node by the fourth clock signal and to the bootstrap node by the (n-1) th shift register by the second clock signal in the case of the reverse drive, And outputting an output signal of the bootstrap node to the bootstrap node.

Description

[0001] The present invention relates to a shift register and a gate driving circuit using the shift register,

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a shift register and a gate driving circuit of a display apparatus using the shift register. More particularly, the present invention relates to a shift register, .

2. Description of the Related Art [0002] In recent years, a display device applied to a portable terminal has been required to display the display screen in a state of being inverted in accordance with a user's intention. In this case, the gate drive circuit of the display device needs to be designed so that the scan direction is changed and output.

The conventional bidirectional shift register includes a plurality of thin film transistors as illustrated in Korean Patent Laid-Open No. 10-2009-0113738.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a conventional gate driving circuit showing a connection relationship between bidirectional shift registers. FIG. 2 is a timing chart for forward driving, and FIG. 3 is a timing chart for reverse driving.

The gate driving circuit shown in FIG. 1 is provided with a first shift register ST 0 to a last shift register ST n + 1 according to six clock signals CLK 1 to CLK 6 during forward driving, as shown in the timing chart of FIG. ). As shown in the timing chart shown in FIG. 3, in a backward driving mode, from the last shift register ST n + 1 to the first shift register ST 0 in accordance with the six clock signals CLK 1 to CLK 6 Directionally driven in a sequential manner.

FIG. 4 is a detailed circuit diagram showing an example of a conventional shift register shown in FIG. 1. Referring to FIG. 4, the conventional shift register includes an output clock signal 4, a coupling is generated in the P-node in synchronism with the clock signal CLK1, and the P-node is provided with a noise canceling section composed of two TFTs TrE1 and TrE2 so that the clock signal is not outputted to the output stage due to the coupling.

That is, the P node is stabilized to the VGL level by the low-voltage output signal at the front stage or the rear stage via TrE1 and TrE2 to prevent abnormal operation due to coupling.

However, when the shift register operates, in the case of forward driving, a reset signal of VGL level input through Tr2 overlaps with the output signal of the rear stage shift register inputted through TrE2, In the case of reverse driving, the reset signal of the VGL level inputted through Tr1 overlaps with the output signal of the previous stage shift register inputted through TrE1 by 1H period, and distortion occurs in the output signal as shown in FIG. 5 (1H is one frame time (1 / frequency) / number of gate lines).

4, since the gate driving circuit using the conventional shift register realizes bidirectional driving, since the output signal of the front stage or the rear stage is used for stabilizing the P node, the reset signal and the rear stage output signal overlap each other and output There is a problem that the waveform is distorted.

In addition, since the conventional shift register shown in FIG. 4 has the noise eliminating part turned on and off only by the clock signal, it is necessary to control the timing by increasing the number of clocks for stable driving even when the switching elements of the noise removing part are turned on. And there is a problem that more signals are required in the case of driving such as four overlaps other than the two overlap driving as shown in Figs.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a shift register which prevents distortion of an output waveform in a bidirectional gate driving circuit in which output signals of neighboring shift registers partially overlap, and a driving circuit using the shift register.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a shift register which prevents an output signal from being connected to a reset signal of another shift register so that distortion does not occur in an output waveform, and a driving circuit using the shift register.

It is still another object of the present invention to provide a bidirectional gate drive circuit for stabilizing a bootstrap node using an output signal of a front stage or a rear stage, wherein only the front stage output signal is used for stabilization during forward driving, And prevents distortion of the output waveform using the shift register, and a driving circuit using the shift register.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a shift register capable of reducing the number of clock signals used by removing only the output signal of the front stage or the rear stage according to forward or backward driving and thereby enabling bidirectional driving, and a gate driving circuit using the shift register .

It is another object of the present invention to provide a shift register capable of reducing power consumption by using as few clock signals as possible and a gate driving circuit using the shift register.

It is still another object of the present invention to provide a shift register and a gate driving circuit using the same that can simplify a circuit structure by using as few clock signals as possible.

The above and other objects of the present invention can be achieved by a shift register according to the present invention and a gate driving circuit using the shift register.

The gate driving circuit according to the present invention includes a plurality of shift registers sequentially connected to gate lines for supplying a scan signal to a plurality of gate lines of a display device and the output signals of neighboring shift shift registers partially overlap each other Gate drive circuit.

The nth shift register among the plurality of shift registers (n is a natural number equal to or greater than 1 and equal to or smaller than N) is controlled by the output signal of the (n-2) th or (n + An input for outputting a direction input signal having a voltage (VGL) to a bootstrap node; A pull-up unit connected to the bootstrap node for activating a first clock signal by a signal of the bootstrap node and outputting the first clock signal as an output signal to the corresponding gate line, a third pull- An output unit configured with a pull-down unit for outputting; Th shift register to the bootstrap node by the fourth clock signal in the case of the forward drive and to the bootstrap node by the fourth clock signal and to the bootstrap node by the (n-1) th shift register by the second clock signal in the case of the reverse drive, The output signals of the output signals of -1, -2, (N + 1), and (N + 2) th shift registers are input to the bootstrap node as gate start pulses or And an output signal of the dummy shift register.

The input unit has a gate receiving the output signal of the (n-2) th shift register and a drain having a gate high voltage VGH in forward driving and a forward input signal FW A source connected to the bootstrap node; And the gate receives the output signal of the (n + 2) -th shift register, and the drain receives the reverse input signal BW having the gate low voltage VGL in the forward drive and the gate high voltage VGH in the reverse drive And the source includes a second switching element connected to the bootstrap node.

A third switching element having a gate receiving the fourth clock signal and a drain connected to the bootstrap node; A gate receives a forward input signal FW having a gate high voltage VGH in forward driving and a gate low voltage VGL in reverse driving and the source receives an output signal of the (n-1) th shift register A drain connected to the source of the third switching device, A fifth switching device having a gate receiving the second clock signal and a drain connected to the bootstrap node; And a gate receives a reverse input signal BW having a gate low voltage VGL in forward driving and a gate high voltage VGH in reverse driving and the source inputs an output signal of the (n + 1) And the drain includes a sixth switching element connected to the source of the fifth switching element.

A seventh switching device having a gate connected to the bootstrap node, a drain receiving the first clock signal, and a source connected to the output terminal; And an eighth switching element having a gate connected to the third clock signal, a drain connected to the base low-voltage terminal, and a source connected to the output terminal.

The nth shift register may further include a stabilization unit for lowering the voltage of the bootstrap node by a gate start pulse. The stabilization unit may include a stabilization unit having a gate receiving a gate start pulse, a drain connected to the base low- And a ninth switching element connected to the bootstrap node.

The first to fourth clock signals used in the present invention are one of the clock signals CLK1 to CLK4 which are sequentially and repeatedly generated so as to overlap with each other by at least 1H intervals and have n = 4k + 1 (k = 0 The first to fourth clock signals are respectively the clock signals CLK1, CLK2, CLK3, and CLK4, and n = 4k + 2 (k is an integer equal to or greater than 0 and equal to or smaller than n / 4) The first to fourth clock signals CLK2, CLK3, CLK4 and CLK1 are respectively the first to fourth clock signals, and when n = 4k + 3 (k is an integer of 0 to n / 4) CLK1, CLK2, and n = 4k + 4 (where k is an integer equal to or greater than 0 and equal to or smaller than n / 4), the first to fourth clock signals CLK4, CLK1, and CLK2 , CLK3.

In the bidirectional gate driving circuit in which the output signals of the neighboring shift registers partially overlap, even if the output signals of the front stage or the rear stage are used for stabilization of the bootstrap node, no distortion occurs in the output waveform, Bidirectional driving can be implemented by the signal, so that the power consumption can be reduced and the circuit structure can be simplified.

1 is a block diagram of a conventional bidirectional gate drive circuit.
2 is a forward timing diagram of a conventional bidirectional gate drive circuit.
3 is a reverse timing diagram of a conventional bidirectional gate driving circuit.
4 is a detailed circuit diagram showing an example of a conventional shift register.
5 is a diagram showing an output waveform of a conventional shift register.
6 is a block diagram of a gate drive circuit according to the present invention.
7 is a timing diagram illustrating an exemplary clock signal that may be used in a gate driver circuit in accordance with the present invention.
8 is a timing diagram illustrating another exemplary clock signal that may be used in a gate driver circuit in accordance with the present invention.
9 is a detailed circuit diagram showing an embodiment of a shift register according to the present invention.
10 is a partial timing diagram for forward driving the gate driving circuit according to the embodiment of the present invention.
11 is a partial timing diagram when the gate drive circuit is driven in the reverse direction according to the embodiment of the present invention.
12 is a forward timing diagram of a gate drive circuit according to an embodiment of the present invention.
13 is a reverse timing diagram of a gate drive circuit according to an embodiment of the present invention.
14 is a diagram showing an output waveform of a shift register according to the present invention.

The shift register according to the present invention is sequentially connected to each gate line in order to supply a scan signal to a plurality of gate lines of the display device, as shown in FIG.

Dummy shift registers are located before and after the sequentially connected shift registers, and the dummy shift registers have the same or similar structure as the shift registers.

The output of the dummy shift register does not affect the display area. In FIG. 6 showing the gate driver circuit according to an embodiment of the present invention, two dummy shift registers are positioned before and after the sequentially connected shift registers, One or more dummy shift registers can be appropriately selected and used according to the drive type (single, dual, 2H drive, 4H drive, etc.)

As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the output signal of the shift register used in the gate driving circuit according to the present invention is a signal which overlaps with neighboring shift registers. In the operation period of the shift register, the (n-2) The output signals of the shift register (or the first shear shift register) and the (n + 2) th shift register (or the first rear stage shift register) are used as a signal to set or reset the nth shift register, The output signal of the (n-1) th shift register (or the second or third shift register) or the (n + 1) th shift register (or the second rear stage shift register) The noise canceling signal is used as a noise canceling signal.

In the case of a single type in which the gate drive circuit is disposed in the non-display region on one side of the display panel and each gate line is driven, if n = 9, the (n-2) Th shift register, the (n + 1) th shift register is the eighth shift register, the (n + 1) th shift register is the tenth shift register, and the (n + 2) th shift register is the eleventh shift register.

Further, a gate driving circuit employing a shift register according to the present invention is disposed in both non-display areas of the display panel, and each gate line is divided into odd numbers (1, 3, 5 ...) and even numbers (N-2) th shift register is the fifth shift register, the (n-1) th shift register is the seventh shift register, and the (n + The register is the eleventh shift register, and the (n + 2) th shift register is the thirteenth shift register.

(N-2), (n-1), (n + 1), and (n + 2) th shift registers may be different depending on whether the gate driving circuit employing the shift register according to the present invention is 2H or 4H driving In any case, (n-2), (n-1), n, (n + 1) and (n + 2) th shift registers are sequentially connected shift registers as shown in FIG.

Also, as shown in FIG. 6, the shift register according to the present invention uses four clock signals (CLK1 to CLK4) less than the conventional shift register. CLK1 to CLK4 are clock signals that are sequentially repeated with a phase difference to overlap with the front and rear clock signals by 1/4 period and are repeatedly generated so as to overlap with the front and rear clock signals by at least 1H intervals as shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 8, the length of the overlapping period such as a clock signal which is repeatedly generated so as to overlap each other by 2H is different depending on the driving method (2H, 4H, 2overlap, 4overlap, etc.) of the gate driving circuit (CLK4 to CLK1 The clock signal generation order is reversed).

However, the clock signals CLK1 (2) and CLK3 (4) that are not continuous with each other do not overlap the sections having high voltages, and the clock signals that are continuous to each other are overlapped with each other in the same section.

CLK2 is used as an output clock signal in the (n-1) -th shift register when CLK1 is used as an output clock signal, and n (n-1) (N + 1) th shift register is used as the output clock signal and CLK1 is used as the output clock signal in the (n + 2) th shift register. And these matters can be easily understood by those skilled in the art.

An embodiment of the shift racer according to the present invention is shown in Fig.

9, the shift register according to the present invention includes an input unit 10, an output unit 20, a noise removing unit 30, and a stabilization unit 40, As follows.

1. Input unit

The input unit 10 of the present invention receives the FW input signal by the output signal of the (n-2) th shift register and receives the FW input signal by the output signal of the (n + 2) .

The forward input signal FW is the gate high voltage VGH when the forward driving is performed and the gate low voltage VGL is the backward driving while the reverse input signal BW is the gate low voltage VGL when the forward driving is the forward driving, And the gate high voltage (VGH) at the time of driving.

The input unit 10 transfers the input signal to the bootstrap node (or P node) connected to the output terminal Gout (N).

The input unit 10 may include two switching elements T1 and T2, as shown in FIG. (N + 2) < th > shift register, the gate of which receives the output signal of the (n-2) -th shift register, the drain of which receives the forward input signal, The drain receives the reverse input signal, and the source is connected to the P node.

When the gate high voltage is input to the P node and the voltage of the P node rises, the shift register is set for operation. When the gate low voltage is input to the P node and the voltage of the P node falls, the shift register is reset )do.

Since there is no output signal of the (n-2) -th shift register or the (n + 2) -th shift register in the first and second shift registers and the first and second shift registers in the former case, the output of the gate start pulse STP or dummy shift register Signal is used as the output signal of the (n-2) th or (n + 2) th shift register.

6, which shows a gate driving circuit according to an embodiment of the present invention, the dummy shift register 1, which is the first shift register, and the dummy shift register 4, which is the first shift register after the shift register, 2) th shift register, and the dummy shift register 2, which is the second shift register in the previous shift register 2 and the dummy shift register 3, which is the shift register in the second shift register 2 in the back, uses STP2 as the output signal of the (n-2) .

2. Output

The output unit 20 according to the present invention is connected to the P node and activates the output clock signal by the signal of the P node to output to the output terminal, which is supplied to the connected gate line.

The output unit must activate the output clock signal CLK1, which is input when the shift register is set and in the operation period, to output the pull-up output signal, and then output the pull-down output signal. The output clock signal is input to the gate of T1 and T2 The input signal having the high voltage is not overlapped with the input signal.

The output unit 20 may include two switching elements T7 and T8 as shown in FIG.

Specifically, T7 is connected to the P-node, the drain is connected to the output clock signal (or the first clock signal) CLK1, and the source is connected to the output terminal Gout (N), and T8 is connected to the third clock signal (CLK3), the drain is connected to the ground voltage terminal, and the source is connected to the output terminal.

When the first clock signal having a high voltage to the drain of T7 is input in the set state where the P node is precharged to the gate high voltage VGH, the P node is bootstrapped, and the first clock signal The pull-down signal of the VGL level is output to the output terminal by the third clock signal CLK3 having the high voltage following the first clock signal, and the voltage state of the output terminal N Gout (VGL) state continuously.

3. Noise elimination

The period during which the input signal is input through the input unit and the shift register is set, the output signal is output through the output unit, the reset signal is input through the input unit, and the shift register is reset is referred to as an operation period of the shift register. However, the first clock signal having a high voltage is input to the output section even when the shift register is not operated. When the first node of the P node is kept floating at the input timing of the first clock signal having the high voltage, An undesired signal can be output as noise.

The configuration for removing such noise is the noise removing unit 30 of Fig.

The noise remover 30 according to the present invention prevents the P node from floating in the timing at which the first clock signal, which is the output clock signal, is input.

That is, in the case of the forward drive, only the output signal of the (n-1) th shift register is inputted to the P node at the timing of inputting the first clock signal, and when the first clock signal is input, +1) th shift register to the P node.

Since the output signals of the (n-1) -th shift register and the (n + 1) -th shift register are maintained at the VGL level in the section in which the shift register is not operated, the output signals of the front and rear stage shift registers stabilize the P- It is possible to prevent the clock signal from being coupled to the P node to output noise.

In the case of the conventional shift register, the outputs of the front and rear stage shift registers are input to the P node before the output clock signal is input to eliminate noise.

However, in the case where the noise eliminator 30 of the present invention uses only the output signal of the shear shift register in the case of the forward driving and the output signal of the rear stage shift register in the case of the reverse driving, the conventional noise removing unit 30, Or all the output signals of the front and rear stage shift registers are input to the P node irrespective of whether or not it is driven in the reverse direction, thereby causing distortion in the output waveform in the operating period.

4, the drain signal Vout (k + 1) of the TrE2 and the reset signal Vout (k + 2) overlap in the 1H period by the 1H cycle in the case of the forward drive, Tr2 are simultaneously turned on and distortion occurs in a section where the Vout (k + 1) signal overlaps with Vout (k + 2) due to the V_R (VGL level) signal In the case of driving, distortion occurs in a section where Vout (k-1) overlaps with Vout (k-2)).

This means that the distortion as shown in FIG. 5 occurs in the output waveform of all the connected shift registers.

On the other hand, the noise eliminator according to the present invention prevents the output signal of the rear stage shift register from being input to the P node in the case of forward driving and prevents the output signal of the forward shift register from being input to the P node in the case of reverse driving, It is possible to prevent the signal distortion caused by the input of the output signal of the previous stage or the latter stage shift register in the reset timing in the operation period of the reset period.

The noise eliminator 30 of the present invention may be composed of four switching elements T3, T4, T5 and T6 as shown in FIG.

Specifically, T3 is a switching element whose gate receives the fourth clock signal (CLK4), its drain is connected to the P node, its source is connected to the drain of T4, T4 is the gate receives the forward input signal (FW) The source receives the output signal of the (n-1) th shift register, and the drain is a switching element connected to the source of T3.

T4 is turned on only in the case of forward driving by the forward input signal FW so that the output signal of the front stage shift register n-1 is inputted to the node P, and T3 is a signal which is high before the first clock signal CLK1 Since the fourth clock signal CLK4 having the voltage is turned on, the noise is not outputted to the output terminal in the section in which the shift register does not operate.

T5 is a switching element having a gate receiving the second clock signal CLK2, a drain connected to the P node, and a source connected to the drain of T6, T6 receiving the reverse input signal BW, (n + 1) th shift register, and the drain thereof is a switching element connected to the source of T5.

T5 is turned on only in the case of reverse driving by the reverse input signal BW so that the output signal of the rear stage shift register n + 1 is inputted to the node P, and T6 is set to the high level before the first clock signal CLK1 in the reverse driving. Since the second clock signal CLK2 having a voltage is turned on, the noise is not outputted to the output terminal in the section where the shift register does not operate.

(n-1) th shift register or the gate shift start signal STP in the case of the first shift register before the output signal of the (n + 1) th shift register or the output signal of the (n + (n + 1) < th > shift register.

6 showing a gate driving circuit according to an embodiment of the present invention, the (n-1) th or (n + 1) th shift registers input to the first and fourth dummy shift registers 1 and 4, And an STP2 signal having a high voltage before the output clock signal is used as the output signal.

4. Stabilization unit

The shift register according to the present invention may include the input unit 10, the output unit 20, and the noise removing unit 30 described above.

However, since the shift register constructed as described above is likely to be abnormally driven in the first frame at the beginning of driving, if the stabilization unit 50 that stabilizes the P node to the ground voltage at the initial stage of driving is used, such abnormal driving can be prevented.

This stabilizing part may be constituted by a switching element whose gate receives the gate start pulse STP1, the drain thereof is connected to the ground voltage terminal VGL, and the source thereof is connected to the P node as shown in Fig.

However, when such a stabilization unit is configured in a dummy shift register driven by receiving an STP signal, the input and reset timings overlap with each other and normal driving can not be performed. Therefore, the stabilization unit should not be provided in the dummy shift register using the STP signal.

The operation of the shift register according to the present invention will now be described in more detail by dividing it into forward driving and reverse driving.

1. Forward driving (see Figs. 9 and 10)

When the output signal of the (n-2) th shift register is applied to the T1 gate of the nth shift register at the timing when the output clock signal CLK3 of the (n-2) th shift register has a high voltage, T1 is turned on, The input signal FW is input to the P node and the P node is precharged (t1 section in FIG. 10).

T3 is turned on by CLK4 having a high voltage after the 1/4 cycle and is turned on by a forward input signal having a gate high voltage (VGH) at all times during forward driving. The output signal of the (n-1) Is input to the P node. Since the output clock signal of the (n-1) th shift register is also CLK4, the output signal of the (n-1) th shift register input at this time has a high voltage, which also precharges the node P2 (t2 section).

CLK1 having a high voltage again after the 1/4 period is input to the drain of T7, the pre-tapped P node is bootstrapped, and CLK1 is outputted as an output signal waveform having a high voltage through the turned-on T7 ).

CLK1 is turned on by CLK3 having a high voltage after 1/2 cycle with CLK1 having a high voltage, and a ground voltage is output through T8 to the output terminal. T2 is turned on by the output signal of the (n + 2) -th shift register using CLK3 as the output clock signal, and the reverse input signal BW having the gate low voltage VGL is input to the P node, And T7 is turned off so that an output signal having a high voltage is not outputted even when CLK1 goes high.

However, T3 and FW signals, which are turned on by CLK4 by a high voltage half a period earlier than CLK1, are always turned on during forward driving so that noise is not output to the output terminal due to CLK1 input to T7 in the period in which the nth shift register does not operate The output signal of the (n-1) th shift register having the VGL level signal is always inputted in the section where the shift register does not operate through T4 so that the P node is not in the floating state.

2. Reverse driving (see Figs. 9 and 11)

When the output signal of the (n + 2) th shift register is applied to the T2 gate of the nth shift register at the timing when the output clock signal CLK3 of the (n + 2) th shift register has a high voltage, T2 is turned on, The input signal BW is input to the P node and the P node is precharged (t1 section in FIG. 11).

T5 is turned on by CLK2 having a high voltage after the 1/4 cycle and the output signal of the (n + 1) th shift register is turned on through T6 which is turned on by a reverse input signal having a gate high voltage (VGH) Is input to the P node. Since the output clock signal of the (n + 1) th shift register is also CLK2, the output signal of the (n + 1) th shift register input at this time has a high voltage, which also precharges the P node (t2 section).

CLK1 having a high voltage again after the 1/4 period is input to the drain of T7, the pre-tapped P node is bootstrapped, and CLK1 is outputted as an output signal waveform having a high voltage through the turned-on T7 ).

CLK1 is turned on by CLK3 having a high voltage after 1/2 cycle with CLK1 having a high voltage, and a ground voltage is output through T8 to the output terminal. Further, T1 is turned on by the output signal of the (n-2) -th shift register using CLK3 as the output clock signal, and the forward input signal FW having the gate low voltage VGL is input to the P node, And T7 is turned off so that an output signal having a high voltage is not outputted even when CLK1 goes high.

However, when the nth shift register is not operating, the high voltage is turned on by CLK2 by 1/4 cycle before CLK1 so that noise is not output to the output terminal due to CLK1 input to T7. The output signal of the (n + 1) th shift register having the VGL level signal is always inputted through the T6 which is always turned on so that the P node is not in the floating state during the period in which the shift register does not operate.

According to the operation of the shift register according to the present invention described above, the output waveform superimposed by at least 1H from the first shift register to the last shift register in forward driving is sequentially output without distortion as shown in FIG. 9, Output waveforms that are overlapped by at least 1H from the last shift register to the first shift register are output sequentially without distortion.

Although the shift register according to the present invention has been described as a specific embodiment, it should be understood that various changes and modifications may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed in the appended claims.

10: Input unit 20: Output unit
30: noise removing unit 40: stabilizing unit

Claims (10)

The gate driving circuit includes N shift registers sequentially connected to sequentially supply scan signals to the gate lines of the display device and the output signals of neighboring shift registers partially overlap each other,
The nth shift register (n is a natural number equal to or larger than 1 and equal to or smaller than N)
an input section for outputting a direction input signal having a gate high voltage (VGH) or a gate low voltage (VGL) to the bootstrap node by the output signal of the (n-2) th or (n + 2) th shift register;
A pull-up unit connected to the bootstrap node for activating a first clock signal by a signal of the bootstrap node and outputting the first clock signal as an output signal to the corresponding gate line, a third pull- An output unit configured with a pull-down unit for outputting; And
In the case of forward driving, the output signal of the (n-1) th shift register is output to the bootstrap node by the fourth clock signal, and the output signal of the (n + 1) A noise rejection unit for outputting an output signal to the bootstrap node;
And the output signal of the output signals of -1, -2, (N + 1), and (N + 2) th shift registers is an output signal of a gate start pulse or a dummy shift register. in.
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the input unit comprises:
The gate receives the output signal of the (n-2) th shift register and the drain receives the forward input signal FW having the gate high voltage VGH in the forward driving and the gate low voltage VGL in the reverse driving A source connected to said bootstrap node; And
The gate receives the output signal of the (n + 2) -th shift register and the drain receives the reverse input signal BW having the gate low voltage VGL in the forward drive and the gate high voltage VGH in the reverse drive A source connected to said bootstrap node;
And a gate driving circuit for driving the gate driving circuit.
The method according to claim 1,
The noise removing unit
A third switching device having a gate receiving the fourth clock signal and a drain connected to the bootstrap node;
A gate receives a forward input signal FW having a gate high voltage VGH in forward driving and a gate low voltage VGL in reverse driving and the source receives an output signal of the (n-1) th shift register A drain connected to the source of the third switching device,
A fifth switching device having a gate receiving the second clock signal and a drain connected to the bootstrap node; And
The gate receives the reverse input signal BW having the gate low voltage VGL in the forward driving and the gate high voltage VGH in the reverse driving and the source receives the output signal of the (n + 1) A drain connected to a source of the fifth switching device,
And a gate driving circuit for driving the gate driving circuit.
The method according to claim 1,
The output
A seventh switching device having a gate connected to the bootstrap node, a drain receiving the first clock signal, and a source connected to the output terminal; And
An eighth switching element having a gate connected to the third clock signal, a drain connected to the base low-voltage terminal, and a source connected to the output terminal;
And a gate driving circuit for driving the gate driving circuit.
The method according to claim 1,
and the nth shift register further comprises a stabilization portion for lowering the voltage of the bootstrap node by a gate start pulse.
6. The method of claim 5,
The stabilizing unit
And a ninth switching element having a gate receiving a gate start pulse, a drain connected to the ground voltage terminal, and a source connected to the bootstrap node.
7. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 6,
The first to fourth clock signals are sequentially repeated with a phase difference of 1/4 period overlapping with the front and rear clock signals in the order of the first clock signal to the fourth clock signal in the case of forward driving, and in the case of reverse driving, One of the clock signals CLK1 to CLK4 is used which repeats successively with a phase difference so as to overlap with the front and rear clock signals in the order of the first to fourth clock signals,
The first to fourth clock signals are respectively the clock signals CLK1, CLK2, CLK3, and CLK4 when n = 4k + 1 (k is an integer of 0 or more and less than n / 4)
The first to fourth clock signals are respectively the clock signals CLK2, CLK3, CLK4 and CLK1 when n = 4k + 2 (k is an integer equal to or greater than 0 and equal to or smaller than n / 4)
The first to fourth clock signals are respectively the clock signals CLK3, CLK4, CLK1 and CLK2 when n = 4k + 3 (k is an integer equal to or greater than 0 and equal to or smaller than n / 4)
Wherein the first to fourth clock signals are clock signals CLK 4, CLK 1, CLK 2, and CLK 3 when n = 4k + 4 (k is an integer of 0 or more and n / 4 or less).
The gate receives the first input signal, the drain receives the forward input signal FW having the gate high voltage VGH in forward driving and the gate low voltage VGL in the reverse driving, and the source is connected to the bootstrap node A first switching element connected to the first switching element;
A gate receives a fourth input signal, a drain receives a reverse input signal BW having a gate low voltage VGL in forward driving and a gate high voltage VGH in reverse driving, A second switching device connected to the second switching device;
A third switching element whose gate receives a fourth clock signal and whose drain is connected to the bootstrap node;
A fourth switching device having a gate receiving the forward input signal (FW), a source receiving a second input signal, and a drain connected to a source of the third switching device;
A fifth switching device having a gate receiving a second clock signal and a drain connected to the bootstrap node;
A sixth switching device having a gate receiving the reverse input signal (BW), a source receiving a third input signal, and a drain connected to a source of the fifth switching device;
A seventh switching device having a gate connected to the bootstrap node, a drain receiving the first clock signal, and a source connected to the output terminal; And
An eighth switching device having a gate connected to the third clock signal, a drain connected to the ground voltage terminal, and a source connected to the output terminal;
And a shift register.
9. The method of claim 8,
And a ninth switching element having a gate receiving a gate start pulse, a drain connected to the base low voltage terminal, and a source connected to the boot strap node.
10. The method according to claim 8 or 9,
The first to fourth clock signals are sequentially repeated with a phase difference of 1/4 period overlapping with the front and rear clock signals in the order of the first clock signal to the fourth clock signal in the case of forward driving, and in the case of reverse driving, Wherein the clock signal is a clock signal which repeats a sequence of phases from the fourth clock signal to the first clock signal in order of overlapping with the front and rear clock signals by at least 1/4 period.

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