Patent ID: 7136041

Claim:
A bi-directional driving circuit of a liquid crystal display (LCD) panel having a plurality of blocks, one of the blocks comprising: a first switching element having a source and a gate for receiving a start pulse; a second switching element having a source connected to a drain of the first switching element and a gate for receiving a first clock signal; a third switching element having a source connected to a drain of the second switching element and a drain connected to a ground terminal Vss; a fourth switching element having a source connected to a power source voltage terminal Vdd, a gate connected to a second clock signal, and a drain connected to a gate of the third switching element; a fifth switching element having a source connected to the drain of the fourth switching element, a gate connected to the drain of the first switching element, and a drain connected to the Vss terminal; a sixth switching element having a source connected to a third clock signal, a gate connected to the drain of the second switching element, and a drain connected to an output terminal; a seventh switching element having a source connected to the output terminal, a gate connected to the drain of the fourth switching element, and a drain connected to the Vss terminal; an eighth switching element having a source and a gate connected to an output terminal of a next block and a drain connected to the drain of the first switching element; and a ninth switching element connected to the second switching element in parallel, having a gate connected to a fourth clock signal.