IP Library Granted Patent US 8,730,138
Granted Patent B2
US 8,730,138 · App. 13/038,391 · Granted May 20, 2014

Organic light emitting diode pixel array

Inventor: Tsung-Ting Tsai (Tainan, TW)
Assignee: Au Optronics Corporation
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Patent No.
US 8,730,138
App. No.
13/038,391
Granted
May 20, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

An organic light emitting diode (OLED) pixel array includes a plurality of first signal lines, a plurality of second signal lines, and a plurality of pixel array units. The pixel array units are arranged in array on a substrate. Each of the pixel array units includes a plurality of OLED pixels. The OLED pixels are connected to the same first signal line and respectively connected to a first portion and a second portion of the second signal lines. At least two of the OLED pixels are located between the first portion and the second portion. A transmittance region is surrounded by the first portion, the second portion, and the OLED pixels, and the first portion and the second portion are respectively located at two opposite sides of the transmittance region.

Claims (13)

1. An organic light emitting diode pixel array configured on a substrate and comprising:

a plurality of first signal lines;

a plurality of second signal lines intersecting the first signal lines, wherein when the first signal lines are scan lines, the second signal lines are data lines, and when the first signal lines are the data lines, the second signal lines are the scan lines; and

a plurality of pixel array units arranged in array on the substrate, each of the pixel array units comprising:

a plurality of organic light emitting diode pixels connected to one of the first signal lines and respectively connected to a first portion and a second portion of the second signal lines, at least two of the organic light emitting diode pixels being located between the first portion and the second portion, wherein a transmittance region is surrounded by the first portion, the second portion, and the organic light emitting diode pixels, the first portion and the second portion are respectively located at two opposite sides of the transmittance region, and the first portion and the second portion are respectively located at two opposite sides of the pixel array units so that the transmittance region is continuous between the first portion and the second portion of the second signal lines without being penetrated by the second signal lines or the first signal lines, and a minimum distance between the first portion and the second portion is at least greater than a pitch of any two adjacent organic light emitting diode pixels in an extension direction of the first signal lines.

2. The organic light emitting diode pixel array as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the transmittance region surrounded by each of the pixel array units has a width in the extension direction of the first signal lines, and the width is at least greater than a width of one of the organic light emitting diode pixels in the extension direction.

3. The organic light emitting diode pixel array as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the transmittance regions surrounded by adjacent pixel array units of the pixel array units are connected.

4. The organic light emitting diode pixel array as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first signal lines and the second signal lines are located between the organic light emitting diode pixels and the substrate.

5. The organic light emitting diode pixel array as claimed in claim 1 , wherein each of the pixel array units further comprises a plurality of connection lines correspondingly connecting the organic light emitting diode pixels to the first portion and the second portion of the second signal lines.

6. The organic light emitting diode pixel array as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of power lines parallel to the first signal lines or the second signal lines, the power lines being electrically connected to the organic light emitting diode pixels.

7. The organic light emitting diode pixel array as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the power lines are electrically connected to one another.

8. The organic light emitting diode pixel array as claimed in claim 6 , wherein each of the organic light emitting diode pixels comprises a switch device, a driving device, and a light emitting diode unit, the switch device is electrically connected to the driving device, a corresponding one of the first signal lines, and a corresponding one of the second signal lines, and the driving device is connected to a corresponding one of the power lines and the light emitting diode unit.

9. The organic light emitting diode pixel array as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the light emitting diode unit of each of the organic light emitting diode pixels is a top emissive light emitting diode unit.

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 Mar 2, 2011
From: TSAI, TSUNG-TING
To: AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 025883/0684 →
Priority Claims (1)
TW 99142179 A · Dec 3, 2010 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20120139819A1 · Jun 7, 2012