Pixel structure

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11604387-B2
Application number	US-202016996921-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 19, 2020
Priority date	Feb 18, 2020
Publication date	Mar 14, 2023
Grant date	Mar 14, 2023

Abstract

A pixel structure includes a data line, a scan line, a common signal line, a first switching element, a second switching element, a first pixel electrode, and a second pixel electrode. The first switching element is electrically connected to the scan line and the data line. The second switching element is electrically connected to the scan line and the common signal line. The first pixel electrode is electrically connected to the first switching element. The second pixel electrode is electrically connected to the second switching element. The second pixel electrode surrounds the first pixel electrode.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A pixel structure comprising:
a substrate;
a data line, a scan line, and a common signal line formed on the substrate;
a first switching element electrically connected to the scan line and the data line;
a second switching element electrically connected to the scan line and the common signal line;
a first pixel electrode electrically connected to the first switching element; and
a second pixel electrode electrically connected to the second switching element, wherein the second pixel electrode surrounds the first pixel electrode,
wherein the common signal line has two turnings, the two turnings are completely overlapped with the second pixel electrode, and an orthogonal projection of a straight portion of the common signal line connecting the two turnings on the substrate is outside an orthogonal projection of the second pixel electrode on the substrate.

2. The pixel structure according to claim 1 , wherein the first pixel electrode comprises:
a trunk portion; and
two branch portions located on two sides of the trunk portion, respectively.

3. The pixel structure according to claim 2 , wherein the two branch portions are linear.

4. The pixel structure according to claim 2 , wherein widths of the two branch portions gradually decrease with a distance away from the trunk portion.

5. The pixel structure according to claim 4 , wherein there are a plurality of first slits in the two branch portions, and an acute angle exists between a direction in which the first slits extend and a direction in which the data line extends.

6. The pixel structure according to claim 2 , wherein there are a plurality of second slits in the second pixel electrode, and an acute angle exists between a direction in which the second slits extend and a direction in which the data line extends.

7. The pixel structure according to claim 6 , wherein at least some of the second slits penetrate through a sidewall of the second pixel electrode close to the two branch portions.

8. The pixel structure according to claim 2 , wherein the second pixel electrode comprises a groove, and a direction in which the groove extends is substantially parallel to a direction in which the data line extends and/or a direction in which the scan line extends.

9. The pixel structure according to claim 8 , wherein the second pixel electrode comprises a protrusion structure located in the groove, and the protrusion structure is adjacent to the corresponding branch portion.

10. The pixel structure according to claim 1 , wherein a width of the first pixel electrode at the two branch portions is greater than a width of the first pixel electrode away from the two branch portions.

11. The pixel structure according to claim 1 , wherein a shortest distance between the first pixel electrode and the second pixel electrode is between 2 microns and 5 microns.

12. The pixel structure according to claim 1 , wherein the first pixel electrode and the second pixel electrode belong to a same film layer.

13. The pixel structure according to claim 1 , wherein a ratio of a voltage on the second pixel electrode to a voltage on the first pixel electrode is between 1:4 and 8:9.

Assignees

• Au Optronics Corp

Inventors

• Wang Yi-Chu
• Lai Cheng-Wei
• Tsao Fu-Chun
• Lin Hsiao-Tung
• Cheng Wei-Cheng

Classifications

• H10D86/441

  Interconnections, e.g. scanning lines · CPC title

• H10D86/60

  wherein the TFTs are in active matrices · CPC title

• G02F1/134309 Primary

  characterised by their geometrical arrangement · CPC title

• G02F2201/123

  pixel · CPC title

• G02F1/13624

  having more than one switching element per pixel · CPC title