Gate Drive Circuit for Frequency-Division Display Scanning

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing display panels entering low-frequency mode through full-screen low-frequency display modules limit their usage scenarios.

Innovation Solution

A gate driving unit with first and second frequency division control lines and cascaded stages of gate driving circuits, each with a stage transmission module and output module, controls gate control signals using first and second frequency division control signals to enable frequency division display.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Use of energy by moving object

If full-screen low-frequency display module is used to reduce power consumption, then power consumption is reduced, but usage scenarios are limited

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvepower consumptionVSAvoidusage scenarios
Core Design Contradiction:
Use of energy by moving objectVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The display screen is divided into multiple independent scanning regions, each controlled by separate gate driving circuits. Different regions can operate at different refresh frequencies simultaneously, allowing full-screen low-frequency display and partial high-frequency display areas to coexist, thus reducing overall power consumption while maintaining high refresh rates in specific usage scenarios

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The gate driving circuit dynamically adjusts the refresh frequency of different scanning regions based on real-time needs. The circuit can switch between full-screen low-frequency mode and partial high-frequency mode, enabling adaptive frequency adjustment that expands usage scenarios while optimizing power consumption

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

2Use of energy by moving object

If frequency division display is implemented, then power consumption is reduced and usage scenarios are expanded, but gate driving circuit complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvepower consumptionVSAvoidgate driving circuit
Core Design Contradiction:
Use of energy by moving objectVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The gate driving circuit is segmented into multiple independent stages, each responsible for a specific scanning region. This modular segmentation allows complex frequency division control to be broken down into simpler, independent units that can be managed separately, reducing overall circuit complexity while enabling frequency division display functionality

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

Multiple scanning regions are nested within the overall display framework, with each region's gate driving circuit embedded within the larger system. This nesting allows hierarchical control where regional frequency adjustments are managed within the context of the full-screen display, simplifying the control architecture

Inventive Principle:
Principle #7Nested doll (Nesting)

Data Source

PatentEP4693264A1Gate drive unit and display apparatus
Publication Date: 2026.02.11 WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS SEMICONDUCTOR DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO LTD
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AI summary

This application provides a gate driving unit and a display device, including a first frequency division control line, a second frequency division control line, and a plurality of gate driving circuits. An output module of each of the gate driving circuits is electrically connected to the first frequency division control line or the second frequency division control line, and is electrically connected a first node and a second node in the stage transmission module, so as to output a first frequency division control signal or a second frequency division control signal to a scanning output terminal of a current stage of the gate driving circuits based on signals from the first node and the second node.