IP Library Granted Patent US 12,507,562
Granted Patent B2
US 12,507,562 · App. 17/911,737 · Granted Dec 23, 2025

Display panel, display device and mask

Inventors: Ju Mei (Beijing, CN); Jianpeng Wu (Beijing, CN); Xilei Cao (Beijing, CN); Tiaomei Zhang (Beijing, CN)
Assignees: Chengdu BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.; Beijing BOE Technology Development Co., Ltd.
H10K59/353C23C14/042C23C14/24H10K59/352H10K71/166
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Patent No.
US 12,507,562
App. No.
17/911,737
Granted
Dec 23, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

There is provided a display panel, including: pixel units arranged in an array; each pixel unit includes a first sub-pixel, a second sub-pixel and a third sub-pixel emitting light of different colors and having areas sequentially increased; along a column direction of the array, for any adjacent pixel units, the second sub-pixel of the former pixel unit is arranged adjacent to the first sub-pixel of the latter pixel unit; third sub-pixels in the adjacent pixel units are arranged in sequence; a minimum distance and a maximum distance exist between the third sub-pixels adjacent to each other in the adjacent pixel units; for any adjacent pixel units, the second sub-pixel of the former pixel unit and the first sub-pixel of the latter pixel unit, which are adjacent to each other, are kept apart by a first distance being greater than the minimum distance and less than the maximum distance.

Claims (42)

1 . A display panel, comprising: a plurality of pixel units arranged in an array;

each of the pixel units comprises a first sub-pixel, a second sub-pixel and a third sub-pixel; and the first sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel and the third sub-pixel emit light of different colors and have areas sequentially increased;

along a column direction of the array, for any adjacent pixel units, the second sub-pixel of the former pixel unit is arranged adjacent to the first sub-pixel of the latter pixel unit; and third sub-pixels in the adjacent pixel units are arranged in sequence;

wherein, along the column direction of the array, a minimum distance and a maximum distance exist between the third sub-pixels adjacent to each other in the adjacent pixel units; and for any adjacent pixel units, the second sub-pixel of the former pixel unit and the first sub-pixel of the latter pixel unit, adjacent to each other, are kept apart by a first distance; and

the first distance is greater than the minimum distance and less than the maximum distance.

2 . The display panel of claim 1 , wherein each of the pixel units comprises a sub-unit;

the sub-unit comprises one first sub-pixel, one second sub-pixel and one third sub-pixel;

wherein the first sub-pixel and the second sub-pixel are arranged along the column direction of the array to form a first sub-column; a length direction of the third sub-pixel is along the column direction of the array to form a second sub-column; and the first sub-column and the second sub-column are arranged along a row direction of the array.

3 . The display panel of claim 2 , wherein each of the pixel units comprises one sub-unit, two or more sub-units; and

the two or more sub-units are arranged along the column direction of the array.

4 . The display panel of claim 3 , wherein, within each sub-unit, the first sub-pixel and the second sub-pixel are kept apart by the first distance; the first sub-pixel and the third sub-pixel are kept apart by the first distance; and the second sub-pixel and the third sub-pixel are kept apart by the first distance.

5 . The display panel of claim 3 , wherein, for any adjacent sub-units within each of the pixel units, the first sub-pixel in the former sub-unit and the second sub-pixel of the latter sub-unit are adjacent to each other and kept apart by the first distance; and

the third sub-pixel of the former sub-unit and the third sub-pixel of the latter sub-unit are kept apart by a second distance, which is less than the minimum distance.

6 . The display panel of claim 5 , wherein, for any adjacent sub-units within each of the pixel units, the third sub-pixel of the former sub-unit and the third sub-pixel of the latter sub-unit are mirror symmetrical.

7 . The display panel of claim 1 , wherein each of the pixel units comprises a first sub-unit and a second sub-unit, which are arranged along the column direction of the array;

the first sub-unit comprises two first sub-pixels and one third sub-pixel;

the second sub-unit comprises two second sub-pixels and one third sub-pixel;

wherein, within the first sub-unit, the two first sub-pixels are arranged along the column direction of the array to form a first sub-column; a length direction of the third sub-pixel is along the column direction of the array to form a second sub-column; and the first sub-column and the second sub-column are arranged along a row direction of the array;

within the second sub-unit, the two second sub-pixels are arranged along the column direction of the array to form a third sub-column; a length direction of the third sub-pixel is along the column direction of the array to form a fourth sub-column; and the third sub-column and the fourth sub-column are arranged along the row direction of the array; and

the first sub-column and the third sub-column are located in a same column; and the second sub-column and the fourth sub-column are located in a same column.

8 . The display panel of claim 7 , wherein the first sub-pixel in the first sub-unit and the second sub-pixel in the second sub-unit are kept apart by the first distance;

within the first sub-unit, each of the first sub-pixels is kept apart from the third sub-pixel by the first distance; and

within the second sub-unit, each of the second sub-pixels is kept apart from the third sub-pixel by the first distance.

9 . The display panel of claim 8 , wherein the two first sub-pixels in the first sub-unit are kept apart by a third distance;

the two second sub-pixels in the second sub-unit are kept apart by a fourth distance; and

the third sub-pixel in the first sub-unit and the third sub-pixel in the second sub-unit are kept apart by a fifth distance.

10 . The display panel of claim 9 , wherein each of the third distance, the fourth distance and the fifth distance is less than the minimum distance.

11 . The display panel of claim 9 , wherein each of the third distance, the fourth distance and the fifth distance is equal to the first distance.

12 . The display panel of claim 7 , wherein the two first sub-pixels in the first sub-unit are mirror symmetrical;

the two second sub-pixels in the second sub-unit are mirror symmetrical; and

the third sub-pixel in the first sub-unit and the third sub-pixel in the second sub-unit are mirror symmetrical.

13 . The display panel of claim 7 , wherein each of the pixel units comprises a plurality of first sub-units and a plurality of second sub-units, and the first sub-units and the second sub-units are alternately arranged along the column direction of the array.

14 . The display panel of claim 1 , wherein the third sub-pixels adjacent to each other in the adjacent pixel units are mirror symmetrical.

15 . The display panel of claim 1 , wherein a shape of an orthographic projection of the first sub-pixel on the display panel comprises a rectangle, a triangle, a diamond or a trapezoid;

a shape of an orthographic projection of the second sub-pixel on the display panel comprises a rectangle, a triangle, a diamond or a trapezoid; and

a shape of an orthographic projection of the third sub-pixel on the display panel comprises a rectangle, a triangle, a diamond, a trapezoid, a polygon or an irregular shape.

16 . The display panel of claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of supporters respectively disposed at positions where the maximum distance exists between the third sub-pixels adjacent to each other in the adjacent pixel units along the column direction of the array.

17 . The display panel of claim 16 , wherein a shape of an orthographic projection of each of the supporters on the display panel comprises a rectangle, a circle, an ellipse, a triangle, a trapezoid, a regular polygon or an irregular shape.

18 . The display panel of claim 15 , wherein each of the first sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel and the third sub-pixel comprises an anode layer, a light-emitting functional layer and a cathode layer, which are sequentially stacked;

anode layers of the first sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel and the third sub-pixel are independent of one another, light-emitting functional layers of the first sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel and the third sub-pixel are independent of one another, and cathode layers of the first sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel and the third sub-pixel are connected into one piece; and

shapes of orthographic projections of the anode layers of the first sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel and the third sub-pixel on the display panel are respectively the same as those of orthographic projections of the first sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel and the third sub-pixel on the display panel.

19 . A display device, comprising the display panel of claim 1 .

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 20, 2025
From: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
To: BEIJING BOE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 072978/0731 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 15, 2022
From: MEI, JU; WU, JIANPENG; CAO, XILEI; ZHANG, TIAOMEI
To: CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.; BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 061104/0511 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 202110382431.9 · Apr 9, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
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