IP Library Granted Patent US 12,433,124
Granted Patent B2
US 12,433,124 · App. 17/780,825 · Granted Sep 30, 2025

Display substrate and display device

Inventors: Benlian Wang (Beijing, CN); Hongjun Zhou (Beijing, CN); Wei Zhang (Beijing, CN); Weiyun Huang (Beijing, CN); Ming Hu (Beijing, CN)
Assignees: CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.; BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
H10K59/353H10K59/351H10K59/352
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Patent No.
US 12,433,124
App. No.
17/780,825
Granted
Sep 30, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display substrate and a display device are provided. The display substrate includes a first sub-pixel, a second sub-pixel and a third sub-pixel; each sub-pixel includes a light-emitting region; in at least one of the first sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel and the third sub-pixel, vertex angles of the light-emitting region include a first corner and a second corner opposite to each other; a distance from an intersection of the extension lines or tangents of two sides forming the first corner to a center of the sub-pixel is greater than a distance from an intersection of two sides forming the second corner or the extension lines or tangents thereof to the center; the sub-pixel includes a first-type sub-pixel and a second-type sub-pixel; and in different types of sub-pixels, the direction of the vertex of the first corner pointing to the vertex of the second corner is different.

Claims (39)

1. A display substrate, comprising:

a plurality of sub-pixels, comprising a plurality of first sub-pixels, a plurality of second sub-pixels and a plurality of third sub-pixels; wherein the plurality of first sub-pixels and the plurality of third sub-pixels are alternately arranged along a row direction and a column direction to form a plurality of first pixel rows and a plurality of first pixel columns, the plurality of second sub-pixels are arrayed along the row direction and the column direction to form a plurality of second pixel rows and a plurality of second pixel columns, the plurality of first pixel rows and the plurality of second pixel rows are alternately arranged along the column direction, and the plurality of first pixel columns and the plurality of second pixel columns are alternately arranged along the row direction; taking centers of a certain first sub-pixel and a certain third sub-pixel adjacent to each other in a same first pixel row, and centers of one first sub-pixel and one third sub-pixel, which are in an adjacent first pixel row and are respectively adjacent to the certain first sub-pixel and the certain third sub-pixel adjacent to each other along the column direction, as four vertices of a virtual quadrilateral, one second sub-pixel is arranged in the virtual quadrilateral;

wherein the plurality of sub-pixels comprise a plurality of light emitting regions; in at least one kind of the first sub-pixels, the second sub-pixels and the third sub-pixels, vertex angles of the light emitting region comprise a first angle portion and a second angle portion which are oppositely arranged, and a distance between an intersection of extension lines or tangents of two sides constituting the first angle portion and a center of the sub-pixel is greater than a distance between an intersection of two sides constituting the second angle portion or extension lines or tangents of the two sides constituting the second angle portion and the center of the sub-pixel;

the at least one kind of the first sub-pixels, the second sub-pixels and the third sub-pixels comprise a first type sub-pixel and a second type sub-pixel; in terms of different types of sub-pixels, directions in which a vertex of the first angle portion points to a vertex of the second angle portion are different; in the first type sub-pixel and the second type sub-pixel, the directions in which the vertex of the first angle portion points to the vertex of the second angle portion are a first direction and a second direction, respectively, and the first direction is opposite to the second direction;

wherein the at least one kind of the first sub-pixels, the second sub-pixels and the third sub-pixels further comprise a third type sub-pixel and a fourth type sub-pixel;

wherein the first sub-pixels and the second sub-pixels are alternately arranged along an extending direction of a first diagonal line of the virtual quadrilateral, and the third sub-pixels and the second sub-pixels are alternately arranged along an extending direction of a second diagonal line of the virtual quadrilateral;

sub-pixels arranged along the extending direction of one of the first diagonal line and the second diagonal line comprise a plurality of third pixel groups; each of the plurality of third pixel groups comprises four first sub-pixels and four second sub-pixels, or four third sub-pixels and four second sub-pixels; and each of the plurality of third pixel groups comprises the first type sub-pixel, the second type sub-pixel, the third type sub-pixel and the fourth type sub-pixel.

2. The display substrate according to claim 1 , wherein in the third type sub-pixel and the fourth type sub-pixel, the directions in which the vertex of the first angle portion points to the vertex of the second angle portion are a third direction and a fourth direction, respectively, and the third direction is opposite to the fourth direction.

3. The display substrate according to claim 2 , wherein one of the first direction and the third direction is parallel to the row direction, and the other of the first direction and the third direction is parallel to the column direction; and/or

an included angle between the first direction and the third direction is in a range of 80-100 degrees.

4. The display substrate according to claim 2 , wherein at least one of the plurality of first pixel rows comprises a plurality of first pixel groups, each of the plurality of first pixel groups comprises four first sub-pixels and four third sub-pixels, and each of the plurality of first pixel groups comprises the first type sub-pixel, the second type sub-pixel, the third type sub-pixel and the fourth type sub-pixel; and/or

at least one of the plurality of first pixel columns comprises a plurality of second pixel groups, each of the plurality of second pixel groups comprises four first sub-pixels and four third sub-pixels, and each of the plurality of second pixel groups comprises the first type sub-pixel, the second type sub-pixel, the third type sub-pixel and the fourth type sub-pixel.

5. The display substrate according to claim 1 , wherein the first sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel and the third sub-pixel are sub-pixels emitting light of different colors.

6. The display substrate according to claim 1 , wherein, in the at least one kind of the first sub-pixels, the second sub-pixels and the third sub-pixels, the vertex angles of the light emitting region further comprise a third angle portion and a fourth angle portion which are oppositely arranged; a connecting line between a vertex of the third angle portion and a vertex of the fourth angle portion divides the light emitting region into two parts, and shapes of the two parts are different; and/or an area of one part in which the first angle portion is located is less than an area of one part in which the second angle portion is located.

7. The display substrate according to claim 6 , wherein a shape of at least one of the third angle portion and the fourth angle portion is approximately the same as a shape of the second angle portion, and a distance between the vertex of the first angle portion and the connecting line is less than a distance between the vertex of the second angle portion and the connecting line.

8. The display substrate according to claim 1 , wherein the display substrate comprises at least one display region, one first pixel row and one second pixel row located at an outermost edge of the at least one display region and adjacent to each other constitute an edge pixel row group, and one first pixel column and one second pixel column located at the outermost edge of the at least one display region and adjacent to each other constitute an edge pixel column group, corner sub-pixels are arranged at an intersection position of the edge pixel row group and the edge pixel column group, and the corner sub-pixels comprise the first sub-pixel and the third sub-pixel;

in the edge pixel row group, at least one kind of the first sub-pixels and the third sub-pixels other than the corner sub-pixels comprises the first angle portion and the second angle portion, and the second angle portion is closer to the second pixel row than the first angle portion is; and/or in the edge pixel column group, at least one kind of the first sub-pixels and the third sub-pixels other than the corner sub-pixels comprises the first angle portion and the second angle portion, and the second angle portion is closer to the second pixel column than the first angle portion is.

9. The display substrate according to claim 8 , wherein, in the edge pixel row group, both of the first sub-pixels and the third sub-pixels other than the corner sub-pixels comprise the first angle portion and the second angle portion, and in the edge pixel column group, both of the first sub-pixels and the third sub-pixels other than the corner sub-pixels comprise the first angle portion and the second angle portion.

10. The display substrate according to claim 1 , wherein the first angle portion comprises a rounded angle or a flat angle, and the second angle portion comprises a rounded angle;

a radius of curvature of the rounded angle of the first angle portion is greater than a radius of curvature of the rounded angle of the second angle portion.

11. A display device, comprising the display substrate according to claim 1 .

12. The display substrate according to claim 4 , wherein sub-pixels arranged along the extending direction of the other of the first diagonal line and the second diagonal line comprise a plurality of fourth pixel groups; each of the plurality of fourth pixel groups comprises two first sub-pixels and two second sub-pixels, or two third sub-pixels and two second sub-pixels; and each of the plurality of fourth pixel groups comprises two types of sub-pixels among the first type sub-pixel, the second type sub-pixel, the third type sub-pixel and the fourth type sub-pixel.

13. The display substrate according to claim 12 , wherein at least one kind of the first sub-pixels and the third sub-pixels comprises the first type sub-pixel, the second type sub-pixel, the third type sub-pixel and the fourth type sub-pixel; the first sub-pixel comprises a red sub-pixel, and the third sub-pixel comprises a blue sub-pixel.

14. The display substrate according to claim 13 , wherein four third sub-pixels surrounding and adjacent to one first sub-pixel are the first type sub-pixel, the second type sub-pixel, the third type sub-pixel and the fourth type sub-pixel, respectively; and/or four first sub-pixels surrounding and adjacent to one third sub-pixel are the first type sub-pixel, the second type sub-pixel, the third type sub-pixel and the fourth type sub-pixel, respectively.

15. A display substrate, comprising:

a plurality of sub-pixels, comprising a plurality of first sub-pixels, a plurality of second sub-pixels and a plurality of third sub-pixels; wherein the plurality of first sub-pixels and the plurality of third sub-pixels are alternately arranged along a row direction and a column direction to form a plurality of first pixel rows and a plurality of first pixel columns, the plurality of second sub-pixels are arrayed along the row direction and the column direction to form a plurality of second pixel rows and a plurality of second pixel columns, the plurality of first pixel rows and the plurality of second pixel rows are alternately arranged along the column direction, and the plurality of first pixel columns and the plurality of second pixel columns are alternately arranged along the row direction; taking centers of a certain first sub-pixel and a certain third sub-pixel adjacent to each other in a same first pixel row, and centers of one first sub-pixel and one third sub-pixel, which are in an adjacent first pixel row and are respectively adjacent to the certain first sub-pixel and the certain third sub-pixel adjacent to each other along the column direction, as four vertices of a virtual quadrilateral, one second sub-pixel is arranged in the virtual quadrilateral;

wherein the plurality of sub-pixels comprise a plurality of light emitting regions, the display substrate comprises at least one display region, and in at least one of the first sub-pixel and the third sub-pixel in the first pixel row and the first pixel column at an outermost edge of the at least one display region, vertex angles of the light emitting region comprise a first angle portion and a second angle portion which are oppositely arranged, and a distance between an intersection of extension lines or tangents of two sides constituting the first angle portion and a center of the sub-pixel is greater than a distance between an intersection of two sides constituting the second angle portion or extension lines or tangents of the two sides constituting the second angle portion and the center of the sub-pixel;

wherein at least one kind of the first sub-pixels, the second sub-pixels and the third sub-pixels comprise a first type sub-pixel, a second type sub-pixel, a third type sub-pixel and a fourth type sub-pixel;

wherein the first sub-pixels and the second sub-pixels are alternately arranged along an extending direction of a first diagonal line of the virtual quadrilateral, and the third sub-pixels and the second sub-pixels are alternately arranged along an extending direction of a second diagonal line of the virtual quadrilateral;

sub-pixels arranged along the extending direction of one of the first diagonal line and the second diagonal line comprise a plurality of third pixel groups; each of the plurality of third pixel groups comprises four first sub-pixels and four second sub-pixels, or four third sub-pixels and four second sub-pixels; and each of the plurality of third pixel groups comprises the first type sub-pixel, the second type sub-pixel, the third type sub-pixel and the fourth type sub-pixel.

16. The display substrate according to claim 15 , wherein one first pixel row and one second pixel row located at the outermost edge of the at least one display region and adjacent to each other constitute an edge pixel row group, and one first pixel column and one second pixel column located at the outermost edge of the at least one display region and adjacent to each other constitute an edge pixel column group, corner sub-pixels are arranged at an intersection position of the edge pixel row group and the edge pixel column group, and the corner sub-pixels comprise the first sub-pixel and the third sub-pixel;

in the edge pixel row group, in sub-pixels other than the corner sub-pixels, the second angle portion is closer to the second pixel row than the first angle portion is; and/or in the edge pixel column group, in sub-pixels other than the corner sub-pixels, the second angle portion is closer to the second pixel column than the first angle portion is.

17. The display substrate according to claim 16 , wherein, in the edge pixel row group, both of the first sub-pixels and the third sub-pixels other than the corner sub-pixels comprise the first angle portion and the second angle portion, and in the edge pixel column group, both of the first sub-pixels and the third sub-pixels other than the corner sub-pixels comprise the first angle portion and the second angle portion.

18. A display substrate comprising:

a plurality of sub-pixels, comprising a plurality of first sub-pixels, a plurality of second sub-pixels and a plurality of third sub-pixels; wherein the plurality of first sub-pixels and the plurality of third sub-pixels are alternately arranged along a row direction and a column direction to form a plurality of first pixel rows and a plurality of first pixel columns, the plurality of second sub-pixels are arrayed along the row direction and the column direction to form a plurality of second pixel rows and a plurality of second pixel columns, the plurality of first pixel rows and the plurality of second pixel rows are alternately arranged along the column direction, and the plurality of first pixel columns and the plurality of second pixel columns are alternately arranged along the row direction; taking centers of a certain first sub-pixel and a certain third sub-pixel adjacent to each other in a same first pixel row, and centers of one first sub-pixel and one third sub-pixel, which are in an adjacent first pixel row and are respectively adjacent to the certain first sub-pixel and the certain third sub-pixel adjacent to each other along the column direction, as four vertices of a virtual quadrilateral, one second sub-pixel is arranged in the virtual quadrilateral;

wherein the plurality of first pixel rows comprise a plurality of first axes extending along the row direction, and the plurality of first axes in the plurality of first pixel rows are equally spaced; the plurality of first pixel columns comprise a plurality of second axes extending along the column direction, and the plurality of second axes in the plurality of first pixel columns are equally spaced;

the plurality of sub-pixels comprise a plurality of light emitting regions; in at least one kind of the first sub-pixels and the third sub-pixels, the light emitting region is divided into a first part and a second part by one of the first axis and the second axis, and is divided into a third part and a fourth part by the other of the first axis and the second axis; an area of the first part is less than an area of the second part, and an area of the third part is the same as an area of the fourth part;

at least one kind of the first sub-pixels and the third sub-pixels comprises a first type sub-pixel and a second type sub-pixel; in terms of different types of sub-pixels, directions in which a center of the first part points to a center of the second part are different; in the first type sub-pixel and the second type sub-pixel, the directions in which the center of the first part points to the center of the second part are a first direction and a second direction, respectively, and the first direction is opposite to the second direction;

wherein the at least one kind of the first sub-pixels and the third sub-pixels further comprises a third type sub-pixel and a fourth type sub-pixel; in the third type sub-pixel and the fourth type sub-pixel, directions in which the center of the first part points to the center of the second part are a third direction and a fourth direction, respectively, and the third direction is opposite to the fourth direction.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 27, 2022
From: WANG, BENLIAN; ZHOU, HONGJUN; ZHANG, WEI; HUANG, WEIYUN; HU, MING
To: CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.; BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
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WO PCT/CN2020/114619 · Sep 10, 2020 · international
WO PCT/CN2020/118991 · Sep 29, 2020 · international
CN 202110351540.4 · Mar 31, 2021 · national
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