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GOA circuit and OLED display device

  • US 10,714,016 B2
  • Filed: 02/26/2018
  • Issued: 07/14/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/01/2018
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A gate driver on array (GOA) circuit, which comprises:

  • a plurality of cascaded GOA devices, with each GOA device comprising;

    a scan signal output device and an emitting signal output device electrically connected to the scan signal output device;

    for a positive integer n, except the first GOA device, in the n-th GOA device;

    the scan signal output device, receiving an m-th clock signal, an (m+1)-th clock signal, and a scan signal of the (n−

    1)-th GOA device, for outputting a scan signal of n-th GOA device to sub-pixels of n-th row and the emitting signal output device of the n-th GOA device according to the m-th clock signal under the control of the scan signal of the (n−

    1)-th GOA device;

    the emitting signal output device, receiving the scan signal outputted by the scan signal output device of the n-th GOA device, for outputting an emitting signal of the n-th GOA device to the sub-pixels of n-th row;

    during a frame period, the scan signal of each GOA device comprising at least two low voltage pulses, the emitting signal of each GOA device having a duration of outputting high voltage longer than twice the pulse cycle of the m-th clock signal, and the m-th clock signal and the (m+1)-th clock signal having opposite phases;

    wherein the scan signal output device comprises;

    a first thin film transistor (TFT), a second TFT, a third TFT, a fourth TFT, a fifth TFT, a sixth TFT, a seventh TFT, an eighth TFT, a ninth TFT, a tenth TFT, an eleventh TFT, a twelfth TFT, a first capacitor, a second capacitor, a third capacitor, and a fourth capacitor;

    the first TFT having a gate receiving a constant low voltage, a source electrically connected to a drain of the second TFT, and a drain electrically connected to a first node of the n-th GOA device;

    the second TFT having a gate and a source, both receiving the scan signal of the (n−

    1)-th GOA device;

    the third TFT having a gate receiving the constant low voltage, a source electrically connected to the source of the second TFT, and a drain electrically connected to a gate of the fifth TFT;

    the fourth TFT having a gate receiving the constant low voltage, a source electrically connected to the first node of the n-th GOA device, and a drain electrically connected to a source of the sixth TFT;

    the fifth TFT having a source electrically connected to a second node of the n-th GOA device, and a drain receiving a constant high voltage;

    the sixth TFT having a gate electrically connected to the second node of the n-th GOA device, and a drain receiving a constant high voltage;

    the seventh TFT having a gate electrically connected to the drain of the third TFT, a source electrically connected to a drain of the eighth TFT, and a drain receiving the constant high voltage;

    the eighth TFT having a gate and a source, both receiving the m-th clock signal;

    the ninth TFT having a gate receiving the (m+1)-th clock signal, a source electrically connected to a drain of the tenth TFT, and a drain electrically connected to the second node of the n-th GOA device;

    the tenth TFT having a gate electrically connected to the drain of the eighth TFT, and a source receiving the (m+1)-th clock signal;

    the eleventh TFT having a gate electrically connected to the second node of the GOA device, a source electrically connected to a drain of the twelfth TFT, and a drain receiving the constant high voltage;

    the twelfth TFT having a gate electrically connected to the first node of the GOA device, a source receiving the m-th clock signal, and a drain outputting the scan signal of the n-th GOA device;

    the first capacitor having a first end electrically connected to the source of the sixth TFT, and a second end receiving the constant high voltage;

    the second capacitor having a first end electrically connected to the first node of the GOA device, and a second end electrically connected to the drain of the twelfth TFT;

    the third capacitor having a first end electrically connected to the second node of the GOA device, and a second end receiving the constant high voltage;

    the fourth capacitor having a first end electrically connected to the drain of the eighth TFT, and a second end receiving the constant high voltage.

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