We consider the family $$\begin{aligned} {\widehat{{ H}}}_\mu := {\widehat{\varDelta }} {\widehat{\varDelta }} - \mu {\widehat{{ V}}},\qquad \mu \in {\mathbb {R}}, \end{aligned}$$
H
^
μ
:
=
Δ
^
Δ
^
-
μ
V
^
,
μ
∈
R
,
of discrete Schrödinger-type operators in d-dimensional lattice $${\mathbb {Z}}^d$$
Z
d
, where $${\widehat{\varDelta }}$$
Δ
^
is the discrete Laplacian and $${\widehat{{ V}}}$$
V
^
is of rank-one. We prove that there exist coupling constant thresholds $$\mu _o,\mu ^o\ge 0$$
μ
o
,
μ
o
≥
0
such that for any $$\mu \in [-\mu ^o,\mu _o]$$
μ
∈
[
-
μ
o
,
μ
o
]
the discrete spectrum of $${\widehat{{ H}_\mu }}$$
H
μ
^
is empty and for any $$\mu \in {\mathbb {R}}\setminus [-\mu ^o,\mu _o]$$
μ
∈
R
\
[
-
μ
o
,
μ
o
]
the discrete spectrum of $${\widehat{{ H}_\mu }}$$
H
μ
^
is a singleton $$\{e(\mu )\},$$
{
e
(
μ
)
}
,
and $$e(\mu )<0$$
e
(
μ
)
<
0
for $$\mu >\mu _o$$
μ
>
μ
o
and $$e(\mu )>4d^2$$
e
(
μ
)
>
4
d
2
for $$\mu <-\mu ^o.$$
μ
<
-
μ
o
.
Moreover, we study the asymptotics of $$e(\mu )$$
e
(
μ
)
as $$\mu \searrow \mu _o$$
μ
↘
μ
o
and $$\mu \nearrow -\mu ^o$$
μ
↗
-
μ
o
as well as $$\mu \rightarrow \pm \infty .$$
μ
→
±
∞
.
The asymptotics highly depends on d and $${\widehat{{ V}}}.$$
V
^
.