IP Library Granted Patent US 12,075,678
Granted Patent B2
US 12,075,678 · App. 17/398,690 · Granted Aug 27, 2024

Pixel structures, mask plates, and display panels

Inventors: Yuxuan Liu (Jiangsu, CN); Dong Zhao (Jiangsu, CN); Xiaopeng Lv (Jiangsu, CN); Mingxing Liu (Jiangsu, CN)
Assignee: YUNGU (GU'AN) TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
H10K59/353H10K59/122H10K59/352H10K59/65G06V40/1318
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Patent No.
US 12,075,678
App. No.
17/398,690
Granted
Aug 27, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present application relates to a pixel structure, a mask plate and a display panel. The pixel structure includes a plurality of repeating units arranged repetitively. Each of the repeating units includes a first sub-pixel, a second sub-pixel, and a third sub-pixel in different colors. Virtual edges of two adjacent sub-pixels in same color of adjacent repeating units are spaced apart from each other and form a transmitting region.

Claims (44)

1. A pixel structure, comprising:

a plurality of repeating units arranged repetitively,

wherein each of the repeating units comprises a first sub-pixel, a second sub-pixel and a third sub-pixel in different colors;

virtual edges of two adjacent sub-pixels in same color of adjacent repeating units are spaced apart from each other and form a transmitting region; and

wherein

the transmitting region is collectively defined by two adjacent second sub-pixels of two adjacent repeating units disposed in a row direction, two adjacent third sub-pixels of two adjacent repeating units disposed in a column direction, and four first sub-pixels disposed in two diagonals; or

the transmitting region is collectively defined by two adjacent first sub-pixels of two adjacent repeating units disposed in a row direction and two adjacent third sub-pixels of two adjacent repeating units disposed in a column direction.

2. The pixel structure according to claim 1 , wherein the first sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel, and the third sub-pixel are all polygonal structures, and at least two of the first sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel, and the third sub-pixel have different numbers of edges.

3. The pixel structure according to claim 1 , wherein two adjacent sub-pixels in different colors of each of the repeating units share one virtual edge and two adjacent sub-pixels in different colors of adjacent repeating units share another virtual edge.

4. The pixel structure according to claim 3 , wherein distances between pixel edges and corresponding virtual edges are equal to each other in each sub-pixel.

5. The pixel structure according to claim 3 , wherein each of the repeating units comprises one first sub-pixel, one second sub-pixel and two third sub-pixels; and

in each of the repeating units, the first sub-pixel is arranged in one row or column of the pixel structure, the second sub-pixel is arranged in an adjacent row or column of the pixel structure relative to the first sub-pixel, and the two third sub-pixels are arranged in another adjacent column or row relative to the first sub-pixel or the second sub-pixel.

6. The pixel structure according to claim 5 , wherein the first sub-pixel is an octagonal structure, the second sub-pixel is a quadrilateral structure, and the third sub-pixel is a hexagonal structure.

7. The pixel structure according to claim 3 , wherein each of the repeating units comprises one first sub-pixel, one second sub-pixel, and two third sub-pixels; and

in each of the repeating units, a central line connecting centers of the first sub-pixel and the second sub-pixel passes through a midpoint of the common virtual edge therebetween, and the two third sub-pixels are located on a same side of the central line.

8. The pixel structure according to claim 1 , wherein distances between centers of adjacent sub-pixels in same color of adjacent repeating units are equal.

9. The pixel structure according to claim 1 , wherein the transmitting region is in an axisymmetric shape and has an even number of edges.

10. The pixel structure according to claim 1 , further comprising a pixel defining layer;

wherein the pixel defining layer comprises a first region corresponding to the transmitting region and having a first light transmittance and a second region corresponding to the sub-pixels outside the transmitting region and having a second light transmittance, the first light transmittance is greater than the second light transmittance, and the virtual edges are a boundary of the first region.

11. The pixel structure according to claim 10 , wherein the first region is a thickness-reduced region or a transparent region, or the first region is replaced with a cavity.

12. The pixel structure according to claim 1 , wherein color of the first sub-pixel is one of red and blue, and color of the second sub-pixel is the other one of red and blue, and the third sub-pixel is in green.

13. A mask plate, used in manufacturing the pixel structure according to claim 1 , wherein the mask plate comprises a plurality of mask openings, and each of the mask openings is in a polygonal shape.

14. The mask plate according to claim 13 , wherein each of the repeating units comprises one first sub-pixel, one second sub-pixel, and two third sub-pixels; the first sub-pixel is an octagonal structure, the second sub-pixel is a quadrilateral structure, and each of the third sub-pixels is a hexagonal structure; and the each of the mask openings is in a quadrangular shape or an octagonal shape.

15. The mask plate according to claim 13 , wherein the plurality of mask openings are arranged repetitively, each of the mask openings is in an axisymmetric shape, and a first angle α is formed between a symmetry axis of each of the mask openings and a row direction or a column direction, wherein 30°<˜<60°.

16. A display panel, comprising:

a substrate;

a photosensitive device; and

a pixel structure comprising a plurality of repeating units arranged repetitively,

wherein each of the repeating units comprises a first sub-pixel, a second sub-pixel and a third sub-pixel in different colors;

wherein virtual edges of two adjacent sub-pixels in same color of adjacent repeating units are spaced apart from each other and form a transmitting region;

wherein the pixel structure and the photosensitive device are disposed on two opposite sides of the substrate; and

wherein

the transmitting region is collectively defined by two adjacent second sub-pixels of two adjacent repeating units disposed in a row direction, two adjacent third sub-pixels of two adjacent repeating units disposed in a column direction, and four first sub-pixels disposed in two diagonals; or

the transmitting region is collectively defined by two adjacent first sub-pixels of two adjacent repeating units disposed in a row direction and two adjacent third sub-pixels of two adjacent repeating units disposed in a column direction.

17. The display panel according to claim 16 , further comprising an electrode layer laminated with the pixel structure, wherein the electrode layer comprises a dummy transmitting electrode disposed in the transmitting region.

18. The display panel according to claim 17 , further comprising a driving layer group provided with a through-hole, wherein the through-hole is correspondingly disposed in the transmitting region and filled with a transparent material.

19. The display panel according to claim 17 , wherein the electrode layer comprises an anode, and the dummy transmitting electrode is disposed in a same layer with the anode.

20. A pixel structure, comprising:

a plurality of repeating units arranged repetitively,

wherein each of the repeating units comprises a first sub-pixel, a second sub-pixel and a third sub-pixel in different colors;

virtual edges of two adjacent sub-pixels in same color of adjacent repeating units are spaced apart from each other and form a transmitting region;

two adjacent sub-pixels in different colors of each of the repeating units share one virtual edge and two adjacent sub-pixels in different colors of adjacent repeating units share another virtual edge;

each of the repeating units comprises one first sub-pixel, one second sub-pixel, and two third sub-pixels; and

in each of the repeating units, a central line connecting centers of the first sub-pixel and the second sub-pixel passes through a midpoint of the common virtual edge therebetween, and the two third sub-pixels are located on a same sides of the central line.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 9, 2026
From: YUNGU (GU'AN) TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
To: SUZHOU GOVISIONOX INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 073414/0810 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 12, 2025
From: YUNGU (GU'AN) TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
To: SUZHOU GOVISIONOX INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 073921/0290 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 11, 2021
From: LIU, YUXUAN; ZHAO, DONG; LV, XIAOPENG; LIU, MINGXING
To: YUNGU (GU'AN) TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 057151/0208 →