IP Library Granted Patent US 9,052,557
Granted Patent B2
US 9,052,557 · App. 13/167,689 · Granted Jun 9, 2015

Pixel array, pixel structure, and driving method of a pixel structure

Inventors: Sheng-Ju Ho (Hsinchu, TW); Cheng-Han Tsao (New Taipei, TW); Chung-Yi Chiu (Tainan, TW); Chao-Yuan Chen (Hsinchu County, TW); Wen-Hao Hsu (Hsinchu County, TW); Peng-Bo Xi (Taipei, TW)
Assignee: Au Optronics Corporation
G02F1/13624G09G3/003G09G3/3659G09G2300/0852G09G2310/06
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Patent No.
US 9,052,557
App. No.
13/167,689
Granted
Jun 9, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A pixel array, a pixel structure, and a driving method of a pixel structure are provided. The pixel structure includes a first scan line, a second scan line, a first common electrode line, a data line, a first active device, a second device, a first pixel electrode, and a second pixel electrode. The data line is intersected with the first scan line and the second scan line. The first active device is driven by the first scan line and connected to the data line. The second active device is driven by the second scan line and connected to the first common electrode line. The first pixel electrode is electrically connected to the data line through the first active device. The second pixel electrode is electrically connected to the data line through the first active device and electrically connected to the first common electrode line through the second active device.

Claims (42)

1. A pixel structure, comprising:

a first scan line;

a second scan line;

a first common electrode line having a main trunk and a branch;

a first data line intersecting with the first and the second scan lines;

a first active device driven by the first scan line and electrically connected to the first data line;

a second active device driven by the second scan line and electrically connected to the first common electrode line;

a first pixel electrode electrically connected to the first data line through the first active device; and

a second pixel electrode electrically connected to the first data line through the first active device and electrically connected to the first common electrode line through the second active device.

2. The pixel structure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first pixel electrode is located between the second pixel electrode and a second pixel electrode of a previous or a next pixel structure.

3. The pixel structure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first scan line and the second scan line are located between the first pixel electrode and the second pixel electrode.

4. The pixel structure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first common electrode line overlaps the second pixel electrode.

5. The pixel structure as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the main trunk is substantially parallel to the first scan line and connected with the branch, and the second active device is connected with a terminal of the branch.

6. The pixel structure as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a second common electrode line overlapping the first pixel electrode.

7. The pixel structure as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a third scan line and a third active device, the third active device is driven by the third scan line, and the third active device is electrically connected to the first pixel electrode and coupled with the second pixel electrode.

8. The pixel structure as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the third scan line is a first scan line of a next pixel structure.

9. The pixel structure as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a second data line, a third active device, and a third pixel electrode, the third active device is driven by the first scan line and connected between the second data line and the third pixel electrode, and the first pixel electrode, the second pixel electrode, and the third pixel electrode are located between the first data line and the second data line.

10. The pixel structure as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the first pixel electrode and the second pixel electrode are located between the first scan line and the second scan line, the first pixel electrode is located between the second pixel electrode and the first scan line, and the third pixel electrode and the first pixel electrode are located at two opposite sides of the first scan line.

11. The pixel structure as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the second pixel electrode has two extending portions, the two extending portions extends toward the first scan line, and the two extending portions are respectively located between the first pixel electrode and the first data line and between first pixel electrode and the second data line.

12. The pixel structure as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the first common electrode line overlaps the first pixel electrode and the second pixel electrode.

13. The pixel structure as claimed in claim 10 , further comprising a second common electrode line overlapping the third pixel electrode.

14. The pixel structure as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the first pixel electrode and the second pixel electrode are respectively located at two opposite sides of the first scan line, the first pixel electrode is located between the third pixel electrode and the first scan line, and the second pixel electrode is located between the first scan line and the second scan line.

15. The pixel structure as claimed in claim 14 , wherein the first common electrode line overlaps the second pixel electrode.

16. The pixel structure as claimed in claim 14 , further comprising a second common electrode line overlapping the first pixel electrode and the third pixel electrode.

17. A pixel array, comprising a plurality of pixel structures arranged in an array, and each of the pixel structures comprising:

a first scan line;

a second scan line;

a first common electrode line at least partially parallel to the first scan line and the second scan line;

a first data line intersecting with the first and the second scan lines;

a second data line intersecting with the first and the second scan lines;

a first active device driven by the first scan line and electrically connected to the first data line;

a second active device driven by the second scan line;

a third active device driven by the first scan line and electrically connected to the second data line;

a first pixel electrode electrically connected to the first data line through the first active device;

a second pixel electrode electrically connected to the first data line through the first active device; and

a third pixel electrode electrically connected to the second data line through the third active device, wherein the first pixel electrode is located between the second pixel electrode and the third pixel electrode.

18. The pixel array as claimed in claim 17 , wherein the second active device is connected to the second pixel electrode and the first common electrode line such that the second pixel electrode is electrically connected to the first common electrode line through the second active device.

19. The pixel array as claimed in claim 18 , wherein the first common electrode line overlaps the first pixel electrode and the second pixel electrode.

20. The pixel array as claimed in claim 19 , further comprising a second common electrode line overlapping the third pixel electrode.

21. The pixel array as claimed in claim 17 , wherein the first common electrode line overlaps the second pixel electrode.

22. The pixel array as claimed in claim 21 , further comprising a second common electrode line overlapping the first pixel electrode and the third pixel electrode.

23. The pixel array as claimed in claim 17 , further comprising a second common electrode line, the first common electrode line overlapping the first pixel electrode and the third pixel electrode, the second common electrode line overlapping the second pixel electrode, and the second pixel electrode being electrically connected to a first common electrode line of a previous or a next pixel structure through the second active device.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 21, 2023
From: AUO CORPORATION
To: OPTRONIC SCIENCES LLC
Reel/Frame 064658/0572 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 25, 2023
From: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION
To: AUO CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 063785/0830 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 28, 2011
From: HO, SHENG-JU; TSAO, CHENG-HAN; CHIU, CHUNG-YI; CHEN, CHAO-YUAN; HSU, WEN-HAO; XI, PENG-BO
To: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 026518/0083 →
Priority Claims (1)
TW 100112817 A · Apr 13, 2011 · national
Continuity (1)
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