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Granted Patent B2
US 11,114,016 · App. 17/011,212 · Granted Sep 7, 2021

Pixel arrangement structure, display panel and display apparatus

Inventors: Mingxing Liu (Kunshan, CN); Xiaoyu Gao (Kunshan, CN); Pengle Dang (Kunshan, CN); Li Lin (Kunshan, CN); Shuaiyan Gan (Kunshan, CN); Feng Gao (Kunshan, CN)
Assignee: KunShan Go-Visionox Opto-Electronics Co., Ltd
G09G3/2003G09G2300/0426G09G2300/0452
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Patent No.
US 11,114,016
App. No.
17/011,212
Granted
Sep 7, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided are a pixel arrangement structure, a display panel, and a display apparatus. The pixel arrangement structure includes a plurality of first sub-pixels, a plurality of second sub-pixels, and a plurality of third sub-pixels, and the plurality of first, second and third sub-pixels form a plurality of virtual polygons. In each virtual polygon, the second sub-pixels and the third sub-pixels are located at a first vertex and a second vertex of the virtual polygon, respectively, the first vertex and the second vertex are alternated and spaced apart from each other, the first sub-pixel is located inside the virtual polygon, a first distance from a center of the first sub-pixel to a center of any third sub-pixel is equal, a second distance from a center of the first sub-pixel to a center of any second sub-pixel is equal, and the first distance is equal to the second distance.

Claims (41)

1. A pixel arrangement structure, comprising

a plurality of first sub-pixels, a plurality of second sub-pixels and a plurality of third sub-pixels, the plurality of first sub-pixels, the plurality of second sub-pixels and the plurality of third sub-pixels form a plurality of virtual polygons, wherein, in each virtual polygon,

the virtual polygon has a first vertex and a second vertex,

the second sub-pixel is located at the first vertex of the virtual polygon,

the third sub-pixel is located at the second vertex of the virtual polygon, the first vertex and the second vertex are disposed alternately and spaced apart, the first sub-pixel is located inside the virtual polygon, and

a first distance from a center of the first sub-pixel to a center of one or more of the third sub-pixels is equal, a second distance from a center of the first sub-pixel to a center of one or more of the plurality of second sub-pixels is equal, and the first distance is equal to the second distance;

wherein the virtual polygon is defined as a first virtual quadrangle, and the first virtual quadrangle is a non-right-angle trapezoid;

wherein a plurality of first virtual quadrangles are arranged in a manner of sharing some sides to form an array; and

wherein in a direction along a line connecting centers of two second sub-pixels in the first virtual quadrangle, any two adjacent second sub-pixels are separated by one first sub-pixel; in a direction along a line connecting centers of two third sub-pixels in the first virtual quadrangle, any two adjacent third sub-pixels are also separated by one first sub-pixel; and wherein any four adjacent first sub-pixels form a quadrangle.

2. The pixel arrangement structure according to claim 1 , wherein

the first virtual quadrangle has a first side and a third side parallel to each other, and a second side and a fourth side that are connected between the first side and the third side.

3. The pixel arrangement structure according to claim 2 , wherein a length of the first side is greater than a length of the third side.

4. The pixel arrangement structure according to claim 2 , wherein a ratio of a length of the first side to a length of the third side is 0.5-0.95.

5. The pixel arrangement structure according to claim 1 , wherein lifetime of the second sub-pixel, lifetime of the first sub-pixel and lifetime of the third sub-pixel are sequentially decreased.

6. The pixel arrangement structure according to claim 5 , wherein the first sub-pixel is a green sub-pixel, the second pixel is a red sub-pixel, and the third sub-pixel is a blue sub-pixel.

7. The pixel arrangement structure according to claim 6 , wherein a distance between edges corresponding to the first sub-pixel and the second sub-pixel is defined as a third distance, a distance between edges corresponding to the first sub-pixel and the third sub-pixel is defined as a fourth distance, along the second side or the fourth side, a distance between edges corresponding to the second sub-pixel and the third sub-pixel is defined as a fifth distance, and

the fifth distance is greater than both the third distance and the fourth distance.

8. The pixel arrangement structure according to claim 7 , wherein the third distance is greater than the fourth distance.

9. The pixel arrangement structure according to claim 7 , wherein an opening area of the third sub-pixel, an opening area of the second sub-pixel and an opening area of the first sub-pixel are sequentially decreased.

10. The pixel arrangement structure according to claim 2 , wherein the second sub-pixel and the third sub-pixel are shaped as quadrangles, sides of the second sub-pixel are parallel to sides of the third sub-pixel corresponding to the sides of the second sub-pixel, and

lines at which the sides of the second sub-pixel and the third sub-pixel respectively are located form a second virtual quadrangle, and the first sub-pixel is located at a diagonal intersection of the second virtual quadrangle.

11. The pixel arrangement structure according to claim 10 , wherein the first sub-pixel is shaped as a quadrangle.

12. The pixel arrangement structure according to claim 10 , wherein, in the array,

in the same row, two adjacent first virtual quadrangles are symmetrical with respect to a shared side, the shared side is the first side or the third side;

a plurality of first virtual quadrangles in a N-th row and a plurality of first virtual quadrangles in a N+1-th row are engaged with each other; and

the plurality of first virtual quadrangles in the N-th row are arranged in the same manner as a plurality of first virtual quadrangles in a N+2-th row,

wherein N is a positive integer greater than 0.

13. The pixel arrangement structure according to claim 12 , wherein in the array, a distance between centers of two adjacent second sub-pixels in a row is equal to a distance between centers of two adjacent second sub-pixels in a column and twice a dimension of a minimum unit of a single pixel, a distance between centers of two adjacent third sub-pixels in a row is equal to a distance between centers of two adjacent third sub-pixels in a column direction and twice a dimension of a minimum unit of a single pixel, and the single pixel comprises one first sub-pixel, one second sub-pixel and one third sub-pixel.

14. The pixel arrangement structure according to claim 2 , wherein the first virtual quadrangle is shaped as a rectangle.

15. A pixel arrangement structure, comprising:

a plurality of first sub-pixels, a plurality of second sub-pixels, and a plurality of third sub-pixels, and the plurality of first sub-pixels, the plurality of second sub-pixels and the plurality of third sub-pixels constitute a plurality of virtual polygons, wherein

each virtual polygon comprises one first sub-pixel, two or more second sub-pixels, two or more third sub-pixels, two or more first vertexes corresponding to the two or more second sub-pixels, and two or more second vertexes corresponding to the two or more third sub-pixels,

the two or more first vertices and the two or more second vertices are disposed alternately and spaced apart, and the one first sub-pixel is located inside the each virtual polygon, and

first distances between a center of the one first sub-pixel and centers of the two or more third sub-pixels are equal, second distances between a center of the one first sub-pixel and centers of the two or more second sub-pixel are equal, and the first distances are equal to the second distances;

wherein each virtual polygon is defined as a first virtual quadrangle, and the first virtual quadrangle is a non-right-angle trapezoid;

wherein a plurality of first virtual quadrangles are arranged in a manner of sharing some sides to form an array; and

wherein in a direction along a line connecting centers of two second sub-pixels in the first virtual quadrangle, any two adjacent second sub-pixels are separated by one first sub-pixel; in a direction along a line connecting centers of two third sub-pixels in the first virtual quadrangle, any two adjacent third sub-pixels are also separated by one first sub-pixel; and wherein any four adjacent first sub-pixels form a quadrangle.

16. The pixel arrangement structure according to claim 15 , wherein the virtual polygon is defined as a first virtual quadrangle, the first virtual quadrangle has a first side and a third side parallel to each other, and a second side and a fourth side that are connected between the first side and the third side, a length of the first side is different from that of the third side, and the ratio of a shorter side to a longer side of the first side and the third side is 0.5-0.95.

17. A display panel, comprising the pixel arrangement structure according to claim 1 .

18. A display apparatus, comprising the display panel according to claim 17 .

19. The pixel arrangement structure according to claim 1 , wherein at least one second sub-pixel and at least one third sub-pixel located at a same side of the first sub-pixel along a horizontal direction are staggered along a vertical direction, and wherein the second sub-pixel and the third sub-pixel located at the same side of the first sub-pixel along the vertical direction are disposed in a line.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 3, 2020
From: LIU, MINGXING; GAO, XIAOYU; DANG, PENGLE; LIN, LI; GAN, SHUAIYAN; GAO, FENG
To: KUNSHAN GO-VISIONOX OPTO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD
Reel/Frame 053686/0011 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 201811521966.4 · Dec 13, 2018 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2019092773 · Jun 25, 2019
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