Patent ID: 8515001

Claim:
A shift register comprising a plurality of stages for sequentially outputting scan pulses, wherein each of the stages comprises: a node controller that controls signal states of a set node and a reset node; and an output unit supplied with any one of a plurality of clock pulses having different phases, the output unit outputting the supplied clock pulse as a corresponding one of the scan pulses through an output terminal thereof according to the signal states of the set node and reset node, wherein the node controller of each stage comprises a first discharging switching device turned on or off in response to a scan pulse from a downstream one of the stages, the first discharging switching device being connected between any one of a plurality of clock transfer lines, the clock transfer lines transferring the clock pulses, respectively, and the set node; wherein the reset node comprises a first reset node and a second reset node, wherein the node controller of an nth one of the stages further comprises: a first switching device turned on or off in response to a scan pulse from an (n−2)th one of the stages, the first switching device electrically interconnecting the set node and a charging voltage line when turned on; a second switching device turned on or off in response to a clock pulse supplied to the output unit of an (n−1)th one of the stages, the second switching device electrically interconnecting the output terminal of the (n−1)th stage and the set node when turned on; a third switching device turned on or off in response to a voltage supplied to a first common node, the third switching device electrically interconnecting a first alternating current (AC) voltage line and the first reset node when turned on; a fourth switching device turned on or off in response to a voltage supplied to the set node, the fourth switching device electrically interconnecting the first reset node and a first discharging voltage line when turned on; a fifth switching device turned on or off in response to a first AC voltage from the first AC voltage line, the fifth switching device electrically interconnecting the first AC voltage line and the first common node when turned on; a sixth switching device turned on or off in response to the voltage supplied to the set node, the sixth switching device electrically interconnecting the first common node and the first discharging voltage line when turned on.