Patent ID: 8259055
Filing Date: 2012-09-04
Classification: G09G

Abstract:
1. A display device comprises: a plurality of pixels formed on a substrate; and a driver circuit that drives the plurality of pixels, wherein the driver circuit includes a shift register circuit, the shift register circuit includes a first basic circuit, a second basic circuit, and a third basic circuit that are connected in tandem at multistages, and each of the first, second, and third basic circuits includes: a first transistor of a second conductivity type having a first electrode to which a second supply voltage is applied; a second transistor of the second conductivity type having a first electrode connected to a second electrode of the first transistor and a second electrode connected to an output node; a third transistor of a first conductivity type having a first electrode to which a first supply voltage is applied and a second electrode connected to the output node directly or through another transistor, the first conductivity type being different from the second conductivity type; and a fourth transistor of the first conductivity type having a first electrode to which the first supply voltage is applied and a second electrode connected to the second electrode of the third transistor, a clock signal is supplied to a control electrode of the first transistor, a set signal is supplied to a control electrode of the second transistor, a reset signal is supplied to a control electrode of the fourth transistor, and a voltage of the output node is an output of a scanning circuit, and wherein a common clear signal is supplied to a respective control electrode of the third transistor of each of the first, second, and third basic circuits, a first clock is supplied to a respective control electrode of the first transistor of each of the first and third basic circuits, a second clock that is different in phase from the first clock is supplied to a control electrode of the first transistor of the second basic circuit, an output of the first basic circuit is supplied as the set signal to a control electrode of the second transistor of the second basic circuit, an output of the second basic circuit is supplied as the set signal to a control electrode of the second transistor of the third basic circuit, and an inversion output of the third basic circuit is supplied to a control electrode of the fourth transistor of the first basic circuit, and wherein each of the first, second, third, and fourth transistors of each of the first, second, and third basic circuits comprises having a semiconductor layer made of polysilicon formed on the substrate.