IP Library › Granted Patent US 12,477,917
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US 12,477,917 · App. 18/617,013 · Granted Nov 18, 2025

Display substrate and related devices with improved resolution

Inventors: Qian Xu (Beijing, CN); Tong Niu (Beijing, CN); Yan Huang (Beijing, CN); Guomeng Zhang (Beijing, CN); Chang Luo (Beijing, CN); Jianpeng Wu (Beijing, CN); Peng Xu (Beijing, CN); Fengli Ji (Beijing, CN); Yi Zhang (Beijing, CN); Benlian Wang (Beijing, CN); Ming Hu (Beijing, CN)
Assignees: CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.; BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
H10K59/353
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Patent No.
US 12,477,917
App. No.
18/617,013
Granted
Nov 18, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure provides a display substrate and related devices. The display substrate includes a plurality of first sub-pixels, second sub-pixels and third sub-pixels. In a first direction, the first sub-pixels and the third sub-pixels are arranged alternately to form a plurality of first sub-pixel rows, the second sub-pixels form a plurality of second sub-pixel rows, the first sub-pixel rows and the second sub-pixel rows are arranged alternately in a second direction, connection lines of center points of two first sub-pixels and two third sub-pixels form a first virtual quadrilateral, the two first sub-pixels are located at two vertex angles of the first virtual quadrilateral which are opposite to each other, one second sub-pixel is located within the first virtual quadrilateral, and the first virtual quadrilateral includes two interior angles each being equal to 90° and two interior angles each being not equal to 90°.

Claims (48)

1 . A display substrate, comprising a plurality of first sub-pixels, a plurality of second sub-pixels and a plurality of third sub-pixels, wherein

in a first direction, the first sub-pixels and the third sub-pixels are arranged alternately to form a plurality of first sub-pixel rows, the second sub-pixels form a plurality of second sub-pixel rows, the first sub-pixel rows and the second sub-pixel rows are arranged alternately in a second direction, connection lines of center points of two first sub-pixels and two third sub-pixels arranged in two adjacent rows and two adjacent columns form a first virtual quadrilateral, the two first sub-pixels are located at two vertex angles of the first virtual quadrilateral which are opposite to each other, one second sub-pixel is located within the first virtual quadrilateral, the first virtual quadrilateral comprises two interior angles each being equal to 90° and two interior angles each being not equal to 90°, and the two interior angles each being not equal to 90° comprise a first interior angle and a second interior angle;

in a same first virtual quadrilateral, a distance between a center point of a first sub-pixel located at the first interior angle and a center point of a third sub-pixel located at the second interior angle on a first straight line is x, the first straight line is perpendicular to a common side of the two interior angles each being equal to 90°, a value range of the first interior angle a is (h−10°, h+10°), and h is calculated through one of the following formulas:

h

=

90

⁢

°

-

arctan

⁢

(

x

P

)

;

h

=

90

⁢

°

+

arctan

⁢

(

x

P

)

;

wherein P is a distance between center points of two adjacent second sub-pixels in each second sub-pixel row;

wherein two adjacent first virtual quadrilaterals in the second direction comprise a first virtual quadrilateral A and a first virtual quadrilateral B,

in the first virtual quadrilateral A, a distance between the second sub-pixel and each of the two first sub-pixels is L 3 , and a distance between the second sub-pixel and each of the two third sub-pixels is L 4 ;

in the first virtual quadrilateral B, a distance between the second sub-pixel and each of the two first sub-pixels is L 3 , and a distance between the second sub-pixel and each of the two third sub-pixels is L 4 ;

wherein a spacing between sub-pixels is a minimum distance between sides of the sub-pixels.

2 . The display substrate according to claim 1 , wherein a center point of the first sub-pixel and a center point of the third sub-pixel in an nth first sub-pixel row are located on a same straight line, a center point of the first sub-pixel and a center point of the third sub-pixel in an (n+1)th first sub-pixel row are not located on a same straight line, and n is a positive integer.

3 . The display substrate according to claim 2 , wherein, in the (n+1)th first sub-pixel row, center points of all the first sub-pixels are located on a second straight line, center points of all the third sub-pixels are located on a third straight line, and the second straight line and the third straight line are different straight lines.

4 . The display substrate according to claim 2 , wherein, in the second direction perpendicular to the first direction, a center point of the first sub-pixel and a center point of the third sub-pixel in a same sub-pixel column as the first sub-pixel are located on a same straight line.

5 . The display substrate according to claim 1 , wherein each of the first sub-pixels has a same shape and a same area, and each of the third sub-pixels has a same shape and a same area.

6 . The display substrate according to claim 1 , wherein an area of one first sub-pixel is S, an area of one second sub-pixel is f*S, and an area of one third sub-pixel is g*S, wherein 0.5≤f≤0.8, and 1≤g≤2.2.

7 . The display substrate according to claim 1 , wherein a shape of each of the first sub-pixels, the second sub-pixels and the third sub-pixels comprises any one of a polygon, a circle or an ellipse.

8 . The display substrate according to claim 1 , wherein a shape of each of the first sub-pixels, the second sub-pixels and the third sub-pixels is any one of a quadrilateral, a pentagon, a hexagon, an octagon, a quadrilateral having a rounded corner, a hexagon having a rounded corner, an octagon having a rounded corner, a circle or an ellipse.

9 . The display substrate according to claim 1 , wherein the first sub-pixels are each a red sub-pixel, the third sub-pixels are each a blue sub-pixel, and the second sub-pixels are each a green sub-pixel; or, the first sub-pixels are each a blue sub-pixel, the third sub-pixels are each a red sub-pixel, and the second sub-pixels are each a green sub-pixel; or, the first sub-pixels are each a green sub-pixel, the third sub-pixels are each a red sub-pixel, and the second sub-pixels are each a blue sub-pixel; or, the first sub-pixels are each green sub-pixel, and the third sub-pixels are each a blue sub-pixel, and the second sub-pixels are each a blue sub-pixel.

10 . An organic electroluminescence display panel, comprising the display substrate according to claim 1 .

11 . The organic electroluminescence display panel according to claim 10 , further comprising a pixel definition layer, wherein the pixel definition layer comprises a plurality of pixel definition layer openings, each of the first sub-pixels, the second sub-pixels and the third sub-pixels corresponds to one pixel definition layer opening, and each of the first sub-pixels, the second sub-pixels and the third sub-pixels has an approximately same shape as the corresponding pixel definition layer opening.

12 . The organic electroluminescence display panel according to claim 10 , wherein each first sub-pixel comprises multiple film layers, and the multiple film layers of the first sub-pixel at least partially cover a region outside the corresponding pixel definition layer opening; and/or, each second sub-pixel comprises multiple film layers, and the multiple film layers of the second sub-pixel at least partially cover a region outside the corresponding pixel definition layer opening; and/or, each third sub-pixel comprises multiple film layers, and the multiple film layers of the third sub-pixel at least partially cover a region outside the corresponding pixel definition layer opening.

13 . A display device, comprising the organic electroluminescence display panel according to claim 10 .

14 . A high-precision metal mask for manufacturing the display substrate according to claim 1 , comprising: a plurality of opening regions, wherein the plurality of opening regions comprise a first opening region corresponding to a position of each first sub-pixel, a second opening region corresponding to a position of each second sub-pixel, and a third opening region corresponding to a position of each third sub-pixel.

15 . The high-precision metal mask according to claim 14 , each first sub-pixel comprises multiple film layers, each second sub-pixel comprises multiple film layers, each third sub-pixel comprises multiple film layers, a shape and an arrangement of the first opening region are approximately the same with a shape and an arrangement of at least one film layer in the first sub-pixel respectively, a shape and an arrangement of the third opening region are approximately the same with a shape and an arrangement of at least one film layer in the third sub-pixel respectively, and a shape and an arrangement of the second opening region are approximately the same with a shape and an arrangement of at least one film layer in the second sub-pixel respectively.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 8, 2025
From: XU, QIAN; NIU, TONG; HUANG, YAN; ZHANG, GUOMENG; LUO, CHANG; WU, JIANPENG; XU, PENG; JI, FENGLI; ZHANG, YI; WANG, BENLIAN; HU, MING
To: CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.; BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
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Continuity (2)
Continuation 17435917
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