Patent Publication Number: US-9898987-B2

Title: Gate driving circuit

Description:
BACKGROUND 
     Technical Field 
     The disclosure is related to liquid crystal technology field, and more particular to a gate driving circuit. 
     Related Art 
     The gate driver on array (GOA) manufactures the gate raw scan driving signal circuit on the array substrate by using existing thin film transistor liquid crystal display array substrate process, so as to realize the driving manner for scanning the gate progressively. It has the advantage of reducing the production cost and narrow frame design for a variety of displays. 
     The GOA circuit includes a pull up portion, a pull up controlling circuit, a down transmitting portion, a bootstrap capacitor and a pull down holding module. Particularly, the pull portion mainly outputs the inputted clock signal to the gate of the thin film transistor, which is served as the driving signal of the liquid crystal display. The pull up controlling circuit controls the activation of the GOA, which is the operation of the signal transmitted by the former stage GOA circuit. The down transmitting portion outputs the cascading signal when the scan signal is outputted; the pull down circuit portion holds the scan signal and the signal of the pull up circuit (usually refers to Q point) at the off state (i.e. the set negative level). The pull down holding module Q pulls up the potential of Q point twice, so as to make ensure the normal output of G(N) of the pull up circuit. 
     In the GOA circuit of the existing technique, each stage GOA circuit includes the same module, such that each stage GOA circuit includes a larger number of thin film transistor (TFT) elements, which may increase the layout space of the GOA circuit,\. In particular the low temperature poly silicon (LTPS) process has the advantages of the high electron mobility and the mature technology, it is widely used in the small and medium displays. The frame of the display is designed to be as narrow as possible, and ultra-narrow frame design can effectively increase the screen-to-body ratio of the mobile phone. 
     SUMMARY 
     An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a gate driving circuit, thereby being capable of decreasing the amount of the components of GOA circuit, thus achieving the ultra-narrow frame design. 
     The present disclosure provides a gate driving circuit, which includes a plurality of gate driving units connected in cascade, each of the gate driving units is used to drive two scan lines arranged continuously, and the gate driving circuit includes: a pull up controlling module for generating a scan level signal according to a former stage cascading signal; a first pull up module for pulling up a gate driving signal of a first scan line in the two scan lines according to the scan level signal and a first clock signal; a second pull up module for pulling a gate driving signal of a second scan line in the two scan lines according to the scan level signal and a second clock signal; a first down transmitting module for generating a first cascading signal according to the scan level signal; a second down transmitting module for generating a second cascading signal according to the scan level signal; a pull down module for pulling down gate driving signals of the first scan line and the second scan line; a first bootstrap capacitor for generating a low level of the gate driving signal of the first scan line; a second bootstrap capacitor for generating a low level of the gate driving signal of the second scan line; and a pull down holding module for holding the low level of the gate driving signals of the first scan line and the second scan line. 
     In one embodiment, the pull up controlling module comprises a first switch transistor having a gate for inputting the former stage cascading signal, a source for connecting to a first reference level, and a drain for connecting to the first pull up module, the second pull up module, the first down transmitting module, the second down transmitting module, the first bootstrap capacitor, the second bootstrap capacitor and the pull down holding module. 
     In one embodiment, the first pull up module comprises a second switch transistor having a gate for connecting to the drain of the first switch transistor, a drain for inputting the first clock signal, and a source for outputting the gate driving signal of the first scan line; and the first down transmitting module comprises a third switch transistor having a gate for connecting to the drain of the first switch transistor, a drain for inputting the first clock signal, and a source for outputting a first cascading signal. 
     In one embodiment, the second pull up module comprises a fourth switch transistor having a gate for connecting to the drain of the first switch transistor, a drain for inputting the second clock signal, a source for outputting the gate driving signal of the second scan line. 
     In one embodiment, the second down transmitting module comprises a fifth switch transistor having a gate for connecting to the drain of the first switch transistor, a drain for inputting the second clock signal, and a source for outputting a second cascading signal. 
     In one embodiment, the pull down module comprises a sixth switch transistor and a seventh switch transistor, wherein a gate of the sixth switch transistor inputs a next stage cascading signal or a next stage gate driving signal, a drain of the sixth switch transistor is connected to the first switch transistor, a source of the sixth switch transistor is connected to a drain of the seventh switch transistor; a gate of the seventh switch transistor inputs a third clock signal, and a source of the seventh switch transistor is connected to the gate driving signal of the first scan line. 
     In one embodiment, the pull down holding module comprises an inverter, an eighth switch transistor, a ninth switch transistor, a tenth switch transistor, a eleventh switch transistor and a twelfth switch transistor: an input terminal of the inverter is connected to the drain of the first switch transistor, an output terminal of the inverter is connected to a gate of the eighth switch transistor, a gate of the ninth switch transistor, a gate of the tenth switch transistor and a gate of the eleventh switch transistor, a drain of the eighth switch transistor is connected to the drain of the first switch transistor, a source of the eighth switch transistor is connected to a source of the eleventh switch transistor, a drain of the ninth switch transistor inputs a second reference level, a source of the ninth switch transistor is connected to the gate driving signal of the first scan line, a drain of the tenth switch transistor inputs the second reference level, a source of the tenth switch transistor is connected to the gate driving signal of the second scan line, a drain of the eleventh switch transistor inputs a third reference level, a source of the eleventh switch transistor is connected to a drain of the twelfth switch transistor, a gate of the twelfth switch transistor is connected to the drain of the first switch transistor, and a source of the twelfth switch transistor inputs the first reference level. 
     In one embodiment, the inverter comprises a major inverting module and an auxiliary inverting module, the major inverting module comprises: a thirteenth switch transistor, a fourteenth switch transistor, a fifteenth switch transistor and a sixteenth switch transistor, and the auxiliary inverting module comprises a seventeenth switch transistor and an eighteenth switch transistor, a gate of the thirteenth switch transistor is connected to the drain of the first switch transistor, a drain of the thirteenth switch transistor inputs the second reference level, a source of the thirteenth switch transistor is connected to a drain of the fourteenth switch transistor, a gate and a source of the fourteenth switch transistor input the first reference level; a gate of the fifteenth switch transistor is connected to the drain of the first switch transistor, a drain of the fifteenth switch transistor is connected to a source of the seventeenth switch transistor, a source of the fifteenth switch transistor is the output terminal of the inverter and is connected to a drain of the sixteenth switch transistor; a gate of the sixteenth switch transistor is connected to the source of the thirteenth switch transistor, a source of the sixteenth switch transistor inputs the first reference level; a gate of the seventeenth switch transistor is connected to the drain of the first switch transistor, a drain of the seventeenth switch transistor inputs the third reference level, a gate of the eighteenth switch transistor is connected to the gate of the sixteenth switch transistor, a source of the eighteenth switch transistor inputs the first reference level, a drain of the eighteenth switch transistor is connected to the source of the seventeenth switch transistor. 
     In one embodiment, the gate driving units connected in three successive stages share the inverter. 
     In one embodiment, the inverter comprises three major inverting modules and one auxiliary inverting module, a first major inverting module comprises: a nineteenth switch transistor, a twentieth switch transistor, a twenty-first switch transistor and a twenty-second switch transistor, the auxiliary inverting module comprises a twenty-third switch transistor, a twenty-fourth switch transistor, a twenty-fifth switch transistor and a twenty-sixth switch transistor; a second major inverting module comprises: a twenty-seventh switch transistor, a twenty-eighth switch transistor, a twenty-ninth switch transistor and a thirtieth switch transistor; a third major inverting module comprises: a thirty-first switch transistor, a thirty-second switch transistor, a thirty-third switch transistor and a thirty-fourth switch transistor; a gate of the nineteenth switch transistor is connected to an output terminal of the pull up controlling module in a first stage gate driving unit, a drain of the nineteenth switch transistor inputs the second reference level, a source of the nineteenth switch transistor is connected to a drain of the twentieth switch transistor, a gate and a source of the twentieth switch transistor input the first reference level; a gate of the twenty-first switch transistor is connected to the output terminal of the pull up controlling module, a drain of the twenty-first switch transistor is connected to a source of the twenty-fifth switch transistor, a source of the twenty-first switch transistor is the first output terminal of the inverter and is connected to the gate of the eighth switch transistor in the first stage gate driving unit, a gate of the twenty-second switch transistor is connected to the source of the nineteenth switch transistor, a source of the twenty-second switch transistor inputs the first reference level, a drain of the twenty-second switch transistor is connected to the source of the twenty-first switch transistor; a gate of the twenty-third switch transistor is connected to the output terminal of the pull up controlling module, a drain of the twenty-third switch transistor inputs the third reference level, a source of the twenty-third switch transistor is connected to the source of the twenty-fifth switch transistor; a gate of the twenty-fourth switch transistor is connected to the gate of the twenty-second switch transistor, a drain of the twenty-fourth switch transistor is connected to the source of the twenty-fifth switch transistor, a source of the twenty-fourth switch transistor is connected to a drain of the twenty-sixth switch transistor; a gate of the twenty-fifth switch transistor is connected to an output terminal of the pull up controlling module in a third stage gate driving unit, a drain of the twenty-fifth switch transistor inputs the third reference level; a gate of the twenty-sixth switch transistor is connected a gate of the thirty-fourth switch transistor, a source of the twenty-sixth switch transistor inputs the first reference level; a gate of the twenty-seventh switch transistor is connected to an output terminal of the pull up controlling module in a second stage gate driving unit, a drain of the twenty-seventh switch transistor inputs the second reference level, a source of the twenty-seventh switch transistor is connected to a drain of the twenty-eighth switch transistor; a gate and a source of the twenty-eighth switch transistor input the first reference level; a gate of the twenty-ninth switch transistor is connected to the output terminal of the pull up controlling module in the second stage gate driving unit, a drain of the twenty-ninth switch transistor is connected to the drain of the twenty-fifth switch transistor, a source of the twenty-ninth switch transistor is a second output terminal of the inverter and is connected to the gate of the eighth switch transistor in the second stage gate driving unit; a gate of the thirtieth switch transistor is connected to the source of the twenty-seventh switch transistor, a source of the thirtieth switch transistor inputs the first reference level, a drain of the thirtieth switch transistor is connected to the source of the twenty-ninth switch transistor; a gate of the thirty-first switch transistor is connected to an output terminal of the pull up controlling module in the third stage gate driving unit, a drain of the thirty-first switch transistor inputs the second reference level, a source of the thirty-first switch transistor is connected to a drain of the thirty-second switch transistor; a gate and a source of the thirty-second switch transistor input the first reference level; a gate of the thirty-third switch transistor is connected to the gate of the thirty-first switch transistor, a drain of the thirty-third switch transistor is connected to the source of the twenty-fifth switch transistor, a source of the thirty-third switch transistor is a third output terminal of the inverter and is connected to the gate of the eighth switch transistor in the third stage gate driving unit; a gate of the thirty-fourth switch transistor is connected to the source of the thirty-first switch transistor, a source of the thirty-fourth switch transistor inputs the first reference level, a drain of the thirty-fourth switch transistor is connected to the source of the thirty-third switch transistor. 
     The present disclosure further provides a gate driving circuit, which includes a plurality of gate driving units connected in cascade, each of the gate driving units is used to drive two scan lines arranged continuously, and the gate driving circuit includes: a pull up controlling module for generating a scan level signal according to a former stage cascading signal; a first pull up module for pulling up a gate driving signal of a first scan line in the two scan lines according to the scan level signal and a first clock signal; a second pull up module for pulling a gate driving signal of a second scan line in the two scan lines according to the scan level signal and a second clock signal; a first down transmitting module for generating a first cascading signal according to the scan level signal; a second down transmitting module for generating a second cascading signal according to the scan level signal; a pull down module for pulling down gate driving signals of the first scan line and the second scan line; a first bootstrap capacitor for generating a low level of the gate driving signal of the first scan line; a second bootstrap capacitor for generating a low level of the gate driving signal of the second scan line; and a pull down holding module for holding the low level of the gate driving signals of the first scan line and the second scan line; wherein, the first clock signal is shifted in ¼ clock period to obtain the second clock signal. 
     In one embodiment, the pull up controlling module comprises a first switch transistor having a gate for inputting the former stage cascading signal, a source for connecting to a first reference level, and a drain for connecting to the first pull up module, the second pull up module, the first down transmitting module, the second down transmitting module, the first bootstrap capacitor, the second bootstrap capacitor and the pull down holding module. 
     In one embodiment, the first pull up module comprises a second switch transistor having a gate for connecting to the drain of the first switch transistor, a drain for inputting the first clock signal, and a source for outputting the gate driving signal of the first scan line; and the first down transmitting module comprises a third switch transistor having a gate for connecting to the drain of the first switch transistor, a drain for inputting the first clock signal, and a source for outputting a first cascading signal. 
     In one embodiment, the second pull up module comprises a fourth switch transistor having a gate for connecting to the drain of the first switch transistor, a drain for inputting the second clock signal, a source for outputting the gate driving signal of the second scan line. 
     In one embodiment, the second down transmitting module comprises a fifth switch transistor having a gate for connecting to the drain of the first switch transistor, a drain for inputting the second clock signal, and a source for outputting a second cascading signal. 
     In one embodiment, the pull down module comprises a sixth switch transistor and a seventh switch transistor, wherein a gate of the sixth switch transistor inputs a next stage cascading signal or a next stage gate driving signal, a drain of the sixth switch transistor is connected to the first switch transistor, a source of the sixth switch transistor is connected to a drain of the seventh switch transistor; a gate of the seventh switch transistor inputs a third clock signal, and a source of the seventh switch transistor is connected to the gate driving signal of the first scan line. 
     In one embodiment, the pull down holding module comprises an inverter, an eighth switch transistor, a ninth switch transistor, a tenth switch transistor, a eleventh switch transistor and a twelfth switch transistor: an input terminal of the inverter is connected to the drain of the first switch transistor, an output terminal of the inverter is connected to a gate of the eighth switch transistor, a gate of the ninth switch transistor, a gate of the tenth switch transistor and a gate of the eleventh switch transistor, a drain of the eighth switch transistor is connected to the drain of the first switch transistor, a source of the eighth switch transistor is connected to a source of the eleventh switch transistor, a drain of the ninth switch transistor inputs a second reference level, a source of the ninth switch transistor is connected to the gate driving signal of the first scan line, a drain of the tenth switch transistor inputs the second reference level, a source of the tenth switch transistor is connected to the gate driving signal of the second scan line, a drain of the eleventh switch transistor inputs a third reference level, a source of the eleventh switch transistor is connected to a drain of the twelfth switch transistor, a gate of the twelfth switch transistor is connected to the drain of the first switch transistor, and a source of the twelfth switch transistor inputs the first reference level. 
     In one embodiment, the inverter comprises a major inverting module and an auxiliary inverting module, the major inverting module comprises: a thirteenth switch transistor, a fourteenth switch transistor, a fifteenth switch transistor and a sixteenth switch transistor, and the auxiliary inverting module comprises a seventeenth switch transistor and an eighteenth switch transistor, a gate of the thirteenth switch transistor is connected to the drain of the first switch transistor, a drain of the thirteenth switch transistor inputs the second reference level, a source of the thirteenth switch transistor is connected to a drain of the fourteenth switch transistor, a gate and a source of the fourteenth switch transistor input the first reference level; a gate of the fifteenth switch transistor is connected to the drain of the first switch transistor, a drain of the fifteenth switch transistor is connected to a source of the seventeenth switch transistor, a source of the fifteenth switch transistor is the output terminal of the inverter and is connected to a drain of the sixteenth switch transistor; a gate of the sixteenth switch transistor is connected to the source of the thirteenth switch transistor, a source of the sixteenth switch transistor inputs the first reference level; a gate of the seventeenth switch transistor is connected to the drain of the first switch transistor, a drain of the seventeenth switch transistor inputs the third reference level, a gate of the eighteenth switch transistor is connected to the gate of the sixteenth switch transistor, a source of the eighteenth switch transistor inputs the first reference level, a drain of the eighteenth switch transistor is connected to the source of the seventeenth switch transistor. 
     In one embodiment, the gate driving units connected in three successive stages share the inverter. 
     In one embodiment, the inverter comprises three major inverting modules and one auxiliary inverting module, a first major inverting module comprises: a nineteenth switch transistor, a twentieth switch transistor, a twenty-first switch transistor and a twenty-second switch transistor, the auxiliary inverting module comprises a twenty-third switch transistor, a twenty-fourth switch transistor, a twenty-fifth switch transistor and a twenty-sixth switch transistor; a second major inverting module comprises: a twenty-seventh switch transistor, a twenty-eighth switch transistor, a twenty-ninth switch transistor and a thirtieth switch transistor; a third major inverting module comprises: a thirty-first switch transistor, a thirty-second switch transistor, a thirty-third switch transistor and a thirty-fourth switch transistor; a gate of the nineteenth switch transistor is connected to an output terminal of the pull up controlling module in a first stage gate driving unit, a drain of the nineteenth switch transistor inputs the second reference level, a source of the nineteenth switch transistor is connected to a drain of the twentieth switch transistor, a gate and a source of the twentieth switch transistor input the first reference level; a gate of the twenty-first switch transistor is connected to the output terminal of the pull up controlling module, a drain of the twenty-first switch transistor is connected to a source of the twenty-fifth switch transistor, a source of the twenty-first switch transistor is the first output terminal of the inverter and is connected to the gate of the eighth switch transistor in the first stage gate driving unit, a gate of the twenty-second switch transistor is connected to the source of the nineteenth switch transistor, a source of the twenty-second switch transistor inputs the first reference level, a drain of the twenty-second switch transistor is connected to the source of the twenty-first switch transistor; a gate of the twenty-third switch transistor is connected to the output terminal of the pull up controlling module, a drain of the twenty-third switch transistor inputs the third reference level, a source of the twenty-third switch transistor is connected to the source of the twenty-fifth switch transistor; a gate of the twenty-fourth switch transistor is connected to the gate of the twenty-second switch transistor, a drain of the twenty-fourth switch transistor is connected to the source of the twenty-fifth switch transistor, a source of the twenty-fourth switch transistor is connected to a drain of the twenty-sixth switch transistor; a gate of the twenty-fifth switch transistor is connected to an output terminal of the pull up controlling module in a third stage gate driving unit, a drain of the twenty-fifth switch transistor inputs the third reference level; a gate of the twenty-sixth switch transistor is connected a gate of the thirty-fourth switch transistor, a source of the twenty-sixth switch transistor inputs the first reference level; a gate of the twenty-seventh switch transistor is connected to an output terminal of the pull up controlling module in a second stage gate driving unit, a drain of the twenty-seventh switch transistor inputs the second reference level, a source of the twenty-seventh switch transistor is connected to a drain of the twenty-eighth switch transistor; a gate and a source of the twenty-eighth switch transistor input the first reference level; a gate of the twenty-ninth switch transistor is connected to the output terminal of the pull up controlling module in the second stage gate driving unit, a drain of the twenty-ninth switch transistor is connected to the drain of the twenty-fifth switch transistor, a source of the twenty-ninth switch transistor is a second output terminal of the inverter and is connected to the gate of the eighth switch transistor in the second stage gate driving unit; a gate of the thirtieth switch transistor is connected to the source of the twenty-seventh switch transistor, a source of the thirtieth switch transistor inputs the first reference level, a drain of the thirtieth switch transistor is connected to the source of the twenty-ninth switch transistor; a gate of the thirty-first switch transistor is connected to an output terminal of the pull up controlling module in the third stage gate driving unit, a drain of the thirty-first switch transistor inputs the second reference level, a source of the thirty-first switch transistor is connected to a drain of the thirty-second switch transistor; a gate and a source of the thirty-second switch transistor input the first reference level; a gate of the thirty-third switch transistor is connected to the gate of the thirty-first switch transistor, a drain of the thirty-third switch transistor is connected to the source of the twenty-fifth switch transistor, a source of the thirty-third switch transistor is a third output terminal of the inverter and is connected to the gate of the eighth switch transistor in a third stage gate driving unit; a gate of the thirty-fourth switch transistor is connected to the source of the thirty-first switch transistor, a source of the thirty-fourth switch transistor inputs the first reference level, a drain of the thirty-fourth switch transistor is connected to the source of the thirty-third switch transistor. 
     By the above scheme, the beneficial effect of the disclosure is: each of the gate driving units of the disclosure includes a pull up controlling module for generating a scan level signal according to a former stage cascading signal, a first pull up module for pulling up a gate driving signal of a first scan line in the two scan lines according to the scan level signal and a first clock signal, a second pull up module for pulling a gate driving signal of a second scan line in the two scan lines according to the scan level signal and a second clock signal, a first down transmitting module for generating a first cascading signal according to the scan level signal, a second down transmitting module for generating a second cascading signal according to the scan level signal, a pull down module for pulling down gate driving signals of the first scan line and the second scan line, a first bootstrap capacitor, a second bootstrap capacitor, and a pull down holding module for holding the low level of the gate driving signals of the first scan line and the second scan line, such that each of the gate driving units respectively drives two scan lines arranged continuously, thereby being capable of decreasing the amount of the components of GOA circuit, thus achieving the ultra-narrow frame design. 
    
    
     
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       In order to more clearly illustrate the prior art or the embodiments or aspects of the practice of the disclosure, the accompanying drawings for illustrating the prior art or the embodiments of the disclosure are briefly described as below. It is apparently that the drawings described below are merely some embodiments of the disclosure, and those skilled in the art may derive other drawings according the drawings described below without creative endeavor. In drawings: 
         FIG. 1  is a circuit schematic view of a gate driving unit according to a first embodiment of the present disclosure; 
         FIG. 2  is a circuit schematic view of the gate driving unit used in the first stage in  FIG. 1 ; 
         FIG. 3  is a circuit schematic view of the gate driving unit used in the second stage in  FIG. 1 ; 
         FIG. 4  is a waveform schematic view of the gate driving unit in  FIG. 1 ; 
         FIG. 5  is a circuit schematic view of the gate driving unit used in the last stage in  FIG. 1 ; 
         FIG. 6  is a circuit schematic view of a gate driving unit according to a second embodiment of the present disclosure; 
         FIG. 7  is a circuit schematic view of the gate driving unit used in the last stage in  FIG. 6 ; 
         FIG. 8  is a circuit schematic view of an inverter according to the first embodiment of the present disclosure; 
         FIG. 9  is a circuit schematic view of an inverter according to the second embodiment of the present disclosure; 
         FIG. 10  is a waveform schematic view of the gate driving unit including the inverter in  FIG. 9 . 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION 
     The present disclosure will now be combined with the implementation of the drawings, were a clear example of the technical solutions of the present disclosure a complete description of, obviously, the described embodiments are only part of the embodiments of the present disclosure but not all embodiments. Based on the embodiments of the present disclosure all other embodiments by those of ordinary skill in the creative work did not make the premise obtained are within the scope of protection of the present disclosure. 
     Please refer to  FIG. 1 .  FIG. 1  is a schematic view of a gate driving circuit according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in  FIG. 1 , the gate driving circuit includes a plurality of gate driving units  1  connected in cascade, each of the gate driving units  1  is used to drive two scan lines arranged continuously, and the gate driving circuit includes: a pull up controlling module  10 , a first pull up module  11 , a second pull up module  12 , a first down transmitting module  13 , a second down transmitting module  14 , a pull down module  15 , a first bootstrap capacitor  16 , a second bootstrap capacitor  17  and a pull down holding module  18 . 
     The pull up controlling module  10  is used for generating a scan level signal Q(2N−1) according to a former stage cascading signal ST(2N−2). The first pull up module  11  is used for pulling up a gate driving signal G(2N−1) of a first scan line in the two scan lines according to the scan level signal Q(2N−1) and a first clock signal CK(n). The second pull up module  12  is used for pulling a gate driving signal G(2N) of a second scan line in the two scan lines according to the scan level signal Q(2N−1) and a second clock signal CK(n+1). The first down transmitting module  13  is used for generating a first cascading signal ST(2N−1) according to the scan level signal Q(2N−1). The second down transmitting module  14  is used for generating a second cascading signal ST(2N) according to the scan level signal Q(2N−1). The pull down module  15  is used for pulling down gate driving signals G(2N−1) and G(2N) of the first scan line and the second scan line. The first bootstrap capacitor  16  is used for generating a low level of the gate driving signal G(2N−1) of the first scan line. The second bootstrap capacitor  17  is used for generating a low level of the gate driving signal G(2N) of the second scan line. The pull down holding module  18  is used for holding the low level of the gate driving signals G(2N−1) and G(2N) of the first scan line and the second scan line. In the embodiment of the present disclosure, each of the gate driving units  1  includes two pull up module  11 ,  12  and two down transmitting module  13 ,  14 , it may output two gate driving signals G(2N−1) and G(2N) to respectively drive two scan lines arranged continuously, and other parts thereof may be shared, being capable of decreasing a component quantity of GOA circuit, thus achieving the ultra-narrow frame design. 
     In a more specific embodiment, the pull up controlling module  10  includes a first switch transistor T 1 . A gate of the first switch transistor T 1  inputs the former stage cascading signal ST(2N−2), a source of the first switch transistor T 1  is connected to a first reference level VSS 1 , and a drain of the first switch transistor T 1  is connected to the first pull up module  11 , the second pull up module  12 , the first down transmitting module  13 , the second down transmitting module  14 , the first bootstrap capacitor  16 , the second bootstrap capacitor  17  and the pull down holding module  18 , wherein the common connecting point is referred to the first controlling node Q(2N−1). The first reference level VSS 1  is a constant voltage negative level. 
     The first pull up module  11  includes a second switch transistor T 2 . A gate of the second switch transistor T 2  is connected to the drain of the first switch transistor T 1 , a drain of the second switch transistor T 2  inputs the first clock signal CK(n), and a source of the second switch transistor T 2  outputs the gate driving signal G(2N−1) of the first scan line. The first down transmitting module  13  includes a third switch transistor T 3 . A gate of the third switch transistor T 3  is connected to the drain of the first switch transistor T 1 , a drain of the third switch transistor T 3  inputs the first clock signal CK(n), and a source of the third switch transistor T 3  outputs a first cascading signal ST(2N−1). The second pull up module  12  includes a fourth switch transistor T 4 . A gate of the fourth switch transistor T 4  is connected to the drain of the first switch transistor T 1 , a drain of the fourth switch transistor T 4  inputs the second clock signal CK(n+1), and a source of the fourth switch transistor T 4  outputs the gate driving signal G(2N) of the second scan line. The second down transmitting module  14  includes a fifth switch transistor T 5 . A gate of the fifth switch transistor T 5  is connected to the drain of the first switch transistor T 1 , a drain of the fifth switch transistor T 5  inputs the second clock signal CK(n+1), and a source of the fifth switch transistor T 5  outputs a second cascading signal ST(2N). The first pull up module  11  and the second pull up module  12  and the first down transmitting module  13  and the second down transmitting module  14  share the first controlling node Q(2N−1), it is capable of outputting two successive gate drive signals G(2N−1) and G(2N) to drive the two scan lines arranged continuously, and other parts can be shared, such that it is originally required to drive two successive scan lines by using two stage gate driving units, but the embodiment of the disclosure can be achieved by using one stage gate driving unit, thereby being capable of decreasing a component quantity of GOA circuit, i.e. at least twelve TFT elements are decreased in every two stages, thus achieving the ultra-narrow frame design. Wherein, the first clock signal CK(n) is shifted ¼ clock period to obtain the second clock signal CK(n+1). Of course, the second clock signal CK(n+1) may be inputted directly, rather than by shifting the first clock signal CK(n) to obtain, and this is not limited. 
     The pull down module  15  includes a sixth switch transistor T 6  and a seventh switch transistor T 7 . A gate of the sixth switch transistor T 6  inputs a next stage cascading signal ST(2N+2) or a next stage gate driving signal G(2N+2), a drain of the sixth switch transistor T 6  is connected to the first switch transistor T 1 , a source of the sixth switch transistor T 6  is connected to a drain of the seventh switch transistor T 7 . A gate of the seventh switch transistor T 7  inputs a third clock signal CK(n+3), and a source of the seventh switch transistor T 7  is connected to the gate driving signal G(2N−1) of the first scan line. Wherein, the third clock signal CK(n+3) may be obtained by shifting ¾ clock period for the first clock signal CK(n). 
     The pull down holding module  18  includes an inverter U 1 , an eighth switch transistor T 8 , a ninth switch transistor T 9 , a tenth switch transistor T 10 , a eleventh switch transistor T 11  and a twelfth switch transistor T 12 . An input terminal of the inverter U 1  is connected to the drain of the first switch transistor T 1 , and an output terminal of the inverter U 1  is connected to a gate of the eighth switch transistor T 8 , a gate of the ninth switch transistor T 9 , a gate of the tenth switch transistor T 10  and a gate of the eleventh switch transistor T 11 . A drain of the eighth switch transistor T 8  is connected to the drain of the first switch transistor T 1 , and a source of the eighth switch transistor T 8  is connected to a source of the eleventh switch transistor T 11 . A drain of the ninth switch transistor T 9  inputs a second reference level VDD 1 , and a source of the ninth switch transistor T 9  is connected to the gate driving signal G(2N−1) of the first scan line. A drain of the tenth switch transistor T 10  inputs the second reference level VDD 1 , and a source of the tenth switch transistor T 10  is connected to the gate driving signal G(2N) of the second scan line. A drain of the eleventh switch transistor T 11  inputs a third reference level VDD 2 , a source of the eleventh switch transistor T 11  is connected to a drain of the twelfth switch transistor T 12 . A gate of the twelfth switch transistor T 12  is connected to the drain of the first switch transistor T 1 , and a source of the twelfth switch transistor T 12  inputs the first reference level VSS 1 . Wherein, the second reference level VDD 1  and the third reference level VDD 2  are a constant voltage positive level, and a potential of the third reference level VDD 2  is higher than a potential of the second reference level VDD 1 . 
     The above switch transistors are all P type thin film transistor. N and n are a positive integer. 
       FIG. 2  is a circuit schematic view of the gate driving unit  1  used in the first stage in  FIG. 1 . As shown in  FIG. 2 , the gate of the first switch transistor T 1  inputs a start signal STV, the first clock signal inputted by the first pull up module is the clock signal CK 1 , and the second clock signal inputted by the second pull up module is the clock signal CK 2 . Wherein, the clock signal CK 2  may be obtained by shifting ¼ period for the clock signal CK 1 . The driving signal G 1  of the first scan line is outputted by the second switch transistor T 2 , the driving signal G 2  of the second scan line is outputted by the fourth switch transistor T 4 , the first cascading signal ST 1  is outputted by the third switch transistor T 3 , and the second cascading signal ST 2  is outputted by the fifth switch transistor ST 2 .  FIG. 3  is a circuit schematic view of the gate driving unit  1  used in the second stage in  FIG. 1 . As shown in  FIG. 3 , the gate of the first switch transistor T 1  inputs the second cascading signal ST 2  which is outputted by the first stage gate driving unit. The first clock signal inputted by the first pull up module  11  is the clock signal CK 3 , and the second clock signal inputted by the second pull up module  12  is the clock signal CK 4 . Wherein, the clock signal CK 3  may be obtained by shifting ¼ period for the clock signal CK 2 , and the clock signal CK 4  may be obtained by shifting ¼ period for the clock signal CK 3 . The gate driving signal G 3  of the third scan line and the gate driving signal G 4  of the fourth scan line are outputted by the second switch transistor T 2  and the fourth switch transistor T 4 , respectively; meanwhile, the third cascading signal ST 3  and the fourth cascading signal ST 4  are outputted by the third switch transistor T 3  and the fifth switch transistor T 5 , respectively. 
     The working process of the gate driving unit  1  in  FIG. 1  is as follows: 
     When the former stage cascading signal ST(2N−2) is a low potential, the first switch transistor is turned on to charge the first bootstrap capacitor  16  and the second bootstrap capacitor  17 , such that the first node Q(N) gets a negative level to activate the gate driving unit  1 . Then, the former stage cascading signal ST(2N−2) changes to a high potential, the first controlling node Q(2N−1) located in the drain of the first switch transistor T 1  holds the negative level through the first bootstrap capacitor Cb 1  and the second bootstrap capacitor Cb 2 . Next, the second switch transistor T 2 , the third switch transistor T 3 , the fourth switch transistor T 4  and the fifth switch transistor T 5  are turned on by a control of the first controlling node Q(2N−1), at this time, the low level of the first clock signal CK(n) arrives, and the first bootstrap capacitor continues to charge by the second switch transistor T 2  and the third switch transistor T 3 , such that the first controlling node Q(2N−1) reaches the lower negative potential. At the same time, the source of the second switch transistor T 2  outputs the low level of the first cascading signal ST(2N−1), and the third switch transistor T 3  outputs the low level of gate driving signal G(2N−1) of the first scan line. For PMOS gate driving circuit, the scan driving signal which is general a time slot of the low potential is referred to an action period. 
     During the action period, since the first controlling node Q (2N−1) is a low potential, the second controlling node P(2N−1) obtained by the inverter U 1  inverts is a high potential, the twelfth switch transistor T 12  in the pull down holding module  18  is turned on, and the eleventh switch transistor T 11 , the eighth switch transistor T 8 , the ninth switch transistor T 9  and the tenth switch transistor T 10  are turned off. A potential of the source of the eighth switch transistor T 8  is pulled down to the first reference level, thereby being capable of decreasing the leakage of the first control node Q (2N−1) through the eighth switch transistor T 8 . Additionally, since the twelfth switch transistor is turned on, the first control node Q(2N−1) is approximately maintain the first reference level VSS 1 , while using the first reference level VSS 1  to transmitting the signal of the first switch transistor T 1 , so as to also decrease the leakage of the first control node Q(2N−1). 
     Then, the first clock signal CK(n) changes to a high potential, the gate driving signal G(2N−1) of the first scan line outputted by the source of the second switch transistor T 2  and the first cascading signal ST(2N−1) outputted by the source of the third switch transistor T 3  also correspondingly change to the high potential. The fourth switch transistor T 4  and the fifth switch transistor T 5  continue to turn on by a control of the first controlling node Q(2N−1), at this time, the low level of the second clock signal CK(n+1) arrives, the second bootstrap capacitor Cb 2  is charged by the fourth switch transistor T 4  and the fifth switch transistor T 5 , such that the first controlling node Q(2N−1) continues to maintain the negative potential. At the same time, the source of the fourth switch transistor T 4  outputs the low level of the second cascading signal ST(2N), and the source of the fifth switch transistor T 5  outputs the low level of the gate driving signal G(2N) of the second scan line. 
     After, the second clock signal CK(n+1) changes to a high potential, the gate driving signal G(2N) of the second scan line outputted by the fourth switch transistor T 4  and the second cascading signal ST(2N) outputted by the fifth switch transistor T 5  also correspondingly change to the high potential, and the circuit enters into a non-action period. When the third clock signal CK(n+3) and the low potential of the next stage cascading signal ST(2N+2) or the next stage gate driving signal G(2N+2) arrive, the sixth switch transistor T 6  and the seventh switch transistor T 7  are turned on, a potential of the first controlling node Q(2N−1) is pulled up to the high potential of the gate driving signal G(2N−1) of the first scan line, and the second switch transistor T 2 , the third switch transistor T 3 , the fourth switch transistor T 4  and the fifth switch transistor T 5  are tuned off. 
     During the non-action period, since the first controlling node Q(2N−1) is the high potential, the second controlling node P(2N−1) obtained by the inverter U 1  inverts is the low potential. The twelfth switch transistor T 12  in the pull down holding module  18  is turned off, and the eighth switch transistor T 8 , the ninth switch transistor T 9 , the tenth switch transistor T 10  and the eleventh switch transistor T 11  are turned on, the potential of the first controlling node Q(2N−1) is pulled up to and maintained in the third reference level VDD 2  by the eighth switch transistor T 8  and the eleventh switch transistor T 11 . The potentials of the gate driving signal G(2N−1) of the first scan line and the gate driving signal G(2N) of the second scan line are maintained in the second reference level VDD 1  by the ninth switch transistor T 9  and the tenth switch transistor T 10 , respectively. 
     In an example of the gate driving unit  1  in  FIG. 2  and  FIG. 3 , the first stage gate driving unit in  FIG. 2  and the second stage gate driving unit in  FIG. 3  are connected in cascade and the waveforms thereof are shown in  FIG. 4 . When a start pulse STV is a low level, the first stage gate driving unit is activated, and during the first controlling node Q( 1 ) is the low level, the corresponding second controlling node P 1  is the high level, the low potentials of the first clock signal CK 1  and the second clock signal CK 2  of the first stage gate driving unit arrive in turn, the gate driving signal G 1  of the first scan line and the gate driving signal G 2  of the second scan line are correspondingly outputted, respectively. The second stage gate driving unit is activated by the low level of the second cascading signal ST 2 , wherein the low level of the second cascading signal ST 2  and the gate driving signal G 2  of the second scan line are outputted at the same time. During the first controlling node Q( 3 ) is a low level, the corresponding second controlling node P 3  is a high level, the low potentials of the first clock signal CK 3  and the second clock signal CK 4  of the second stage gate driving unit arrive in turn, the gate driving signal G 3  of the third scan line and the gate driving signal G 4  of the fourth scan line are correspondingly outputted, respectively. 
       FIG. 5  is a circuit schematic view of the gate driving unit  1  used in the last stage in  FIG. 1 . As shown in  FIG. 5 , the gate of the first switch transistor T 1  inputs the second cascading signal ST(last- 2 ) which is outputted by the former stage gate driving unit, the first clock signals inputted by the first pull up module  11  and the first down transmitting module  12  are CK 3 , and the gate driving signal G(last- 1 ) of the penultimate scan line and the penultimate down transmitting signal ST(last- 1 ) are outputted, respectively. The second clock signals inputted by the second pull up module  13  and the second down transmitting module  14  are CK 4 , and the gate driving signal G(last) of the last scan line and the last down transmitting signal ST(last) are outputted, respectively. The gate of the six switch transistor is connected to the start pulse STV, and the seventh switch transistor is removed at the same time. 
       FIG. 6  is a circuit schematic view of a gate driving unit according to a second embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in  FIG. 6 , the difference between the gate driving units in  FIG. 6  and  FIG. 1  is that: the sixth switch transistor T 6  uses a diode connection, i.e. the drain and the gate of the sixth switch T 6  are connected to the first controlling node, as the drain of the first switch transistor T 1 . As shown in  FIG. 7 , the circuit of the corresponding last stage gate driving unit retains the seventh switch transistor T 7 , and the gate of the seventh switch transistor T 7  is connected to the second clock signal CK 2 . 
     Further, as shown in  FIG. 8 , the inverter U 1  in the pull down holding module  18  includes a major inverting module  101  and an auxiliary inverting module  102 . The major inverting module  101  includes: a thirteenth switch transistor T 13 , a fourteenth switch transistor T 14 , a fifteenth switch transistor T 15  and a sixteenth switch transistor T 16 . The auxiliary inverting module  102  includes a seventeenth switch transistor T 17  and an eighteenth switch transistor T 18 . A gate of the thirteenth switch transistor T 13  is connected to the drain of the first switch transistor T 1 , a drain of the thirteenth switch transistor T 13  inputs the second reference level VDD 1 , a source of the thirteenth switch transistor T 13  is connected to a drain of the fourteenth switch transistor T 14 . A gate and a source of the fourteenth switch transistor T 14  input the first reference level VSS 1 . A gate of the fifteenth switch transistor T 15  is connected to the drain of the first switch transistor T 1 , a drain of the fifteenth switch transistor T 15  is connected to a source of the seventeenth switch transistor T 17 , a source of the fifteenth switch transistor T 15  is the output terminal of the inverter U 1  and is connected to a drain of the sixteenth switch transistor T 16 . A gate of the sixteenth switch transistor T 16  is connected to the source of the thirteenth switch transistor T 13 , a source of the sixteenth switch transistor T 16  inputs the first reference level VSS 1 . A gate of the seventeenth switch transistor T 17  is connected to the drain of the first switch transistor T 1 , a drain of the seventeenth switch transistor T 17  inputs the third reference level VDD 2 . A gate of the eighteenth switch transistor T 18  is connected to the gate of the sixteenth switch transistor T 16 , a source of the eighteenth switch transistor T 18  inputs the first reference level VSS 1 , a drain of the eighteenth switch transistor T 18  is connected to the source of the seventeenth switch transistor T 17 . 
     The working process of the inverter U 1  is as follows: 
     When the first controlling node Q(2N−1) is a low potential, in the major inverting module  101 , the thirteenth switch transistor T 13  and the fifteenth switch transistor T 15  are turned on, and the fourteenth switch transistor T 14  and the sixteenth switch transistor T 16  are turned off. In the auxiliary inverting module  102 , the seventeenth switch transistor T 17  is turned on and the eighteenth switch transistor T 18  is turned off. A potential of the second controlling node (2N−1) is pulled up to a potential which is higher than the potential of the third reference level VDD 1  of the second reference level VDD 1 . When the first controlling node Q(2N−1) is a high potential, in the major inverting module  101 , the thirteenth switch transistor T 13  and the fifteenth switch transistor T 15  are turned off, and the fourteenth switch transistor T 14  and the sixteenth switch transistor T 16  are turned on. In the auxiliary inverting module  102 , the seventeenth switch transistor T 17  is turned off and the eighteenth switch transistor T 18  is turned on. The potential of the second controlling node (2N−1) is limited as the potential of the first reference level VSS 1 . Wherein, the second controlling node P(2N−1) is the output terminal of the inverter U 1 . 
     In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the gate driving units connected in three successive stages may share one inverter. As shown in  FIG. 9 , the inverter includes three major inverting modules  201 ,  203  and  204  and one auxiliary inverting module  202 . A first major inverting module  201  includes: a nineteenth switch transistor T 19 , a twentieth switch transistor T 20 , a twenty-first switch transistor T 21  and a twenty-second switch transistor T 22 . The auxiliary inverting module  202  includes a twenty-third switch transistor T 23 , a twenty-fourth switch transistor T 24 , a twenty-fifth switch transistor T 25  and a twenty-sixth switch transistor T 26 . A second major inverting module  203  includes: a twenty-seventh switch transistor T 27 , a twenty-eighth switch transistor T 28 , a twenty-ninth switch transistor T 29  and a thirtieth switch transistor T 30 . A third major inverting module  204  includes: a thirty-first switch transistor T 31 , a thirty-second switch transistor T 32 , a thirty-third switch transistor T 33  and a thirty-fourth switch transistor T 34 . A gate of the nineteenth switch transistor T 19  is connected to an output terminal of the pull up controlling module in a first stage gate driving unit, a drain of the nineteenth switch transistor T 19  inputs the second reference level VDD 1 , a source of the nineteenth switch transistor T 19  is connected to a drain of the twentieth switch transistor T 20 , a gate and a source of the twentieth switch transistor T 20  input the first reference level VSS 1 . A gate of the twenty-first switch transistor T 21  is connected to the output terminal of the pull up controlling module in the first stage gate driving unit, a drain of the twenty-first switch transistor T 21  is connected to a source of the twenty-fifth switch transistor T 25 , a source of the twenty-first switch transistor T 21  is the first output terminal P(N) of the inverter U 2  and is connected to the gate of the eighth switch transistor in the first stage gate driving unit. A gate of the twenty-second switch transistor T 22  is connected to the source of the nineteenth switch transistor T 19 , a source of the twenty-second switch transistor T 22  inputs the first reference level VSS 1 , a drain of the twenty-second switch transistor T 22  is connected to the source of the twenty-first switch transistor T 21 . A gate of the twenty-third switch transistor T 23  is connected to the output terminal of the pull up controlling module in the first stage gate driving unit, a drain of the twenty-third switch transistor T 23  inputs the third reference level VDD 2 , a source of the twenty-third switch transistor T 23  is connected to the source of the twenty-fifth switch transistor T 25 . A gate of the twenty-fourth switch transistor T 24  is connected to the gate of the twenty-second switch transistor T 22 , a drain of the twenty-fourth switch transistor T 24  is connected to the source of the twenty-fifth switch transistor T 25 , a source of the twenty-fourth switch transistor T 24  is connected to a drain of the twenty-sixth switch transistor T 26 . A gate of the twenty-fifth switch transistor T 25  is connected to an output terminal of the pull up controlling module in a third stage gate driving unit, a drain of the twenty-fifth switch transistor T 25  inputs the third reference level VDD 2 . A gate of the twenty-sixth switch transistor T 26  is connected a gate of the thirty-fourth switch transistor T 34 , a source of the twenty-sixth switch transistor T 26  inputs the first reference level VSS 1 . A gate of the twenty-seventh switch transistor T 27  is connected to an output terminal of the pull up controlling module in a second stage gate driving unit, a drain of the twenty-seventh switch transistor T 27  inputs the second reference level VDD 1 , a source of the twenty-seventh switch transistor T 27  is connected to a drain of the twenty-eighth switch transistor T 28 . A gate and a source of the twenty-eighth switch transistor T 28  input the first reference level VSS 1 . A gate of the twenty-ninth switch transistor T 29  is connected to the output terminal of the pull up controlling module in the second stage gate driving unit, a drain of the twenty-ninth switch transistor T 29  is connected to the drain of the twenty-fifth switch transistor T 25 , a source of the twenty-ninth switch transistor T 29  is a second output terminal P(N+1) of the inverter U 2  and is connected to the gate of the eighth switch transistor in the second stage gate driving unit. A gate of the thirtieth switch transistor T 30  is connected to the source of the twenty-seventh switch transistor T 27 , a source of the thirtieth switch transistor T 30  inputs the first reference level VSS 1 , a drain of the thirtieth switch transistor T 30  is connected to the source of the twenty-ninth switch transistor T 29 . A gate of the thirty-first switch transistor T 31  is connected to an output terminal of the pull up controlling module in the third stage gate driving unit, a drain of the thirty-first switch transistor T 31  inputs the second reference level VDD 1 , a source of the thirty-first switch transistor T 31  is connected to a drain of the thirty-second switch transistor T 32 . A gate and a source of the thirty-second switch transistor T 32  input the first reference level VSS 1 . A gate of the thirty-third switch transistor T 33  is connected to the gate of the thirty-first switch transistor T 31 , a drain of the thirty-third switch transistor T 33  is connected to the source of the twenty-fifth switch transistor T 25 , a source of the thirty-third switch transistor T 33  is a third output terminal of the inverter U 2  and is connected to the gate of the eighth switch transistor in the third stage gate driving unit. A gate of the thirty-fourth switch transistor T 34  is connected to the source of the thirty-first switch transistor T 31 , a source of the thirty-fourth switch transistor T 34  inputs the first reference level VSS 1 , a drain of the thirty-fourth switch transistor T 34  is connected to the source of the thirty-third switch transistor T 33 . 
     The specific working process of the inverter U 2  is similar to the inverter U 1 , thus the description is omitted. 
       FIG. 10  is a waveform schematic view of the gate driving unit including the inverter in  FIG. 9 . As shown in  FIG. 10 , assuming N=1, M=1, P 1  is the first output terminal of the inverter U 2  and is connected to the gate of the eighth switch transistor in the first stage gate driving unit, P 2  is the second output terminal of the inverter U 2  and is connected to the gate of the eighth switch transistor in the second stage gate driving unit, and P 3  is the third output terminal of the inverter U 2  and is connected to the gate of the eighth switch transistor in the third stage gate driving unit. K 1  is a shared node of the inverter U 2  and located in the source of the twenty-fifth switch transistor T 25 . As can be seen from the figure, the potential of the first output terminal P 1  of the inverter U 2  and the potential of the first controlling node Q 1  in the first stage gate driving unit are reverse, and at this time, the first major inverting module  201  is at the working period. The potential of the second output terminal P 2  of the inverter U 2  and the potential of the first controlling node Q 2  in the second stage gate driving unit are reverse, and at this time, the second major inverting module  203  is at the working period. The potential of the third output terminal P 3  of the inverter U 2  and the potential of the first controlling node Q 3  in the third stage gate driving unit are reverse, and at this time, the third major inverting module  204  is at the working period. The shared node K 1  is all a high level when any one of major inverting modules works. 
     In summary, each of the gate driving units of the disclosure includes a pull up controlling module for generating a scan level signal according to a former stage cascading signal, a first pull up module for pulling up a gate driving signal of a first scan line in the two scan lines according to the scan level signal and a first clock signal, a second pull up module for pulling a gate driving signal of a second scan line in the two scan lines according to the scan level signal and a second clock signal, a first down transmitting module for generating a first cascading signal according to the scan level signal, a second down transmitting module for generating a second cascading signal according to the scan level signal, a pull down module for pulling down gate driving signals of the first scan line and the second scan line, a first bootstrap capacitor, a second bootstrap capacitor, and a pull down holding module for holding the low level of the gate driving signals of the first scan line and the second scan line, such that each of the gate driving units respectively drives two scan lines arranged continuously, thereby being capable of decreasing the amount of the components of GOA circuit, thus achieving the ultra-narrow frame design. 
     The above disclosures only are the embodiments of the present disclosure it can not be used to limit the scope of the present disclosure as claimed, Therefore, the equivalent changes is made according to the present disclosure as claimed, the scope of the present disclosure is still covered.