Pixel arrangement structure for organic light emitting display
A pixel arrangement structure for an organic light emitting display including a plurality of sub-pixel groups repeatedly arranged, wherein each of the sub-pixel groups includes: four first sub-pixels for emitting light of a first color and each having a hexagonal structure, two second sub-pixels for emitting light of a second color and each including two hexagonal structures sharing one side, and two third sub-pixels for emitting light of a third color and each including two hexagonal structures sharing one side. Two of the four first sub-pixels are arranged in a same column and share a symmetrical axis, and the two second sub-pixels and the two third sub-pixels are alternately arranged on either side of the symmetrical axis.
1. A pixel arrangement structure for an organic light emitting display comprising a plurality of sub-pixel groups repeatedly arranged, wherein each of the sub-pixels group comprises:
four first sub-pixels for emitting light of a first color and each having a hexagonal structure;
two second sub-pixels for emitting light of a second color, each of the second sub-pixels comprising two hexagonal structures sharing one side with one another; and
two third sub-pixels for emitting light of a third color, each of the third sub-pixels comprising two hexagonal structures sharing one side with one another,
wherein two of the four first sub-pixels are arranged in a same column and share a symmetrical axis, and
wherein the two second sub-pixels and the two third sub-pixels are alternately arranged on either side of the symmetrical axis, such that a first one of the second sub-pixels is arranged above a second one of the third sub-pixels on a first side of the symmetrical axis and a first one of the third sub-pixels is arranged above a second one of the second sub-pixels on a second side of the symmetrical axis.
2. The pixel arrangement structure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first sub-pixels are green sub-pixels, the second sub-pixels are red sub-pixels, and the third sub-pixel are blue sub-pixels.
3. The pixel arrangement structure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the symmetrical axis passes through corners of the two of the four first sub-pixels.
4. The pixel arrangement structure as claimed in claim 3 , wherein a second sub-pixel of the two second sub-pixels and a corresponding third sub-pixel of the two third sub-pixels in a same row are arranged to be symmetrical with each other along the symmetrical axis.
5. The pixel arrangement structure as claimed in claim 4 ,
wherein the second sub-pixel and the corresponding third sub-pixel each comprises a first hexagonal region and a second hexagonal region,
wherein the first hexagonal region of the second sub-pixel and the first hexagonal region of the third sub-pixel are arranged in a same row, with one of the four first sub-pixels interposed therebetween, and
wherein the second hexagonal region of the second sub-pixel and the second hexagonal region of the third sub-pixel are arranged in a same row and share a side along the symmetrical axis.
6. The pixel arrangement structure as claimed in claim 3 , wherein two of the corners that the symmetrical axis passes through are facing one another.
7. The pixel arrangement structure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first sub-pixels of the plurality of sub-pixel groups are arranged in a zig-zagging arrangement.
8. The pixel arrangement structure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein in the repeatedly arranged pattern of the plurality of sub-pixel groups, one of the first sub-pixels in a first column and a closest one of the first sub-pixels in a second column are in different rows.
9. The pixel arrangement structure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the two second sub-pixels of each of the sub-pixel groups are arranged to have different axes of symmetry.
10. The pixel arrangement structure as claimed in claim 9 , wherein each of the two third sub-pixels of each of the sub-pixel groups is in a same column as a corresponding one of the two second sub-pixels and is arranged in a same direction as the corresponding second sub-pixel in the same column.
11. The pixel arrangement structure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein in the repeatedly arranged pattern of the plurality of sub-pixel groups, a number of the first sub-pixels corresponds to a resolution of the organic light emitting display, and wherein a number of the second sub-pixels and a number of the third sub-pixels correspond to half of the resolution of the organic light emitting display.
12. The pixel arrangement structure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the two second sub-pixels and the two third sub-pixels are arranged substantially in a checker board arrangement.
13. The pixel arrangement structure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein in each of the sub-pixel groups, a total area of the first sub-pixels, a total area of the second sub-pixels, and a total area of the third sub-pixels are substantially equal.
14. The pixel arrangement structure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein in the repeatedly arranged pattern of the plurality of sub-pixel groups, the symmetrical axis of a first sub-pixel group and the symmetrical axis of a second sub-pixel group in a same column as the first sub-pixel group are aligned with one another.