Gate Driving Circuit Reset Signal Inversion for Display Power Reduction

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing display technologies face challenges in reducing power consumption without causing display flickering or affecting the display effect, particularly when changing the polarity inversion manner from dot inversion to column or row inversion.

Innovation Solution

A gate driving circuit with cascaded multistage gate driving units and a reset adjustment unit, which controls the reset signal flow between stages to invert the reset order of gate driving units, reducing the number of polarity changes in the dot inversion manner and minimizing power consumption.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Loss of energy

If dot inversion manner is changed to column inversion manner or row inversion manner, then display power consumption is reduced, but display flickering may occur and display effect may be affected

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedisplay power consumptionVSAvoiddisplay effect
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of energyVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent inverts the traditional reset signal transmission direction in the gate driving circuit. Instead of resetting gate driving units in sequential order from first to last stage, the reset signals are transmitted in reverse order where the last stage gate driving unit is reset first, then the second-to-last stage, and so on. This inverted reset sequence reduces the number of polarity changes required in the dot inversion manner, thereby reducing display power consumption while maintaining stable display output without flickering

Inventive Principle:
Principle #13The other way round (Inversion)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces dynamic control of reset signal timing through multiple control signals (first control signal and second control signal) that dynamically adjust the reset sequence of different gate driving units. The reset adjustment unit dynamically switches between different reset patterns based on these control signals, allowing the system to adaptively optimize power consumption while ensuring display stability under different operating conditions

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

2Reliability

If dot inversion manner is used, then display effect is maintained, but power consumption is high due to frequent polarity changes

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedisplay effectVSAvoidpower consumption
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of energy

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies the inversion principle by reversing the reset signal transmission sequence through the cascaded gate driving units. By resetting the last stage first and proceeding backward to the first stage, the system reduces the frequency of polarity inversions required to maintain display output, thereby lowering power consumption while preserving display quality

Inventive Principle:
Principle #13The other way round (Inversion)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent implements periodic reset actions with optimized timing through the reset adjustment unit. By controlling the periodic transmission of reset signals in the inverted sequence, the system maintains display output stability while minimizing the frequency of polarity changes, thus reducing power consumption associated with frequent switching

Inventive Principle:
Principle #19Periodic action

Data Source

PatentUS10762817B2Gate driving circuit, driving method and display device
Publication Date: 2020.09.01 BEIJING BOE DISPLAY TECH CO LTD
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AI summary

The present disclosure provides a gate driving circuit, a driving method, and a display device. The gate driving circuit includes cascaded multistage gate driving units and a reset adjustment unit. Each stage of the gate driving units includes a pull-up module, a first output module, a second output module, and a reset module. The reset adjustment unit is used for, under the control of a first and a second control signal, inputting the reset signal of the reset terminal of a former stage gate driving unit to the reset module of a latter stage gate driving unit, and inputting the reset signal of the reset terminal of the latter stage gate driving unit to the reset module of the former stage gate driving unit.