Display apparatus with a driving circuit in which every three adjacent pixels are coupled to the same data line
View Patent ↗A display apparatus includes a first scan line; a first data line perpendicular to the first scan line; a first pixel, a second pixel, and a third pixel which are adjacent and coupled to the same data line respectively; and a first switching device, a second switching device, and a third switching device set in the first, second, and third pixels respectively. The data signals can be selectively input into the corresponding pixels from the first data line by enabling/disabling the corresponding scan lines.
1. A display apparatus with a driving circuit in which every three adjacent pixels are coupled to the same data line, comprising:
a first scan line, a second scan line, and a third scan line arranged in a first direction;
a first data line arranged in a second direction, wherein the second direction is perpendicular to the first direction;
a first pixel, a second pixel, and a third pixel coupled to the first data line and the corresponding scan lines respectively;
a first switching device in the first pixel for selectively transmitting a first data signal into the first pixel from the first data line, wherein the first switching device is controlled by the first scan line and the third scan line;
a second switching device in the second pixel for selectively transmitting a second data signal into the second pixel from the first data line, wherein the second switching device is controlled by the first scan line and the second scan line; and
a third switching device in the third pixel for selectively transmitting a third data signal into the third pixel from the first data line, wherein the third switching device is controlled by the first scan line.
2. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the second scan line is adjacent to the first scan line and the third scan line respectively.
3. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first switching device, the second switching device, and the third switching device comprise a plurality of thin film transistors (TFT) and each thin film transistor includes a first source/drain electrode, a second source/drain electrode, and a gate electrode.
4. The display apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the first switching device further comprises two switches, which are a first switch and a second switch.
5. The display apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the first switch is serially coupled to the second switch.
6. The display apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the first source/drain electrode of the first switch is coupled to the first data line; the gate electrode of the first switch is coupled to the first scan line; the gate electrode of the second switch is coupled to the third scan line; and the second switch is for transmitting the first data signal to the first pixel from the first switch.
7. The display apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the second switching device further comprises two switches, which are a third switch and a fourth switch.
8. The display apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the third switch is serially coupled to the fourth switch.
9. The display apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the first source/drain electrode of the third switch is coupled to the first data line; the gate electrode of the third switch is coupled to the first scan line; the gate electrode of the fourth switch is coupled to the second scan line; and the fourth switch is for transmitting the second data signal to the second pixel.
10. The display apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the third switching device further comprises one switch, which is a fifth switch.
11. The display apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein the first source/drain electrode of the fifth switch is coupled to the first data line, and the gate electrode of the fifth switch is coupled to the first scan line.
12. The display apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the method for driving the driving circuit of the display apparatus comprising:
enabling the first scan line and the third scan line;
inputting the first data signal into the first pixel through the first data line;
disabling the third scan line;
enabling the second scan line;
inputting the second data signal into the second pixel through the first data line;
disabling the second scan line;
inputting the third data signal into the first data signal through the first data line; and
disabling the first scan line.
13. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the display apparatus is a liquid crystal display (LCD).