IP Library Granted Patent US 8,779,436
Granted Patent B2
US 8,779,436 · App. 13/802,650 · Granted Jul 15, 2014

Display panel

Inventors: Yi-Ching Chen (Hsin-Chu, TW); Yu-Sheng Huang (Hsin-Chu, TW); Chia-Wei Chen (Hsin-Chu, TW); Chun-Ru Huang (Hsin-Chu, TW)
Assignee: AU Optronics Corp.
H01L27/156
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Patent No.
US 8,779,436
App. No.
13/802,650
Granted
Jul 15, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device includes a plurality of pixel units. Each of the pixel units at least includes three sub-pixels for displaying different colors. The three sub-pixels are electrically connected to three different gate lines, and at least two of the three sub-pixels are electrically connected to the same data line.

Claims (25)

1. A display panel, comprising:

a first pixel unit and a second pixel unit, sequentially arranged in a first column;

wherein

the first pixel unit at least comprises a first sub-pixel, a second sub-pixel and a third sub-pixel configured to display different colors, respectively, the first sub-pixel of the first pixel unit is electrically connected to a third gate line and a first data line, the second sub-pixel of the first pixel unit is electrically connected to a second gate line and the first data line, and the third sub-pixel of the first pixel unit is electrically connected to a first gate line, and

the second pixel unit at least comprises a fourth sub-pixel, a fifth sub-pixel and a sixth sub-pixel configured to display different colors, respectively, the fourth sub-pixel of the second pixel unit is electrically connected to a fourth gate line, the fifth sub-pixel of the second pixel unit is electrically connected to a fifth gate line and a second data line, and the sixth sub-pixel of the second pixel unit is electrically connected to a sixth gate line and the second data line, wherein the first data line and the second data line, which are arranged sequentially, intersect the first gate line, the second gate line, the third gate line, the fourth gate line, the fifth gate line and the sixth gate line, which are arranged sequentially, thereby constituting the first pixel unit and the second pixel unit.

2. The display panel of claim 1 , wherein each of the first sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel, the third sub-pixel, the fourth sub-pixel, the fifth sub-pixel and the sixth sub-pixel comprises a first pixel electrode and a second pixel electrode.

3. The display panel of claim 2 , further comprising a first common line and a second common line, wherein each of the first pixel electrodes of the first sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel and the third sub-pixel forms a storage capacitor with the first common line, and each of the first pixel electrodes of the fourth sub-pixel, the fifth sub-pixel and the sixth sub-pixel forms a storage capacitor with the second common line.

4. The display panel of claim 2 , further comprising a first charge sharing line and a second charge sharing line, wherein the first charge sharing line is configured to perform charge sharing on the second pixel electrodes of the first sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel and the third sub-pixel, and the second charge sharing line is configured to perform charge sharing on the second pixel electrodes of the fourth sub-pixel, the fifth sub-pixel and the sixth sub-pixel.

5. The display panel of claim 1 , further comprising a third data line and a fourth data line, wherein the third data line is most adjacent to the second data line, and the first data line and the fourth data line are distant from the third data line and the second data line.

6. The display panel of claim 5 , further comprising a third pixel unit and a fourth pixel unit sequentially arranged in a second column, wherein the first column and the second column are different columns, the third pixel unit at least comprises the first sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel and the third sub-pixel configured to display different colors, respectively, and the fourth pixel unit at least comprises the fourth sub-pixel, the fifth sub-pixel and the sixth sub-pixel configured to display different colors, respectively.

7. The display panel of claim 6 , wherein the first sub-pixels of the first pixel unit and the third pixel unit and the fourth sub-pixels of the second pixel unit and the fourth pixel unit display the same color, the second sub-pixels of the first pixel unit and the third pixel unit and the fifth sub-pixels of the second pixel unit and the fourth pixel unit display the same color, and the third sub-pixels of the first pixel unit and the third pixel unit and the sixth sub-pixels of the second pixel unit and the fourth pixel unit display the same color.

8. The display panel of claim 6 , wherein the third sub-pixel of the first pixel unit is electrically connected to the second data line, and the fourth sub-pixel of the second pixel unit is electrically connected to the first data line.

9. The display panel of claim 8 , wherein

the first sub-pixel of the third pixel unit is electrically connected to the first gate line and the third data line, the second sub-pixel of the third pixel unit is electrically connected to the second gate line and the fourth data line, and the third sub-pixel of the third pixel unit is electrically connected to the third gate line and the fourth data line; and

the fourth sub-pixel of the fourth pixel unit is electrically connected to the sixth gate line and the third data line, the fifth sub-pixel of the fourth pixel unit is electrically connected to the fifth gate line and the third data line, and the sixth sub-pixel of the fourth pixel unit is electrically connected to a fourth gate line and the fourth data line,

wherein the third data line and the fourth data line, which are arranged sequentially, intersect the first gate line, the second gate line, the third gate line, the fourth gate line, the fifth gate line and the sixth gate line, which are arranged sequentially, thereby constituting the third pixel unit and the fourth pixel unit.

10. The display panel of claim 6 , wherein the third sub-pixel of the first pixel unit is electrically connected to the first data line, and the fourth sub-pixel of the second pixel unit is electrically connected to the second data line.

11. The display panel of claim 10 , wherein

the first sub-pixel of the third pixel unit is electrically connected to the first gate line and the fourth data line, the second sub-pixel of the third pixel unit is electrically connected to the second gate line and the fourth data line, and the third sub-pixel of the third pixel unit is electrically connected to the third gate line and the fourth data line; and

the fourth sub-pixel of the fourth pixel unit is electrically connected to the sixth gate line and the third data line, the fifth sub-pixel of the fourth pixel unit is electrically connected to the fifth gate line and the third data line, and the sixth sub-pixel of the fourth pixel unit is electrically connected to the fourth gate line and the third data line,

wherein the third data line and the fourth data line, which are arranged sequentially, intersect the first gate line, the second gate line, the third gate line, the fourth gate line, the fifth gate line and the sixth gate line, which are arranged sequentially, thereby constituting the third pixel unit and the fourth pixel unit.

12. The display panel of claim 10 , wherein

the first sub-pixel of the third pixel unit is electrically connected to the third gate line and the third data line, the second sub-pixel of the third pixel unit is electrically connected to the second gate line and the third data line, and the third sub-pixel of the third pixel unit is electrically connected to the first gate line and the third data line; and

the fourth sub-pixel of the fourth pixel unit is electrically connected to the fourth gate line and the fourth data line, the fifth sub-pixel of the fourth pixel unit is electrically connected to the fifth gate line and the fourth data line, and the sixth sub-pixel of the fourth pixel unit is electrically connected to the sixth gate line and the fourth data line,

wherein the third data line and the fourth data line, which are arranged sequentially, intersect the first gate line, the second gate line, the third gate line, the fourth gate line, the fifth gate line and the sixth gate line, which are arranged sequentially, thereby constituting the third pixel unit and the fourth pixel unit.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 8, 2013
From: CHEN, YI-CHING; HUANG, YU-SHENG; CHEN, CHIA-WEI; HUANG, CHUN-RU
To: AU OPTRONICS CORP.
Reel/Frame 030370/0049 →
Priority Claims (1)
TW 101130994 A · Aug 27, 2012 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20140054624A1 · Feb 27, 2014