Flat panel display
A flat panel display with good color mixture of three primary colors to achieve different hues and little signal delay is provided. The display includes signal lines including scan lines and data lines intersecting the scan lines, both arranged along straight lines. Red, green, and blue pixel driving circuit regions are defined by the intersection of the scan lines and the data lines. The pixel driving circuit regions having the same color are arranged adjacent to one another along a column direction. Red, green, and blue pixel driving circuits are placed in the pixel driving circuit regions and are coupled to the red, green, and blue pixel electrodes. The pixel electrodes are adjacent to pixel electrodes of a different color along both row and column directions.
1. A flat panel display comprising:
a substrate;
signal lines on the substrate;
pixel driving circuits at pixel driving circuit regions defined by crossings of the signal lines; and
pixel electrodes coupled to the pixel driving circuits and overlapping at least one of the signal lines, the pixel driving circuits arranged in columns extending in a column direction, each of the columns comprising the pixel driving circuits corresponding to a same color,
wherein at least two pixel electrodes of the pixel electrodes of the same color coupled to the pixel driving circuits in a same one of the columns are offset from each other in a row direction perpendicular to the column direction.
2. The flat panel display as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the pixel electrodes are arranged in a first arrangement pattern and the pixel driving circuit regions are arranged in a second arrangement pattern, the first arrangement pattern being different from the second arrangement pattern.
3. The flat panel display as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the pixel electrodes of one color are adjacent to the pixel electrodes of a different color along the column direction and along the row direction crossing the column direction.
4. The flat panel display as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the pixel electrodes are arranged in a delta arrangement.
5. The flat panel display as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the signal lines include scan lines and data lines crossing the scan lines, the scan lines and the data lines extending along straight lines.
6. The flat panel display as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the signal lines further include power lines crossing the scan lines and extending along straight lines.
7. The flat panel display as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising an insulating layer interposed between at least one of the signal lines and the pixel electrodes, the insulating layer having a thickness of 5000 Å or more.
8. The flat panel display as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the insulating layer interposed between the at least one of the signal lines and the pixel electrodes has a thickness of 3 μm or less.
9. The flat panel display as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the flat panel display is an organic light emitting display.
10. The flat panel display as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the pixel electrodes are formed from a reflective conductive layer.
11. The flat panel display as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the pixel electrodes are formed from a transparent conductive layer, and the flat panel display further comprises a reflective layer pattern formed under the transparent conductive layer.
12. A flat panel display comprising:
a substrate;
signal lines on the substrate;
pixel driving circuits at pixel driving circuit regions defined by crossings of the signal lines; and
pixel electrodes coupled to the pixel driving circuits, the pixel driving circuits arranged in columns extending in a column direction, each of the columns comprising the pixel driving circuits corresponding to a same color,
wherein at least two pixel electrodes of the pixel electrodes of the same color coupled to the pixel driving circuits in a same one of the columns are offset from each other in a row direction perpendicular to the column direction.
13. The flat panel display as claimed in claim 12 , wherein the pixel electrodes of one color are adjacent to the pixel electrodes of a different color along the column direction and along the row direction crossing the column direction.
14. The flat panel display as claimed in claim 13 , wherein the pixel electrodes are arranged in a delta arrangement.
15. The flat panel display as claimed in claim 12 , wherein the signal lines include scan lines and data lines crossing the scan lines, the scan lines and the data lines extending along straight lines.
16. The flat panel display as claimed in claim 15 , wherein the signal lines further include power lines crossing the scan lines and extending along straight lines.
17. The flat panel display as claimed in claim 12 , wherein the flat panel display is an organic light emitting display.
18. The flat panel display as claimed in claim 12 , wherein the pixel electrodes are formed from a reflective conductive layer.
19. The flat panel display as claimed in claim 12 , wherein the pixel electrodes are formed from a transparent conductive layer, and the flat panel display further comprises a reflective layer pattern formed under the transparent conductive layer.
20. The flat panel display of claim 12 , wherein the pixel electrodes are arranged in a first arrangement pattern and the pixel driving circuit regions are arranged in a second arrangement pattern, the first arrangement pattern being different from the second arrangement pattern.
21. A flat panel display comprising:
a substrate;
signal lines on the substrate, the signal lines including scan lines and data lines crossing the scan lines, the scan lines and the data lines arranged along straight lines;
pixel driving circuits at pixel driving circuit regions defined by crossings of the scan lines and the data lines; and
pixel electrodes coupled to the pixel driving circuits, the pixel electrodes being adjacent to pixel electrodes of a different color along row and column directions, the pixel driving circuits arranged in columns extending in a column direction, each of the columns comprising the pixel driving circuits corresponding to a same color,
wherein at least two pixel electrodes of the pixel electrodes of the same color coupled to the pixel driving circuits in a same one of the columns are offset from each other in the row direction perpendicular to the column direction.
22. The flat panel display as claimed in claim 21 , wherein the signal lines include power lines crossing the scan lines and arranged along straight lines.
23. The flat panel display as claimed in claim 21 , wherein the pixel electrodes are arranged in a delta arrangement.
24. The flat panel display as claimed in claim 21 , wherein the flat panel display is an organic light emitting display.
25. The flat panel display as claimed in claim 21 , wherein the pixel electrodes are formed from a reflective conductive layer.
26. The flat panel display as claimed in claim 21 , wherein the pixel electrodes are formed from a transparent conductive layer, and the flat panel display further comprises a reflective layer pattern formed under the transparent conductive layer.
27. A flat panel display comprising:
a substrate;
signal lines on the substrate, the signal lines including scan lines and data lines crossing the scan lines, the scan lines and the data lines arranged along straight lines;
red, green, and blue pixel driving circuit regions defined by the crossings of the scan lines and the data lines, the pixel driving circuit regions of a same color among the pixel driving circuit regions being arranged adjacent to one another along a column direction;
red, green, and blue pixel driving circuits at the red, green, and blue pixel driving circuit regions, respectively; and
red, green, and blue pixel electrodes coupled to the red, green, and blue pixel driving circuits respectively, the red, green, and blue pixel electrodes being adjacent to pixel electrodes of a different color along the column direction and along a row direction crossing the column direction,
wherein at least two pixel electrodes of the pixel electrodes of a same color coupled to the pixel driving circuits in a same one of the columns are offset from each other in the row direction perpendicular to the column direction.
28. The flat panel display as claimed in claim 27 , wherein the pixel electrodes are arranged in a delta arrangement.
29. The flat panel display as claimed in claim 27 , wherein the flat panel display is an organic light emitting display.
30. The flat panel display as claimed in claim 27 , wherein the pixel electrodes are formed from a reflective conductive layer.
31. The flat panel display as claimed in claim 27 , wherein the pixel electrodes are formed from a transparent conductive layer, and the flat panel display further comprises a reflective layer pattern formed under the transparent conductive layer.
32. A flat panel display comprising:
a substrate;
signal lines on the substrate;
pixel driving circuits at pixel driving circuit regions defined by crossings of the signal lines; and
pixel electrodes coupled to the pixel driving circuits and overlapping at least one of the signal lines, the pixel driving circuits arranged in columns extending in a column direction, each of the columns comprising the pixel driving circuits corresponding to a same color,
wherein the pixel electrodes of the same color are alternately located either at a first side or a second side of one of the columns of the pixel driving circuits corresponding to the same color along the column direction.
33. The flat panel display of claim 32 , wherein the pixel electrodes are arranged in a first arrangement pattern and the pixel driving circuit regions are arranged in a second arrangement pattern, the first arrangement pattern being different from the second arrangement pattern.