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Granted Patent B2
US 10,209,583 · App. 15/500,944 · Granted Feb 19, 2019

Display panel and display apparatus

Inventors: Yuanhui Guo (Beijing, CN); Yuansheng Zang (Beijing, CN); Zhi Liu (Beijing, CN)
Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD; HEFEI BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
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Patent No.
US 10,209,583
App. No.
15/500,944
Granted
Feb 19, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

In accordance with various embodiments of the disclosed subject matter, a display panel, and a related display apparatus are provided. In some embodiments, the display panel comprises: a plurality of first sub-pixels adjacent to a photo spacer; and a plurality of second sub-pixels separated from the major photo spacer; wherein an aperture area of each first sub-pixel is smaller than an aperture area of each second sub-pixel, while a light transmittance of each first sub-pixel is substantially equal to a light transmittance of each second sub-pixel.

Claims (44)

1. A display panel, comprising:

a plurality of first sub-pixels adjacent to a major photo spacer;

a plurality of second sub-pixels separated from the major photo spacer;

a plurality of plate-shaped electrodes being respectively located in the plurality of first sub-pixels and the plurality of second sub-pixels; and

a plurality of slit-shaped electrodes respectively located in an area of one plate electrode,

wherein:

an aperture area of each first sub-pixel is smaller than an aperture area of each second sub-pixel, while a light transmittance of each first sub-pixel is substantially equal to a light transmittance of each second sub-pixel, and

a distance between two adjacent slit-shaped electrodes corresponding to the first sub-pixel is greater than a distance between two adjacent slit-shaped electrodes corresponding to the second sub-pixel.

2. The display panel of claim 1 ,

wherein the plurality of slit-shaped electrodes are insulated from the plurality of plate-shaped electrodes.

3. The display panel of claim 2 , wherein a width of one slit-shaped electrode corresponding to a first sub-pixel is less than a width of one slit-shaped electrode corresponding to a second sub-pixel.

4. The display panel of claim 2 , wherein a width of an electrode line adjacent to one slit-shaped electrode corresponding to a first sub-pixel is less than a width of an electrode line adjacent to one slit-shaped electrode corresponding to a second sub-pixel.

5. The display panel of claim 4 , wherein a distance between the electrode line and the one slit-shaped electrode corresponding to the first sub-pixel is larger than a distance between the electrode line and the one slit-shaped electrode corresponding to the second sub-pixel.

6. The display panel of claim 2 , wherein a distance between one plate-shaped electrode and an adjacent electrode line corresponding to the first sub-pixels is less than a distance between one plate-shaped electrode and an adjacent electrode line corresponding to the second sub-pixels.

7. The display panel of claim 6 , wherein a width of the plate-shaped electrode corresponding to the first sub-pixels is larger than a width of the plate-shaped electrode corresponding to the second sub-pixels.

8. The display panel of claim 6 , wherein a width of the adjacent electrode line corresponding to the first sub-pixels is larger than a width of the adjacent electrode line corresponding to the second sub-pixels.

9. The display panel of claim 2 , wherein an overlapping area of an electrode line adjacent to one plate-shaped electrode and an electrode line adjacent to one slit-shaped electrode corresponding to the first sub-pixels is less than an overlapping area of an electrode line adjacent to one plate-shaped electrode and an electrode line adjacent to one slit-shaped electrode corresponding to the second sub-pixel.

10. The display panel of claim 2 , wherein:

the plate-shaped electrodes are common electrodes;

the electrode lines adjacent to the plate-shaped electrodes are common electrode lines;

the slit-shaped electrodes are pixels electrodes; and

the electrode lines adjacent to the slit-shaped electrodes are data lines.

11. The display panel of claim 2 , wherein:

the slit-shaped electrodes are common electrodes;

the electrode lines adjacent to the slit-shaped electrodes are common electrode lines;

the plate-shaped electrodes are pixels electrodes; and

the electrode lines adjacent to the plate-shaped electrodes are data lines.

12. The display panel of claim 11 , wherein the data lines and the pixel electrodes are formed in one fabricating step.

13. The display panel of claim 11 , wherein the common electrode lines and the common electrodes are formed in one fabrication step.

14. The display panel of claim 11 , wherein:

one common electrode line is equally distanced from two adjacent common electrodes; and

one data line is equally distanced from the two adjacent pixel electrodes.

15. The display panel of claim 11 , wherein the data lines have a same width.

16. The display panel of claim 3 , wherein a difference between the width of one slit-shaped electrode corresponding to one first sub-pixel and the width of one slit-shaped electrode corresponding to one second sub-pixel is between 0.1 μm and 1 μm.

17. The display panel of claim 6 , wherein a difference of the width of the electrode line adjacent to one slit-shaped electrode corresponding to one first sub-pixel and the width of the electrode line adjacent to one slit-shaped electrode corresponding to one second sub-pixel is between 0.1 μm and 1 μm.

18. A display apparatus, comprising the display panel of claim 1 .

19. A display panel, comprising:

a plurality of first sub-pixels adjacent to a major photo spacer;

a plurality of second sub-pixels separated from the major photo spacer;

a plurality of plate-shaped electrodes being respectively located in the plurality of first sub-pixels and the plurality of second sub-pixels; and

a plurality of slit-shaped electrodes respectively located in an area of one plate electrode,

wherein:

an aperture area of each first sub-pixel is smaller than an aperture area of each second sub-pixel, while a light transmittance of each first sub-pixel is substantially equal to a light transmittance of each second sub-pixel, and

a width of an electrode line adjacent to one slit-shaped electrode corresponding to a first sub-pixel is less than a width of an electrode line adjacent to one slit-shaped electrode corresponding to a second sub-pixel.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 1, 2017
From: GUO, YUANHUI; ZANG, YUANSHENG; LIU, ZHI
To: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD; HEFEI BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 041142/0837 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 2015 1 0519838 · Aug 21, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170219867A1 · Aug 3, 2017
Cited By (1)
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