Patent ID: 7843217

Claim:
A shift register comprising: a plurality of stages of first circuits each of which includes a circuitry, said circuitry comprising: a first circuit comprising a first transistor; and a second transistor; a second circuit comprising a third transistor and a fourth transistor; and a third circuit comprising a fifth transistor and a switching element, wherein one of a source and a drain of the first transistor is electrically connected to one of a source and a drain of the second transistor, wherein the one of the source and the drain of the first transistor is electrically connected to a first terminal of the circuitry, wherein the other of the source and the drain of the first transistor is electrically connected to a first power source, wherein one of a source and a drain of the fourth transistor is electrically connected to the first power source, wherein the other of the source and the drain of the second transistor is electrically connected to a second power source, wherein one of a source and a drain of the fifth transistor is electrically connected to the second power source, wherein a gate of the third transistor is electrically connected to a gate of the fourth transistor, wherein the gate of the third transistor is electrically connected to a second terminal, wherein a first terminal of the switching element is input with a clock signal, wherein a second terminal of the switching element is electrically connected to a gate of the second transistor, wherein the other of the source and the drain of the fifth transistor is electrically connected to the gate of the second transistor, wherein one of a source and a drain of the third transistor is electrically connected to a third terminal, wherein the other of the source and the drain of the third transistor is electrically connected to a gate of the first transistor, wherein the other of the source and the drain of the fourth transistor is electrically connected to the gate of the first transistor, wherein a gate of the fifth transistor is electrically connected to a fourth terminal, and wherein a third terminal of the switching element is electrically connected to a fifth terminal.