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Shift register

US9601073B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 27, 2010
Grant dateMar 21, 2017
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Expiry dateAug 20, 2033

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG11C19/28
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The present invention relates to a shift register in which a structure of a switching device of an output buffer unit is changed for reducing power consumption. The shift register includes a plurality of stages each having a plurality of switching devices, for forwarding a scan pulse in succession, wherein the at least one of the plurality of switching device has a first area at which a gate electrode thereof overlaps with a first electrode thereof with a size different from a second area at which the gate electrode overlaps with a second electrode thereof.

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