Patent Publication Number: US-10769982-B2

Title: Alternate-logic head-to-head gate driver on array

Description:
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS 
     This application claims priority from and the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 62/725,862, entitled “ALTERNATE-LOGIC HEAD-TO-HEAD GATE DRIVER ON ARRAY”, filed Aug. 31, 2018, which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety for all purposes. 
    
    
     BACKGROUND 
     The present disclosure relates generally to display devices and, more specifically, to gate drivers on array circuitry of the display devices. 
     This section is intended to introduce the reader to various aspects of art that may be related to various aspects of the present disclosure, which are described and/or claimed below. This discussion is believed to be helpful in providing the reader with background information to facilitate a better understanding of the various aspects of the present disclosure. Accordingly, it should be understood that these statements are to be read in this light, and not as admissions of prior art. 
     In many devices, such as televisions, smartphones, computer panels, smartwatches, among others, display panels are employed to provide a user interface for displaying information and facilitate interaction. For example, in organic light emitting diode (OLED) panels, pixels may be arranged in rows and columns, and may receive driving voltages and/or data signals to produce images. In many systems, power to pixels may be provided in a row-by-row basis or column-by-column basis. 
     The driving circuitry that powers the pixels may be disposed in the border region (e.g., a bezel) of the device and operate by gating each row sequentially. In compact devices, a decrease in the dimensions of the bezel may be limited by, among other things, the size of the driving circuitry. 
     SUMMARY 
     A summary of certain embodiments disclosed herein is set forth below. It should be understood that these aspects are presented merely to provide the reader with a brief summary of these certain embodiments and that these aspects are not intended to limit the scope of this disclosure. Indeed, this disclosure may encompass a variety of aspects that may not be set forth below. 
     In certain pixel-based panels of electronic devices, pixels may receive power through gated power lines. To activate groups in an ordered manner (e.g., row-by-row, column-by-column), gate driver on array (GOA) circuitry may be used as part of the circuitry that controls the provision of power to the power lines driving the pixels. GOA may be used to gate the activation of groups of pixels in a display based on a synchronizing clock signal. Embodiments described herein are related to head-to-head (H2H) GOA designs that may employ an alternate-logic structure. In the H2H design, the group of pixels may be driven from both ends of the bezel to provide redundancy and better driving performance In the alternate-logic structure, a shared shift-register may be used to enable two rows, which may decrease the footprint of the GOA circuitry. As a result, embodiments of electronic devices having bezels (e.g., display borders) with reduced dimension are also described. 
     With the foregoing in mind, an electronic device is described. The electronic device may include a display that has an array of pixels arranged in groups and a gate on array circuitry. The gate on array circuitry may have a first driver that receives a first clock signal and a first gate-enable signal, also referred to herein as Q node, and may provide a driving output signal to a pixel group. The gate on array circuitry may have a second driver that receives a second clock signal and the same first gate-enable signal, and may provide a second driving output signal to a second pixel group. The gate on array circuitry may also have a single shift register that generates the common first gate-enable signal. 
     In another embodiment, a display is described. The display may have a display portion having multiple of rows and a bezel that includes first and second bezel portions that are located on opposite sides of the bezel. A first gate on array circuitry may be disposed in the first bezel portion and may have a first group of logic units. At least one logic unit may drive two rows. A second gate on array circuitry may be disposed in the second bezel portion and may have a second group of logic units. At least one logic unit of the second group of logic units may drive two rows and at least one of these two rows is common with the two rows driven by the at least one logic unit of the first group of logic units. 
     In another embodiment, a method for displaying image data in a display panel is disclosed. The display panel may have multiple pixel groups. The method may include enabling two driver circuits on a first side of the display panel using a first gate-enable signal. The method may also include enabling two driver circuits on an opposite side of the display panel using a second gate-enable signal. The method may also include a process for providing a driving output signal to a common pixel group from one of the two driver circuits of the first side of the display panel and one of the two driver circuits of the opposite side of the display panel. 
     In another embodiment, a display is described. The display may include a pixel array formed from a group of pixel rows. The display may also include a bezel located along the periphery of the pixel array and may have a bezel portion having a bezel width. The bezel portion may contain a gate on array circuitry formed from logic units. Each logic unit may have a shift register coupled, each, to a respective primary and a respective secondary driver. The bezel length may have a portion that associated with (e.g., limited by, related to) dimensions of the gate on array circuitry and, thus, a reduction in the dimensions of the gate on array circuitry may lead to reduction in the bezel length. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
       Various aspects of this disclosure may be better understood upon reading the following detailed description and upon reference to the drawings in which: 
         FIG. 1  is a schematic block diagram of an electronic device that may benefit from the head-to-head (H2H) gate on array (GOA) circuitry for display driving, in accordance with an embodiment; 
         FIG. 2  is a perspective view of a notebook computer representing an embodiment of the electronic device of  FIG. 1 , in accordance with an embodiment; 
         FIG. 3  is a front view of a hand-held device representing another embodiment of the electronic device of  FIG. 1 , in accordance with an embodiment; 
         FIG. 4  is a front view of another hand-held device representing another embodiment of the electronic device of  FIG. 1 , in accordance with an embodiment; 
         FIG. 5  is a front view of a desktop computer representing another embodiment of the electronic device of  FIG. 1 , in accordance with an embodiment; 
         FIG. 6  is a front view and side view of a wearable electronic device representing another embodiment of the electronic device of  FIG. 1 , in accordance with an embodiment; 
         FIG. 7  is a schematic diagram of a display panel that includes an H2H GOA with alternate-logic and may be used with the electronic device of  FIG. 1 , in accordance with an embodiment; 
         FIG. 8  is a schematic diagram of a GOA logic unit that may drive multiple pixel rows, in accordance with an embodiment; 
         FIG. 9  is a chart illustrating simulated signals of a H2H GOA logic unit, such as that of  FIG. 8 , in accordance with an embodiment; 
         FIG. 10  is a schematic diagram of simplified pixel rows that may be driven by an alternate-logic H2H GOA system, in accordance with an embodiment; 
         FIG. 11  is a method for operation of an alternate-logic H2H GOA system, in accordance with an embodiment; 
         FIG. 12  is a circuit diagram of an embodiment of a GOA logic unit, in accordance with an embodiment; 
         FIG. 13  is a circuit diagram of the GOA logic unit of  FIG. 12 , in accordance with an embodiment; 
         FIG. 14  is a circuit diagram of an alternate-logic H2H GOA system that may use GOA logic units such as that of  FIG. 12 , in accordance with an embodiment; 
         FIG. 15  is a chart illustrating simulated signals for the GOA logic unit of  FIG. 12 , in accordance with an embodiment; and 
         FIG. 16  is a comparative illustration of bezels of electronic devices that may employ a H2H GOA system or an alternate-logic H2H GOA system, in accordance with an embodiment. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF SPECIFIC EMBODIMENTS 
     One or more specific embodiments will be described below. In an effort to provide a concise description of these embodiments, not all features of an actual implementation are described in the specification. It should be appreciated that in the development of any such actual implementation, as in any engineering or design project, numerous implementation-specific decisions must be made to achieve the developers&#39; specific goals, such as compliance with system-related and business-related constraints, which may vary from one implementation to another. Moreover, it should be appreciated that such a development effort might be complex and time consuming, but would nevertheless be a routine undertaking of design, fabrication, and manufacture for those of ordinary skill having the benefit of this disclosure. 
     Many electronic devices may use display panels to provide user interfaces. User display panels may be pixel-based panels, such as liquid crystal displays (LCD) panels, light-emitting diode (LED) panels, organic light emitting diodes (OLED) panels and/or plasma panels. In these panels, pixels are typically be arranged in rows and columns, which may receive power through gated power lines. The power, provided as driving signals, may operate in coordination with data signals to facilitate the formation of images. For example, a display may have multiple rows that are sequentially activated (e.g., one row at a time) with driving signals which are sequentially provided at each display cycle. To that end, gate on array (GOA) circuitry may receive a power signal (e.g., a driving signal) and gate the signal to each power line individually. Synchronizing clock signals may be used to gate each of the rows. 
     Circuitry that generates driving signals, such as the GOA, may be dedicated circuitry that is located along the borders of the display within the device. In some systems, including head-to-head (H2H) GOA systems, GOA circuitry may be located in opposite sides of the bezel of the display, as further detailed below. The use of H2H architectures in GOA circuitry may provide redundancy in the driving of pixel rows, which may increase the manufacturing yield and the reliability of the electronic device. H2H architectures may also decrease interlaced artifacts by reducing differences in adjacent lines due to kickback voltages that may appear in conventional interlaced architecture. As such, H2H architectures may provide an improved performance for displays. However, conventional H2H architectures may employ larger circuitry than conventional interlaced circuitry due to the presence of circuitry on both ends. 
     Due to its disposition within, or next to, the bezel of the electronic device, a decrease in the dimensions of the bezel may be limited, at least in part, by the size of the GOA circuitry. Thus, reduction of the dimensions in the GOA logic may allow a decrease in border dimensions, which may lead to reduced size bezels. Embodiments described herein relate to display drivers and/or GOA circuitry that may have a reduced size by employing alternate-logic head-to-head architecture. In the embodiments described herein, the GOA logic units employed in the alternate-logic head-to-head architecture may include a gating component (e.g., a shift register) that may control two or more rows of pixels. Therefore, a portion of the GOA logic unit for two rows is shared, thus reducing the amount of logic required to drive the display. The GOA logic described herein may be arranged in a H2H architecture, providing a reduced bezel with the alternate logic circuitry with redundancy and the reduction and/or elimination of interlaced artifacts. 
     With the foregoing in mind, a general description of suitable electronic devices with reduced bezel dimensions that may employ alternate-logic GOA systems for display driving, as discussed herein, are provided below. Turning first to  FIG. 1 , an electronic device  10  according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may include, among other things, one or more processor(s)  12 , memory  14 , nonvolatile storage  16 , a display  18 , input structures  22 , an input/output (I/O) interface  24 , a network interface  26 , and a power source  28 . The various functional blocks shown in  FIG. 1  may include hardware elements (including circuitry), software elements (including computer code stored on a computer-readable medium) or a combination of both hardware and software elements. It should be noted that  FIG. 1  is merely one example of an implementation and is intended to illustrate the types of components that may be present in electronic device  10 . 
     By way of example, the electronic device  10  may represent a block diagram of the notebook computer depicted in  FIG. 2 , the handheld device depicted in  FIG. 3 , the handheld device depicted in  FIG. 4 , the desktop computer depicted in  FIG. 5 , the wearable electronic device depicted in  FIG. 6 , or similar devices. It should be noted that the processor(s)  12  and other related items in  FIG. 1  may be generally referred to herein as “data processing circuitry.” Such data processing circuitry may be embodied wholly or in part as software, firmware, hardware, or any combination thereof. Furthermore, the data processing circuitry may be a single contained processing module or may be incorporated wholly or partially within any of the other elements within the electronic device  10 . 
     In the electronic device  10  of  FIG. 1 , the processor(s)  12  may be operably coupled with the memory  14  and the nonvolatile storage  16  to perform various algorithms Such programs or instructions executed by the processor(s)  12  may be stored in any suitable article of manufacture that includes one or more tangible, computer-readable media at least collectively storing the instructions or routines, such as the memory  14  and the nonvolatile storage  16 . The memory  14  and the nonvolatile storage  16  may include any suitable articles of manufacture for storing data and executable instructions, such as random-access memory, read-only memory, rewritable flash memory, hard drives, and optical discs. In addition, programs (e.g., an operating system) encoded on such a computer program product may also include instructions that may be executed by the processor(s)  12  to enable the electronic device  10  to provide various functionalities. 
     In certain embodiments, the display  18  may be a liquid-crystal display (LCD), which may allow users to view images generated on the electronic device  10 . In some embodiments, the display  18  may include a touch screen, which may allow users to interact with a user interface of the electronic device  10 . Furthermore, it should be appreciated that, in some embodiments, the display  18  may include one or more organic light emitting diode (OLED) displays, or some combination of LCD panels and OLED panels. The display  18  may receive images, data, or instructions from processor(s)  12  or memory  14 , and provide an image in display  18  for interaction. The display panels in display  18  may be disposed within a border and/or a bezel  38 , which may include a portion of the driving circuitry, including the alternate logic GOA circuitry described herein. 
     The input structures  22  of the electronic device  10  may enable a user to interact with the electronic device  10  (e.g., pressing a button to increase or decrease a volume level). The I/O interface  24  may enable electronic device  10  to interface with various other electronic devices, as may the network interface  26 . The network interface  26  may include, for example, one or more interfaces for a personal area network (PAN), such as a Bluetooth network, for a local area network (LAN) or wireless local area network (WLAN), such as an 802.11x Wi-Fi network, and/or for a wide area network (WAN), such as a 3rd generation (3G) cellular network, 4th generation (4G) cellular network, long term evolution (LTE) cellular network, or long term evolution license assisted access (LTE-LAA) cellular network. The network interface  26  may also include one or more interfaces for, for example, broadband fixed wireless access networks (WiMAX), mobile broadband Wireless networks (mobile WiMAX), asynchronous digital subscriber lines (e.g., ADSL, VDSL), digital video broadcasting-terrestrial (DVB-T) and its extension DVB Handheld (DVB-H), ultra-Wideband (UWB), alternating current (AC) power lines, and so forth. As further illustrated, the electronic device  10  may include a power source  28 . The power source  28  may include any suitable source of power, such as a rechargeable lithium polymer (Li-poly) battery and/or an alternating current (AC) power converter. 
     In certain embodiments, the electronic device  10  may take the form of a computer, a portable electronic device, a wearable electronic device, or other type of electronic device. Such computers may include computers that are generally portable (such as laptop, notebook, and tablet computers) as well as computers that are generally used in one place (such as conventional desktop computers, workstations, and/or servers). In certain embodiments, the electronic device  10  in the form of a computer may be a model of a MacBook®, MacBook® Pro, MacBook Air®, iMac®, Mac® mini, or Mac Pro® available from Apple Inc. 
     By way of example, the electronic device  10 , taking the form of a notebook computer  10 A, is illustrated in  FIG. 2  in accordance with one embodiment of the present disclosure. Notebook computer  10 A, or laptop computer, may be a MacBook®, MacBook® Pro, MacBook Air® by Apple, Inc. The depicted computer  10 A may include a housing or enclosure  36 , a display  18  framed by a bezel  38  of the enclosure  36 , input structures  22 , and ports of an I/O interface  24 . In one embodiment, the input structures  22  (such as a keyboard and/or touchpad) may be used to interact with the computer  10 A, such as to start, control, or operate a GUI or applications running on computer  10 A. For example, a keyboard and/or touchpad may allow a user to navigate a user interface or application interface displayed on display  18 . 
       FIG. 3  depicts a front view of a handheld device  10 B, which represents one embodiment of the electronic device  10 . The handheld device  10 B may represent, for example, a portable phone, a media player, a personal data organizer, a handheld game platform, or any combination of such devices. By way of example, the handheld device  10 B may be a model of an iPhone® available from Apple Inc. of Cupertino, Calif. The handheld device  10 B may include an enclosure  36  to protect interior components from physical damage and to shield them from electromagnetic interference. The enclosure  36  may include bezel  38 , which surrounds the display  18 . The bezel  38  may also include portions of the GOA circuitry and/or other circuitry that drives rows and/or columns of pixels in display  18 . The I/O interfaces  24  may open through the enclosure  36  and may include, for example, an I/O port for a hard-wired connection for charging and/or content manipulation using a standard connector and protocol, such as the Lightning connector provided by Apple Inc., a universal service bus (USB), or other similar connector and protocol. 
     User input structures  22 , in combination with the display  18 , may allow a user to control the handheld device  10 B. For example, the input structures  22  may activate or deactivate the handheld device  10 B, navigate user interface to a home screen, a user-configurable application screen, and/or activate a voice-recognition feature of the handheld device  10 B. Other input structures  22  may provide volume control, or may toggle between vibrate and ring modes. The input structures  22  may also include a microphone may obtain a user&#39;s voice for various voice-related features, and a speaker may enable audio playback and/or certain phone capabilities. The input structures  22  may also include a headphone input may provide a connection to external speakers and/or headphones. 
       FIG. 4  depicts a front view of another handheld device  10 C, which represents another embodiment of the electronic device  10 . The handheld device  10 C may represent, for example, a tablet computer, or one of various portable computing devices. By way of example, the handheld device  10 C may be a tablet-sized embodiment of the electronic device  10 , which may be, for example, a model of an iPad® available from Apple Inc. of Cupertino, Calif. The handheld device  10 C may include an enclosure  36  to protect interior components from physical damage and to shield them from electromagnetic interference. The enclosure  36  may include bezel  38 , which surrounds the display  18 . The bezel  38  may also include portions of the GOA circuitry and/or other circuitry that drives rows and/or columns of pixels in display  18 . The I/O interfaces  24  may open through the enclosure  36  and may include, for example, an I/O port for a hard-wired connection for charging and/or content manipulation using a standard connector and protocol, such as the Lightning connector provided by Apple Inc., a universal service bus (USB), or other similar connector and protocol. 
     Turning to  FIG. 5 , a computer  10 D may represent another embodiment of the electronic device  10  of  FIG. 1 . The computer  10 D may be any computer, such as a desktop computer, a server, or a notebook computer, but may also be a standalone media player or video gaming machine. By way of example, the computer  10 D may be an iMac®, or other similar device by Apple Inc. It should be noted that the computer  10 D may also represent a personal computer (PC) by another manufacturer. A similar enclosure  36  may be provided to protect and enclose internal components of the computer  10 D such as the display  18 . The display  18  may be surrounded by a bezel  38  of the enclosure  36 . In certain embodiments, a user of the computer  10 D may interact with the computer  10 D using various peripheral input devices, such as the keyboard  22 A or mouse  22 B (e.g., input structures  22 ), which may connect to the computer  10 D. 
     Similarly,  FIG. 6  depicts a wearable electronic device  10 E representing another embodiment of the electronic device  10  of  FIG. 1  that may operate using the techniques described herein. By way of example, the wearable electronic device  10 E, which may include a wristband  43 , may be an Apple Watch® by Apple, Inc. However, in other embodiments, the wearable electronic device  10 E may include any wearable electronic device such as, for example, a wearable exercise monitoring device (e.g., pedometer, accelerometer, heart rate monitor), or other device by another manufacturer. The display  18 , framed by a bezel  38  of the enclosure  36  of the wearable electronic device  10 E may include a touch screen display  18  (e.g., LCD, OLED display, active-matrix organic light emitting diode (AMOLED) display, and so forth), as well as input structures  22 , which may allow users to interact with a user interface of the wearable electronic device  10 E. 
       FIG. 7  provides a schematic diagram for a pixel-based display  18 . The display  18  may have a display panel  80  may be formed by an array of pixels  82 . Pixels  82  may be arranged in pixel rows  84  and pixel columns  86 . In the illustrated display panel  80 , the pixel rows  84  may be driven by an H2H GOA system  70 , which include two GOA modules  90 . The GOA modules  90  may drive the pixel rows  84  through driving lines  91 . The pixels  82  may also receive image data from a data driver  92  through data lines  93 . Pixels  82  may update the amount of emissions and/or colors based on the information received through a data line  93  and clocked by a driving signal received through a driving line  91 . The GOA modules  90  may generate driving signals to driving lines  91  based on a signal received from a power source  94 . 
     In the schematic diagram, the bezel  38  may have a width  104 , which may be, among other things, be at least as wide as a width  105  of the GOA module  90 . The display panel  80  may have a width  106  and a height  108 , which may be based on a resolution of the display panel  80 . For example, resolutions may be 1024×760, 1080p, or 4K. As discussed herein, the reduction in the size of the bezels may relate to a reduction in the width  104  of the bezel in absolute terms, a reduction of the width  104  relative to the length  106  of the display panel  80 , and/or a reduction of the width  104  based on the number of pixel rows  84 . It should be noted that, while the descriptions herein discuss the GOA modules  90  as operating on pixel rows  84 , it should be understood that the GOA modules  90  may drive pixel columns  86 , or any other groupings for the array of pixels  82 . 
       FIG. 8  is a diagram that illustrates a portion of a GOA module  90  that implements an alternate-logic GOA system. The illustrated portion of the GOA module  90  includes gate logic units  121 A and  121 B. Gate logic unit  121 A may include a shift register  122 A and gate driver logic  124 A. Similarly, gate logic unit  121 B may include a shift register  122 B and gate driver logic  124 B. Shift registers  122 A and  122 B may receive power and clock signals from a power and clock bus  126 . Based on a received clock signal, each shift register  122 A,  122 B, may produce an output gate-enable signal, which may include an output Q signal and a complementary output QB signal. In the illustrated system, shift registers  122 A and  122 B produce Q signals  128 A and  128 B, respectively, and complementary QB signals  130 A and  130 B, respectively. 
     The Q and QB signals may control a gate driver logic. For example, Q signal  128 A and QB signal  130 A may control each of the gate driver output circuits  134 A and  136 A of the gate driver logic  124 A. In some embodiments, gate driver output circuits may include push-pull circuitry (e.g., a pull-up transistor and a pull-down transistor). Gate driver output circuits  134 A and  134 B may employ NMOS (i.e., n-type metal oxide semiconductor) transistors. A bootstrapping capacitor  132 A may be used to assist the pull-up and -down operation of the NMOS transistors of both gate driver output circuits  134 A and  134 B. It should be understood that other types of transistors, such as p-type metal oxide semiconductor (PMOS) transistors, may be used to generate this circuitry and adaptations to the placement of bootstrapping capacitors  132 A may be provided accordingly, in light of the teachings of provided herein. 
     The gate driver output circuit  134 A, in operation, may be controlled by the output of the shift register  122 A. When the Q signal  128 A is high, and thus QB signal  130 A is low, the output gate line  91 A is pulled up and down to the value provided by the clock signal  141 A. When the Q signal  128 A is low, and thus QB signal  130 A is high, the output gate line  91 A may be pulled to gate low-level, which may be negative. The gate driver output circuit  136 A may also be controlled by the same output of the shift register  122 A. By contrast, however, the output gate line  91 B is pulled up to the value provided by the clock signal  141 B. In order to provide the sequential activation of rows, the clock signal  141 A and  141 B may include a phase shift between them, which is detailed below. 
       FIG. 8  also illustrates a second gate logic unit  121 B, that includes the shift register  122 B and the gate driver logic  124 B. As with gate logic unit  121 A, the gate logic unit  121 B may drive two gate lines  91 C and  91 D using a single shift register  122 B and two gate driver output circuits  134 B and  136 B. Gate driver output circuit  134 B may pull the output gate line  91 C up and down based on the clock signal  141 C, and gate driver output circuit  136 B may pull the output gate line  91 D up and down based on the clock signal  141 D. As discussed above, the two gate driver output circuits  134 B and  136 B may share a bootstrapping capacitor  132 B. 
     As opposed to conventional GOA circuitry, in which each row may be coupled to a dedicated shift register, the shared shift register  122 A,  122 B in the GOA circuitry described above (i.e., a single shift register driving multiple pixel rows) may decrease the size of the GOA system as well as the number of components used to form the GOA logic. For example, in a system where a shift register is shared between two rows, the size of the GOA logic may be reduced by up to 50%. Further reduction in the number of shared bootstrapping capacitors  132 A,  132 B may further decrease the size and/or power consumption of the GOA logic. It should be noted that, while the above illustrations describe a single shift register being used to drive two pixel rows, modifications of the systems above that may be used to drive three, four, or more pixel rows are contemplated, with adjustments performed in view of the teachings provided herein. 
       FIG. 9  provides a chart  150  illustrating signals that drive the gating logics  124 A and  124 B and the output signals that may drive output gate lines  91 A,  91 B,  91 C, and  91 D of  FIG. 8 . The signals in chart  150  may be related to one of the ends of the display (e.g., a left end). Specifically, chart  150  illustrates Q signals  128 A and  128 B, produced respectively by shift registers  122 A and  122 B, clock signals  141 A,  141 B,  141 C, and  141 D, and the output gate lines  91 A,  91 B,  91 C, and  91 D in a single display cycle (e.g., a refresh cycle, an update cycle). For example, Q signal  128 A becomes enabled at time  152 . At time  154 , the clock signal  141 A is enabled. As a result, the output gate line  91 A is pulled high, and leads to activation of the pixels in the corresponding row. Note that the pull-up response may cause an increase in the Q signal  128 A at time  154 . At time  156 , the clock signal  141 B is enabled. As a result, the output gate line  91 B is pulled high, and leads to activation of the pixels in the corresponding row. The Q signal  128  A may increase further at time  156  due to the pull-up response on both gate driver output circuits  134 A and  136 A. Once the clock signals  141 A and  141 B are disabled, at times  158  and  160 , respectively, the corresponding output gate lines  91 A and  91 B are disabled and pulled down to gate low-level. Furthermore, at time  162 , the Q signal  128 A may be disabled and the output gate lines  91 A and  91 B are maintained at low-level by the gate driver output circuits  134 A and  136 A and by the QB signal generated by gate driver logic. 
     The activation of output gate lines  91 C and  91 D during the display cycle is performed in a similar manner. The Q signal  128 B may become enabled at time  172  and the gate driver output circuits  134 B and  136 B of gate driver logic  124 B may be pull-up and -down output gate lines  91 B and  91 C to the voltage provided by clock signals  141 C and  141 D, respectively. Thus, when clock signal  141 C becomes enabled, at time  174 , the gate line  91 C is pulled high, leading to activation of the pixels in the corresponding row. Similarly, when clock signal  141 D becomes enabled, at time  176 , the gate line  91 D is pulled high, leading to activation of the pixels in the corresponding row. As with Q signal  128 A, the Q signal  128 B may be enhanced due to the operation of the gate driver output circuits  134 B and  136 B. Gate line  91 C is pulled down once the clock signal  141 C becomes disabled at time  178 . Gate line  91 D is pulled down once the clock signal  141 D becomes disabled at time  162 . Gate driver output circuits  134 B and  136 C may be secured by QB signal at low-level at time  182 , when the Q signal  128 B becomes disabled. 
     The schematic diagram of  FIG. 10  illustrates how the shared shift registers (e.g., shift registers that drive more than a single row) may be used in an alternate logic H2H GOA system  160  to drive pixel rows  84 A,  84 B,  84 C, and  84 D. In the diagram of the alternate-logic H2H GOA system  160 , each pixel  82  is represented by a resistor-capacitor element along a gate line. Each pixel row is driven by gate line outputs. In particular, pixel row  84 A is driven by outputs  161 A and  161 B, pixel row  84 B is driven by outputs  161 C and  161 D, pixel row  84 C is driven by outputs  161 E and  161 F, and pixel row  84 D is driven by outputs  161 G and  161 H. Outputs  161 A,  161 B,  161 C,  161 D,  161 E,  161 F,  161 G, and  161 H are driven by the gate driver output circuits  164 A,  164 B,  164 C,  164 D,  164 E,  164 F,  164 G, and  164 H, respectively. 
     In the alternate logic H2H GOA system  160 , each shift register (not illustrated in  FIG. 10 ) may drive two gate driver output circuits, in an arrangement similar to the one illustrated in  FIG. 10 . Gate driver output circuit  164 A may receive a Q signal  128 A and a QB signal  130 A from a first shift register in a left side of the circuit. Gate driver output circuits  164 B and  164 D may receive a common Q signal  128 B and QB signal  130 B from a second shift register in a right side of the circuit. Gate driver output circuits  164 C and  164 E may receive a common Q signal  128 C and QB signal  130 C from a third shift register in a left side of the circuit. Gate driver output circuits  164 F and  164 H may receive a common Q signal  128 D and QB signal  130 D from a fourth shift register in a right side of the circuit. Gate driver output circuit  164 G and  164 I may receive a Q signal  128 E from a fifth shift register in a left side of the circuit. The relationship between the shift registers and the pixel rows in the alternate-logic system is further discussed below, with respect to  FIG. 11 . 
     It should be noted that the bootstrapping capacitors may be directly coupled to only one of the gate driver output circuits that drives a given pixel row. For example, pixel row  84 A is driven by gate driver output circuits  164 A and  164 B. The bootstrapping capacitor  132 A is directly coupled to the gate driver output circuit  164 A, and the gate driver output circuit  164 B does not have a bootstrapping capacitor directly coupled. The other pixels rows may be similarly arranged. In pixel row  84 B, the bootstrapping capacitor  132 B is directly coupled to the gate driver output circuit  164 D, and the gate driver output circuit  164 C does not have a bootstrapping capacitor directly coupled. In pixel row  84 C, the bootstrapping capacitor  132 C is directly coupled to the gate driver output circuit  164 E, and the gate driver output circuit  164 F does not have a bootstrapping capacitor directly coupled. In pixel row  84 D, the bootstrapping capacitor  132 D is directly coupled to the gate driver output circuit  164 H, and the gate driver output circuit  164 G does not have a bootstrapping capacitor directly coupled. This regular arrangement (e.g., one capacitor per pixel row) may allow a balanced distribution of driver strength along the gate lines, reducing the presence of interlacing artifacts. Moreover, as discussed with respect to  FIG. 8 , the shared bootstrapping capacitors may facilitate operation of the two gate driver output circuits coupled to them. As an example, the bootstrapping capacitor  132 B, coupled to the common Q signal  128 B, allows regular operation of the NMOS buffer transistors in both the gate driver output circuit  164 B and gate driver output circuit  164 D in contrast with conventional GOA circuitry in which each gate driver output circuit may use a dedicated bootstrapping capacitor. As a result, the number of capacitors in the GOA circuitry may be reduced relative to conventional systems, without affecting the choice of the transistor (i.e., using a PMOS pull-up transistor to obviate the bootstrapping capacitor) and/or switch technology used in the GOA circuitry. 
       FIG. 11  illustrates a method  200  for operating an alternate-logic H2H GOA system, such as the alternate-logic H2H GOA system  160 , described above. The method  200  may be implemented by embodiments that include digital circuitry and/or switching circuitry that may be coupled to pixel rows, drive the pixel rows sequentially, and are arranged in an H2H manner, as discussed above. Implementations may include digital logic, analog circuitry, and/or hybrid circuitry, and may be implemented in integrated circuits and/or printed circuit boards. 
     As shown in process block  202 , method  200  initialize the display of a first row. To that end, in process block  204 , gate logic circuitry from a first end may provide a gate driver enable signal. In process block  204 , gate logic circuitry from a second end may provide a second gate driver enable signal. In some embodiments, process blocks  202  and/or  204  may be associated with activation of dummy pixel rows. In a process block  208 , a clock signal associated with the first row to the gate driver circuitry may provide a driving signal to the first row. 
     The display cycle may proceed to the next row in process block  210 . Following the first row, the alternate-logic operation may be applied. A decision block  212  may be associated with the alternate-logic operation. That is, for even rows, gate enable signals may be initialized from the second end (process block  214 ) and for odd rows, gate enable signals may be initialized from the first end (process block  216 ). Note that, as illustrated, at least, in  FIG. 9 , each gate enable signal may be active for a period greater than that of the period of activation of two rows. As such, at the beginning of process block  218 , the pixel row associated with the iteration may have an enabled gate driving circuit in both ends. In process block  218 , a clock signal may be used to drive the pixels in the corresponding row. The process may proceed iteratively until the last row, as illustrated by decision block  220  and process block  210 . At the end of displaying the last row, a next display cycle may begin, as represented by process block  222 . 
     With the foregoing in mind,  FIGS. 12, 13, 15, and 16  provide a detailed description and results for an embodiment of an alternate-logic H2H GOA system.  FIG. 12  is a circuit diagram illustrating a GOA logic unit  301  that includes a shift register  302  and two output drivers, secondary driver  304 A, and primary driver  304 B.  FIG. 13  is a circuit diagram illustrating an implementation of the GOA logic unit  301  of  FIG. 12 . The GOA logic unit  301  may receive power and/or clock signals  306 , which may be used to drive the GOA logic unit  301 . 
     As discussed above with respect to  FIG. 8 , the shift register  302  may output a Q signal  316  and a QB signal  318 , based on a received primary clock signal  314 , set signal  320 , and reset signal  321 . As illustrated in  FIGS. 12 and 13 , the shift register  302  may receive a set signal  320 , a reset signal  321 , and a primary clock signal  314 . The set signal  320  and the reset signal  321  may be carry signals received from neighboring shift registers, as detailed with respect to  FIG. 14 . Upon receiving the set signal  320 , the shift register  302  may provide a Q signal  316  and a QB signal  318  that may cause the secondary driver  304 A and the primary driver  304 B to pull the signals up to the voltage of the secondary clock signal  312  and the primary clock signal  314 , respectively. It should be noted, as illustrated in  FIG. 13 , that the primary driver  304 B has a bootstrapping capacitor  354  between the output  332  and the gate of the pull-up transistor. As such, every two drivers may share a shift register and a capacitor, in contrast with conventional systems in which each driver may employ a dedicated shift register and bootstrapping capacitor. This reduction in component may lead to a reduction in the GOA circuitry and allow smaller bezels around displays. 
       FIG. 14  illustrates a circuit diagram for a portion of an alternate-logic H2H GOA system  370  that may use GOA logic units, such as the GOA logic unit  301  illustrated in  FIG. 12 . The alternate-logic H2H GOA system  370  may also use the GOA logic unit illustrated in  FIG. 18 , or other GOA logic units capable of performing the method  200  discussed in  FIG. 11 . The alternate-logic H2H GOA system  370  may have a left side circuitry  372  and a right side circuitry  374 , which may be disposed along or within a bezel of an electronic device, as discussed herein. In the illustrated portion, left side circuitry  372  may include logic units  381 A,  381 B,  381 C,  381 D, and  381 E and right side circuitry  374  may include logic units  381 F,  381 G,  381 H, and  381 I. Each logic unit may be have a shift register. In particular, logic units  381 A,  381 B,  381 C,  381 D,  381 E,  381 F,  381 G,  381 H, and  381 I include shift registers  382 A,  382 B,  382 C,  382 D,  382 E,  382 F,  382 G,  382 H, and  382 I, respectively. 
     Each shift register may provide Q signals and QB signals to a primary driver and a secondary driver. For example, shift register  382 A may provide signals to a secondary driver  384 A and a primary driver  386 A, shift register  382 B may provide signals to a secondary driver  384 B and a primary driver  386 B, and shift register  382 F may provide signals to a secondary driver  384 F and a primary driver  386 F. The primary drivers and the secondary drivers may drive pixel rows. The left side circuitry  372  and the right side circuitry  374  may drive pixel rows from each side of the alternate-logic H2H GOA system  370  in a redundant manner (e.g., in a manner similar to the one illustrated in  FIG. 10 ). For example, signals  398 A and  398 B may drive a first pixel row, signals  399 A and  399 B may drive a second pixel row, signals  400 A and  400 B may drive a third pixel row, signals  402 A and  402 B may drive a fourth pixel row, signals  404 A and  404 B may drive a fifth pixel row, signals  406 A and  406 B may drive a sixth pixel row, signals  408 A and  408 B may drive a seventh pixel row, and signals  410 A and  410 B may drive an eight pixel row. The alternate-logic H2H GOA system  370  may generate more signals than described herein to drive more pixel rows in portions of the alternate-logic H2H GOA system  370  not illustrated in  FIG. 14 . 
     Each of the driving signals may be generated by a primary driver and a secondary driver. For example, a primary driver  386 A and a secondary driver  384 F generate, respectively, signals  389 A and  398 B that drive the first pixel row, as described above. In the second row, a secondary driver  384 B and a primary driver  386 F generate, respectively, signals  399 A and  399 B that drive the second pixel row. As discussed above, primary drivers (e.g., primary drivers  386 A,  386 B,  386 F) may include a bootstrapping capacitor (e.g., bootstrapping capacitors  132 A,  132 B,  132 C,  132 D,  132 D in  FIG. 10 ) and, thus, may perform differently from the secondary driver (e.g., secondary drivers  384 A,  384 B,  384 F) of a logic unit. Therefore, the logic units from the left side circuitry  372  may be staggered in relation to the logic units from the right side circuitry  374  to provide a balanced design, in which every pixel row is coupled to one primary driver and one secondary driver. Due to the staggered design, a secondary driver  384 A may be coupled to a dummy load  396 , as it does not couple to a pixel row. An alternative arrangement, in which the logic units from the left side circuitry  372  and the right side circuitry  374  are aligned and in which the primary driver and the secondary drivers in the right side circuitry are aligned to provide the balanced design may also be used with the logic units described herein. 
     Each shift register may also generate CARRY signals that may be used as SET and/or RESET (e.g., RST) inputs to other shift registers on the same side of the alternate-logic H2H GOA system  370 . In the illustrated portion of  FIG. 14 , a CARRY signal  392  from shift register  382 A may be used as a SET input for the shift register  382 C and the CARRY signal  394  may be used as a SET input for the shift register  382 E and RESET input for the shift register  382 A. Note that in the illustrated system, the SET input of a shift register may be coupled to a CARRY output of a shift register that is arranged two shift registers above. That is, SET [N]=CARRY [N−4], in which N is an index for shift registers from both left side circuitry  372  and right side circuitry  374  (e.g.,  382 A is N=1,  382 F is N=2,  382 B is N=3, etc.). Similarly, the RESET input of a shift register may be coupled to a CARRY output of a shift register that is two shift registers below. That is RST [N]=CARRY [N+6]. The alternate-logic H2H GOA system  370  may employ a different type of structure. As an example, an alternate-logic H2H GOA system  370  in which SET [N]=CARRY [N−4] and RST [N]=CARRY [N+4] may be obtained by connecting the wires of adjacent shift registers. This type of logical connection may facilitate the alternate-logic arrangement in the alternate-logic H2H GOA system  370 , which allows reduction in the number of shift registers relative to conventional GOA systems. 
       FIG. 15  is a chart  600  that provides simulated results for a logic unit, such as the GOA logic unit  301  of  FIG. 12  when arranged in an alternate-logic H2H GOA system, such the alternate-logic H2H GOA system  370  that of  FIG. 14 . As such, the operation described herein may be understood in view of GOA logic unit  301  of  FIGS. 12 and 13 . References to signals in the chart  600  may refer to signals with similar numbering as illustrated in  FIG. 12 . The chart  600  has subplot  602 , which indicates the logic signals in the shift register  302 . Specifically, subplot  602  illustrates the input set signal  320 , the input reset signal  321 , and the output carry signal  322 . The subplot  604  that indicates the output Q signal  316  and QB signal  318  of the shift register  302 . Subplots  606  and  608  illustrate, respectively, the primary clock signal  314  and the output  332  of the primary driver  304 B. Subplot  610  and  612  illustrate, respectively, the secondary clock signal  312  and the output  330  of the secondary driver  304 A. 
     As discussed above, the logic inputs set signal  320  and reset signal  321  may control the shift register  302 . At time  621 , the input set signal  320  may be asserted by a carry output signal of a neighboring shift register. As a result, the QB signal  318  becomes low and the Q signal  316  becomes high at time  623 . The secondary driver  304 A may receive the Q signal  316  and the QB signal  318  and the output  330  may be pulled to the secondary clock signal  312 . As a result, at time  625 , when the secondary clock signal  312  is asserted, the output  330  of the secondary driver  304 A is pulled up to a high level. Similarly, the primary driver  304 B may receive the Q signal  316  and the QB signal  318  and the output  332  may be pulled to the primary clock signal  314 . As a result, at time  627 , when the primary clock signal  314  is asserted, the output  332  of the primary driver  304 B is pulled up to a high level. When the set signal  320  is de-asserted, an output carry signal  322  may be asserted in the output of the shift register  302  at time  629 . At time  631 , when the input reset signal  321  is asserted, the Q signal  316  and the QB signal  318  may be inverted. The primary driver  304 B and the secondary driver  304 A may have their respective outputs  332  and  330  pulled down to a low-voltage level from a power supply. Note that the chart  600  relates to the system of  FIG. 14 , in which the shift registers are coupled using a SET [N]=CARRY [N−4] and RST [N]=CARRY [N+6] arrangement. In such system, a time interval  633  may appear. 
       FIG. 16  is a diagram illustrating a potential reduction in bezel width that may be obtained by using the display circuitry in the border of an electronic device. In particular,  FIG. 16  shows a border section  430  of a device  431 , that may employ a conventional H2H GOA system without alternate logic (i.e., each driver is coupled to a dedicated shift register), and a border section  432  of a device  433 , that may employ an alternate-logic H2H GOA system (i.e., a primary and a secondary driver may be share a shift register), such as the alternate-logic H2H GOA system  370  illustrated in  FIG. 14 . Devices  431  and  433  may have a display with resolution of 2732×2048 pixels. The table below illustrates estimated dimensions for embodiments of electronic devices  431  and  433  that have respective border sections  430  and  432 . Border sections  430  and  432  may, each, include a scribe and break (S/B) section  442 , a first metal bus section  444 , GOA circuitry  440 , and a second metal bus section  446 . As discussed above, the use of the alternate-logic design allows substantial reduction of the GOA circuitry  440  by obviating the use of two dedicated shift registers per row. In the alternate-logic design, the GOA system may have an average distribution of a single shift register per row. Note the reduction of 365 μm in the dimensions of the GOA section  400 , leading to an approximately 35% reduction in the GOA section length  434  and approximately 20% reduction in the bezel circuitry length  435  for the border section  432 . 
     
       
         
           
               
               
               
               
             
               
                   
               
               
                   
                   
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                 Alternate logic H2H 
               
               
                   
                 Display 
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                 GOA (μm) 
               
               
                   
               
             
            
               
                   
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
            
               
                   
                 Metal Bus 2 446 
                 312 
                 312 
               
               
                   
                 GOA 440 
                 1064 
                 699 
               
               
                   
                 Metal Bus 1 444 
                 140 
                 140 
               
               
                   
                 S/B 442 
                 250 
                 250 
               
               
                   
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                 1331 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     As discussed above, the use of shift registers that may control one or more pixel row drivers may allow reduction of the circuitry in the border of a display, which may facilitate reduction of the bezel. In some embodiments, the reduction of the GOA may be associated with the number of pixel rows or pixel columns. The use of the alternate logic may allow a reduction in the bezel width of 5%, 10%, 15%, 20%, 25%, 30%, 40%, or 50% based, among other things, on the dimensions of other circuitry (e.g., the sizes of the shift register and the drivers, the dimensions of the transistors in the drivers, and the dimensions of other circuitry in the bezel). In some embodiments, the use of the alternative-logic GOA circuitry may reduce the dimension of the GOA circuitry in a particular dimension with respect to the metal bus circuitry and/or other circuitry. For example, the contribution of the dimension of the GOA circuitry (e.g., GOA section length  434 ) relative to the total length  435  may be reduced from about 60% to about 50%, or less. In embodiments where each shift register controls four drivers, for example, the bezel thickness reduction may be of up to 75%. It should be understood that the presence of other circuitry may also impact the bezel width. 
     The specific embodiments described above have been shown by way of example, and it should be understood that these embodiments may be susceptible to various modifications and alternative forms. It should be further understood that the claims are not intended to be limited to the particular forms disclosed, but rather to cover all modifications, equivalents, and alternatives falling within the spirit and scope of this disclosure. 
     The techniques presented and claimed herein are referenced and applied to material objects and concrete examples of a practical nature that demonstrably improve the present technical field and, as such, are not abstract, intangible or purely theoretical. Further, if any claims appended to the end of this specification contain one or more elements designated as “means for [perform]ing [a function] . . . ” or “step for [perform]ing [a function] . . . ,” it is intended that such elements are to be interpreted under 35 U.S.C. 112(f). However, for any claims containing elements designated in any other manner, it is intended that such elements are not to be interpreted under 35 U.S.C. 112(f).