Display panel and fabrication method thereof, and display apparatus
A display panel and a fabrication method thereof, and a display apparatus are provided. The display panel includes: a base substrate, and a display region and a non-display region on the base substrate. The display region has a special shaped boundary, and includes: a plurality of display pixels and transition pixels; the transition pixels are provided between the display pixels and the special-shaped boundary; each of the display pixels and each of the transition pixels respectively include: a first electrode and a second electrode. An area of each of the first electrodes of the transition pixels is different from an area of each of the first electrodes of the display pixels; and/or, an area of each of the second electrodes of the transition pixels is different from an area of each of the second electrodes of the display pixel.
1. A display panel, comprising: a base substrate, and a display region and a non-display region on the base substrate;
wherein the display region has a special-shaped boundary, and includes: a plurality of display pixels and transition pixels; the transition pixels are provided between the display pixels and the special-shaped boundary; each of the display pixels and each of the transition pixels respectively include: a first electrode and a second electrode insulated from the first electrode; and the first electrode and the second electrode are configured to apply a voltage to the display pixel or the transition pixel corresponding thereto;
wherein the first electrodes and the second electrodes of the transition pixels and the display pixels satisfy at least one of the following relationships: an area of each of the first electrodes of the transition pixels is different from an area of each of the first electrodes of the display pixels; and an area of each of the second electrodes of the transition pixels is different from an area of each of the second electrodes of the display pixel,
wherein the first electrode is a pixel electrode and the second electrode is a common electrode; or the first electrode is the common electrode and the second electrode is the pixel electrode,
wherein the first electrode is a planar electrode, and the second electrode is a slit electrode;
the slit electrode includes: at least two sub-electrodes with a slit provided between two adjacent sub-electrodes,
the second electrodes of the transition pixel and the second electrodes of the display pixel have at least one of the following differences therebetween: numbers of the sub-electrodes are different, and widths of the sub-electrodes are different,
at least one row or one column of transition pixels are provided; and in a direction from a side close to the special-shaped boundary to a side away from the special-shaped boundary:
both the numbers of sub-electrodes and the widths of the sub-electrodes in the row or the column of the transition pixels gradually decrease,
a value range of a gray scale of the transition pixels is 0 to 255, the value range of the gray scale has four intervals, a step size of each of the respective intervals is 64, a gray scale range of the respective intervals are respectively 0 to 63, 64 to 127, 128 to 191, and 192 to 255, feature values of the respective intervals are from minimum values (0, 64, 128, 192), or maximum values (63, 127, 191, 255), or intermediate values (35, 96, 150, 224).
2. The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of display pixels and transition pixels are arranged in a two-dimensional matrix along a row direction and a column direction; and the special-shaped boundary is neither parallel nor perpendicular to the row direction and the column direction.
3. The display panel according to claim 2 , wherein the special-shaped boundary has a circular arc shape.
4. The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein at least one row or one column of transition pixels is provided; and in the direction from the side close to the special-shaped boundary to the side away from the special-shaped boundary, areas of the first electrodes, areas of the second electrodes, or areas of both the first electrodes and the second electrodes of the row or the column of transition pixels gradually increase or decrease.
5. The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein each of the transition pixels and each of the display pixels further include an insulating layer, respectively; and
the insulating layer is provided between the first electrode and the second electrode.
6. The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein the transition pixels and the display pixels have an equal area.
7. The display panel according to claim 1 , wherein an orthogonal projection of the first electrode on the base substrate covers an orthogonal projection of the second electrode on the base substrate.
8. The display panel according to claim 7 , wherein a material of the first electrode and the second electrode includes a transparent conductive material.
9. A display apparatus, comprising: the display panel according to claim 1 .
10. A fabrication method of a display panel, comprising:
providing a base substrate; and
forming a display region and a non-display region on the base substrate, the display region having a special-shaped boundary, and including: a plurality of display pixels and transition pixels, the transition pixels being provided between the display pixels and the special-shaped boundary, each of the display pixels and each of the transition pixels respectively including: a first electrode and a second electrode insulated from the first electrode; and the first electrode and the second electrode being configured to apply a voltage to the display pixel or the transition pixel corresponding thereto,
wherein the first electrodes and the second electrodes of the transition pixels and the display pixels satisfy at least one of the following relationships: an area of each of the first electrodes of the transition pixels is different from an area of each of the first electrodes of the display pixels; and an area of each of the second electrodes of the transition pixels is different from an area of each of the second electrodes of the display pixel,
wherein the first electrode is a pixel electrode and the second electrode is a common electrode; or the first electrode is the common electrode and the second electrode is the pixel electrode,
wherein the first electrode is a planar electrode, and the second electrode is a slit electrode;
the slit electrode includes: at least two sub-electrodes with a slit provided between two adjacent sub-electrodes,
the second electrodes of the transition pixel and the second electrodes of the display pixel have at least one of the following differences therebetween: numbers of the sub-electrodes are different, and widths of the sub-electrodes are different,
at least one row or one column of transition pixels are provided; and in a direction from a side close to the special-shaped boundary to a side away from the special-shaped boundary:
both the numbers of sub-electrodes and the widths of the sub-electrodes in the row or the column of the transition pixels gradually decrease,
a value range of a gray scale of the transition pixels is 0 to 255, the value range of the gray scale has four intervals, a step size of each of the respective intervals is 64, a gray scale range of the respective intervals are respectively 0 to 63, 64 to 127, 128 to 191, and 192 to 255, feature values of the respective intervals are from minimum values (0, 64, 128, 192), or maximum values (63, 127, 191, 255), or intermediate values (35, 96, 150, 224).
11. The method according to claim 10 , further comprising:
forming an insulating layer between the first electrode and the second electrode.