Pixel structure, display panel, display apparatus, and mask plate

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10916591-B2
Application number	US-201916623986-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 19, 2019
Priority date	Apr 20, 2018
Publication date	Feb 9, 2021
Grant date	Feb 9, 2021

Abstract

A pixel structure, the pixel structure comprising a plurality of pixels arranged in an array, each pixel comprising three sub-pixels of different colours arranged in two adjacent rows; the plurality of pixels also comprise a plurality of first pixels and a plurality of second pixels, the plurality of first pixels and the plurality of second pixels being arranged alternately along the row direction; along the row direction, one sub-pixel of each first pixel is positioned in the same row as two sub-pixels of the adjacent second pixel, and the other two sub-pixels of each first pixel are positioned in the same row as the other sub-pixel in the adjacent second sub-pixel; and two sub-pixels positioned in different rows in each first pixel are respectively adjacent to the sub-pixels of the same corresponding colour in an adjacent second pixel.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A pixel structure, comprising:
a plurality of pixels arranged in an array, each pixel comprising three sub-pixels of different colors arranged in two adjacent rows, wherein:
the plurality of pixels further comprise a plurality of first pixels and a plurality of second pixels, the plurality of first pixels and the plurality of second pixels being alternately arranged in sequence along a row direction;
along the row direction, one sub-pixel in each first pixel is positioned in a same row as two sub-pixels in adjacent second pixels, and other two sub-pixels in the each first pixel are positioned in a same row as another one sub-pixel in the adjacent second sub-pixels; and
two sub-pixels positioned in different rows in the each first pixel are disposed adjacent to corresponding same colored sub-pixels in two second pixels which are adjacent to the first pixel and are in the same row as the first pixel.

2. The pixel structure according to claim 1 , wherein, among the three sub-pixels in each pixel, a central line of a gap between two sub-pixels in a same row along the row direction is aligned with a central line of another sub-pixel in an adjacent row along the row direction.

3. The pixel structure according to claim 1 , wherein the two sub-pixels in the each first pixel disposed adjacent to corresponding same colored sub-pixels in the adjacent second pixels comprise one red sub-pixel and one blue sub-pixel.

4. The pixel structure according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of pixels positioned in a same column comprise a plurality of first pixels or a plurality of second pixels.

5. The pixel structure according to claim 1 , wherein an opening shape of each of the sub-pixels comprises a quadrangle, a pentagon, or a hexagon.

6. The pixel structure according to claim 1 , wherein an opening shape of each of the sub-pixels comprises a pentagon arranged axisymmetrically, and five corners of the pentagon comprise a pair of right-angles arranged adjacently.

7. The pixel structure according to claim 6 , wherein:
among the three sub-pixels of each pixel, first right-angle sides of two sub-pixels positioned in a same row are flush with each other, and the first right-angle sides of the two sub-pixels are parallel with a first right-angle side of another sub-pixel in an adjacent row;
the three sub-pixels are positioned between a line where the first right-angle sides of the two sub-pixels are positioned and a line where the first right-angle side of the another sub-pixel is positioned; and
the first right-angled side is a side positioned between two adjacent right angles in the pentagon.

8. The pixel structure according to claim 1 , wherein three sub-pixels in each first pixel constitute vertices of a triangle, and three sub-pixels in each second pixel constitute vertices of an inverted triangle.

9. A display panel, comprising:
a pixel structure, wherein the pixel structure comprises a plurality of pixels arranged in an array, each pixel comprising three sub-pixels of different colors arranged in two adjacent rows, wherein:
the plurality of pixels further comprise a plurality of first pixels and a plurality of second pixels, the plurality of first pixels and the plurality of second pixels are alternately arranged in sequence along a row direction;
along the row direction, one sub-pixel in each first pixel is positioned in a same row as two sub-pixels in adjacent second pixels, and other two sub-pixels in the each first pixel are positioned in a same row as another one sub-pixel in the adjacent second sub-pixels; and
two sub-pixels positioned in different rows in the each first pixel are disposed adjacent to corresponding same colored sub-pixels in two second pixels which are adjacent to the each first pixel and are in the same row as the each first pixel.

10. The display panel according to claim 9 , wherein, among the three sub-pixels in each pixel, a central line of a gap between two sub-pixels in a same row along the row direction is aligned with a central line of another sub-pixel in an adjacent row along the row direction.

11. The display panel according to claim 9 , wherein the two sub-pixels in the each first pixel disposed adjacent to corresponding same colored sub-pixels in the adjacent second pixels comprise one red sub-pixel and one blue sub-pixel.

12. The display panel according to claim 9 , wherein the plurality of pixels positioned in a same column comprise a plurality of first pixels or a plurality of second pixels.

13. The display panel according to claim 9 , wherein an opening shape of each of the sub-pixels comprises a quadrangle, a pentagon, or a hexagon.

14. The display panel according to claim 9 , wherein an opening shape of each of the sub-pixels comprises a pentagon arranged axisymmetrically, and five corners of the pentagon comprise a pair of right-angles arranged adjacently.

15. The display panel according to claim 14 , wherein:
among the three sub-pixels of each pixel, first right-angle sides of two sub-pixels positioned in a same row are flush with each other, and the first right-angle sides of the two sub-pixels are parallel with a first right-angle side of another sub-pixel in an adjacent row;
the three sub-pixels are positioned between a line where the first right-angle sides of the two sub-pixels are positioned and a line where the first right-angle side of the another sub-pixel is positioned; and
the first right-angled side is a side positioned between two adjacent right angles in the pentagon.

16. The pixel structure according to claim 9 , wherein three sub-pixels in each first pixel constitute vertices of a triangle, and three sub-pixels in each second pixel constitute vertices of an inverted triangle.

17. A mask plate group configured to manufacture a pixel structure, wherein the pixel structure comprises:
a plurality of pixels arranged in an array, each pixel comprising three sub-pixels of different colors arranged in two adjacent rows, wherein:
the plurality of pixels further comprise a plurality of first pixels and a plurality of second pixels, the plurality of first pixels and the plurality of second pixels are alternately arranged in sequence along a row direction;
along the row direction, one sub-pixel in each first pixel is positioned in a same row as two sub-pixels in adjacent second pixels, and other two sub-pixels in the each first pixel are positioned in a same row as another one sub-pixel in the adjacent second sub-pixels; and
two sub-pixels positioned in different rows in the each first pixel are disposed adjacent to corresponding same colored sub-pixels in two second pixels which are adjacent to the first pixel and are in the same row as the first pixel;

wherein the mask plate group comprises three mask plates provided in one-to-one correspondence with sub-pixel colors; and
wherein each of the three mask plates is provided with a plurality of openings, any one of the openings of at least two mask plates corresponding to two adjacent sub pixels of a same color in the pixel structure.

Assignees

• Chengdu Boe Optoelect Tech Co
• Boe Technology Group Co Ltd

Inventors

• He Panting
• Luo Chang
• Mei Ju

Classifications

• H01L27/3218 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H10K59/353 Primary

  characterised by the geometrical arrangement of the RGB subpixels · CPC title