Patent ID: 8217885
Filing Date: 2012-07-10
Classification: G09G,G11C

Abstract:
1. A display device comprising: a display panel having a plurality of pixels; and a driver circuit which drives the respective pixels, the driver circuit having a shift register circuit, and wherein the shift register circuit is constituted of basic circuits in plural stages, each basic circuit is constituted of a circuit A, a circuit B and a circuit C, in the odd-numbered basic circuit, the circuit A fetches a first drive clock inputted from the outside at the time of inputting of transfer data from the basic circuit of preceding stage, outputs the first drive clock as a shift output of the basic circuit of own stage, and transfers transfer data to the circuit B, the circuit B transfers the transfer data to the circuit A of the basic circuit of succeeding stage and resets the circuit C, the circuit C resets the circuit A and the circuit B in synchronism with a first drive clock generated at next timing or timing which comes after the next timing of the first drive clock, and in the even-numbered basic circuit, the circuit A fetches a second drive clock which is inputted from the outside and has a phase different from a phase of the first drive clock at the time of inputting of transfer data from the basic circuit of preceding stage, outputs the second drive clock as a shift output of the basic circuit of own stage, and transfers transfer data to the circuit B, the circuit B transfers the transfer data to the circuit A of the basic circuit of succeeding stage and resets the circuit C, and the circuit C resets the circuit A and the circuit B in synchronism with a second drive clock generated at next timing or timing which comes after the next timing of the second drive clock, and wherein the circuit A of each basic circuit includes: a first transistor which outputs the shift output from a second electrode; a first capacitive element which is connected between a control electrode of the first transistor and the second electrode of the first transistor; and a first reset transistor which is connected between the second electrode of the first transistor and a reference voltage and has an ON/OFF operation thereof controlled by the circuit C of the basic circuit of own stage, a first drive clock is inputted to a first electrode of the first transistor of the circuit A of each odd-numbered basic circuit, a second drive clock is inputted to the first electrode of the first transistor of the circuit A of each even-numbered basic circuit, and the circuit B of each basic circuit includes a second transistor in diode connection which is connected between the second electrode of the first transistor of the circuit A and the control electrode of the first transistor of the circuit A of the basic circuit of succeeding stage, and a second reset transistor which is connected between a first electrode of the second transistor and the reference voltage and has an ON/OFF operation thereof controlled by the circuit C of own stage, and wherein the circuit C of each basic circuit includes: a third transistor in diode connection; a fourth transistor which has a second electrode thereof connected to a first electrode of the third transistor; a second capacitive element which is connected between the second electrode of the fourth transistor and a control electrode of the fourth transistor; and a third reset transistor which is connected between a first electrode of the fourth transistor and the reference voltage, in each odd-numbered basic circuit, the second drive clock is inputted to a second electrode and a control electrode of the third transistor of the circuit C, and the first drive clock is inputted to the control electrode of the fourth transistor of the circuit C, in each even-numbered basic circuit, the first drive clock is inputted to the second electrode and the control electrode of the third transistor of the circuit C, and the second drive clock is inputted to the control electrode of the fourth transistor of the circuit C, a second electrode of the third reset transistor of the circuit C of each basic circuit is connected to a control electrode of the first reset transistor of the circuit A of the basic circuit of own stage and a control electrode of the second reset transistor of the circuit B, and a control electrode of the third reset transistor of the circuit C of each basic circuit having a preceding stage that is connected to the first electrode of the second transistor of the circuit B of the basic circuit of the preceding stage.