IP Library Granted Patent US 7,388,630
Granted Patent B2
US 7,388,630 · App. 10/914,082 · Granted Jun 17, 2008

Liquid crystal display having particular sub-pixels

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Patent No.
US 7,388,630
App. No.
10/914,082
Granted
Jun 17, 2008
Kind
B2
Abstract

A four color liquid crystal display (LCD) including red, green, blue, and white sub-pixels are provided. The LCD also includes a plurality of gate lines for transmitting gate signals to the sub-pixels and a plurality of data lines for transmitting data signals to the sub-pixels. The white sub-pixel is smaller than the other sub-pixels, and each of the data lines passes between adjacent two sub-pixels and includes at least one curved portion. Furthermore, the lengths of the data lines are substantially uniform.

Claims (15)

1. A liquid crystal display comprising:

a plurality of gate lines and a plurality of data lines intersecting each other; and

a plurality of pixels connected to the gate lines and the data lines, each pixel including red, green, blue, and white sub-pixels,

wherein the white sub-pixel is smaller than the red, green, and blue sub-pixels, each data line passes between two sub-pixels and has at least a curve portion, and the length of the data lines is substantially uniform.

2. The liquid crystal display of claim 1 , wherein the sub-pixels have substantially an equal length, the white sub-pixel has a width smaller than the widths of the red, blue, and green sub-pixels, the sub-pixels are affanged to form a plurality of rows, the sub-pixels in each row are affanged in turn, and sub-pixel affangements in adjacent rows are shifted by a predetermined s number of sub-pixels.

3. The liquid crystal display of claim 2 , wherein each row includes red, green, white, and blue sub-pixels sequentially arranged in a first direction, the red and white sub-pixels are adjacent in a second direction, and a straight line extending in the second direction and passing through a center of the red sub-pixel passes through a center of the white sub-pixel.

4. The liquid crystal display of claim 3 , wherein each pixel comprises a red sub-pixel, a white sub-pixel adjacent to the red sub-pixel in the second direction, and green and blue sub-pixels adjacent to the white sub-pixel in the first direction.

5. The liquid crystal display of claim 3 , wherein each pixel comprises a red sub-pixel, a green sub-pixel adjacent to the red sub-pixel in the first direction, and white and blue sub-pixels adjacent to the red and green sub-pixels in the second direction, respectively.

6. The liquid crystal display of claim 3 , wherein the sub-pixels are subjected to 1×1 line inversion.

7. The liquid crystal display of claim 3 , wherein the sub-pixels are subjected to 1×1 dot inversion.

8. The liquid crystal display of claim 2 , wherein sub-pixel arrangements in adjacent rows are shifted by two sub-pixels.

9. The liquid crystal display of claim 1 , wherein the liquid crystal display is subjected to sub-pixel rendering.

10. The liquid crystal display of claim 9 , wherein the sub-pixels are arranged to form a plurality of rows, the sub-pixels in each row are arranged in turn, and sub-pixel affangements in adjacent rows are shifted by a predetermined number of sub-pixels.

11. The liquid crystal display of claim 10 , wherein a logical pixel for the sub-pixel rendering comprises red and green sub-pixels adjacent to each other in a first row, and white and blue sub-pixels that belong to a second row adjacent to the first row and are adjacent to the red and green sub-pixels, respectively.

12. The liquid crystal display of claim 10 , wherein a logical pixel for the sub-pixel rendering comprises a red sub-pixel in a first row, a white sub-pixel that belongs to a second row adjacent to the first row and is disposed adjacent to the red sub-pixel, and green and blue sub-pixels that belong to the second row and are disposed adjacent to the white sub-pixel.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 14, 2012
From: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
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