Electro-luminescence display
An electroluminescent display comprises a substrate with a plurality of pixel regions, wherein each pixel region has a first sub-pixel region, a second sub-pixel region, and a third sub-pixel region. Pluralities of first color light-emitting layers, second color light-emitting layers, and third color light-emitting layers are formed on the substrate. Each first color light-emitting layer is disposed in one first sub-pixel region, and each second color light-emitting layer is disposed in two adjacent second sub-pixel regions. The area of the first sub-pixel region is larger than the area of the second sub-pixel region in a single pixel region.
1. An electroluminescent display comprising:
a substrate having a plurality of pixel regions, each of the pixel regions including a first sub-pixel region, a second sub-pixel region, and a third sub-pixel region; and
a plurality of first color light-emitting layers, a plurality of second color light-emitting layers, and a plurality of third color light-emitting layers disposed on the substrate, each of the first color light-emitting layers being positioned in each of the first sub-pixel regions respectively, and each of the second color light-emitting layers being positioned in two adjacent second sub-pixel regions, and two adjacent second sub-pixel regions of two different pixel regions being contained within one continuous second color light-emitting layer, wherein an area of the first sub-pixel region is larger than an area of the second sub-pixel region in the single pixel region, and wherein each of the first color light-emitting layers comprises a blue light-emitting layer;
wherein each of the first sub-pixel region comprises a first driving transistor and a first switching transistor, each of the second sub-pixel region comprises a second driving transistor and a second switching transistor, and each of the third sub-pixel region comprises a third driving transistor and a third switching transistor, wherein the first sub-pixel regions, the second sub-pixel regions, and the third sub-pixel regions are arranged as an array that comprises a plurality of rows, each of the odd rows of the array is an alternation of one first sub-pixel region and two second sub-pixel regions, and each of the even rows of the array is an alternation of two third sub-pixel regions and one first sub-pixel regions, and wherein the first sub-pixel regions are not positioned adjacent to each other and are separated by two second sub-pixel regions or two third sub-pixel regions.
2. The electroluminescent display of claim 1 , wherein each of the third color light-emitting layers is positioned in two adjacent third sub-pixel regions, two adjacent third sub-pixel regions of two different pixel regions are contained within one continuous third color light-emitting layer, and the area of the first sub-pixel region is larger than an area of the third sub-pixel region in the single pixel region.
3. The electroluminescent display of claim 1 , wherein the area of the first sub-pixel region is about twice as an area of the third sub-pixel region.
4. The electroluminescent display of claim 1 , wherein each of the third color light-emitting layers is positioned in only one third sub-pixel region, and an area of the third sub-pixel region is larger than the area of the second sub-pixel region in a single pixel region.
5. The electroluminescent display of claim 1 , wherein the first sub-pixel regions in the adjacent rows are adjacent to each other and arranged as a plurality of columns.
6. The electroluminescent display of claim 1 , wherein the even rows are shifted from the odd rows along a horizontal direction by a distance of a half width of the first color light-emitting layers.
7. The electroluminescent display of claim 1 , wherein the area of the first sub-pixel regions is about twice as the area of the second sub-pixel regions.
8. The electroluminescent display of claim 1 , wherein the area of the first sub-pixel region is 1.3 to 6 times larger than the area of the second sub-pixel regions.
9. The electroluminescent display of claim 8 , wherein the area of the first sub-pixel regions is 1.3 to 6 times larger than an area of the third sub-pixel regions.
10. The electroluminescent display of claim 1 , wherein each of the second color light-emitting layers comprises a green light-emitting layer.
11. The electroluminescent display of claim 1 , wherein each of the second color light-emitting layers comprises a green light-emitting layer and each of the third color light-emitting layers comprises a red light-emitting layer.
12. The electroluminescent display of claim 1 , wherein each of the third color light-emitting layers comprises a red light-emitting layer.
13. The electroluminescent in claim 1 , wherein each of the second color light-emitting layers comprises a cyan light-emitting layer, a magenta light-emitting layer, or a yellow light-emitting layer.
14. The electroluminescent display of claim 1 , wherein the area of the first sub-pixel region is about 9×10 −4 square millimeters (mm 2 ) to 2.25×10−2 mm 2 .
15. The electroluminescent display of claim 1 , wherein areas of the first color light-emitting layer, the second color light-emitting layer, and the third light-emitting layer are approximately the same.
16. The electroluminescent display of claim 1 , wherein the first light-emitting layers, the second light-emitting layers, and the third light-emitting layers comprise organic light-emitting layers.
17. The electroluminescent display of claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of pixel regions is a quadrangle.
18. An electroluminescent display comprising:
a plurality of scan lines and a plurality of data lines defining a plurality of first, second and third sub-pixel regions, wherein each of the first, second and third sub-pixel regions comprises a sub-pixel circuit electrically connected to the corresponding scan line and data line, and wherein the sub-pixel circuit comprises two transistors; and
a plurality of first color light-emitting layers, a plurality of second color light-emitting layers, and a plurality of third color light-emitting layers disposed on the substrate, each of the first color light-emitting layers being positioned in each of the first sub-pixel regions respectively, and each of the second color light-emitting layers being positioned in two adjacent second sub-pixel regions, and two adjacent second sub-pixel regions being contained within one continuous second color light-emitting layer, wherein an area of the first sub-pixel region is larger than an area of the second sub-pixel region in the single pixel region, wherein each of the first color light-emitting layers comprises a blue light-emitting layer;
wherein the first sub-pixel regions, the second sub-pixel regions, and the third sub-pixel regions are arranged as an array that comprises a plurality of rows, each of the odd rows of the array is an alternation of one first sub-pixel region and two second sub-pixel regions, and each of the even rows of the array is an alternation of two third sub-pixel regions and one first sub-pixel regions, and wherein the first sub-pixel regions are not positioned adjacent to each other and are separated by two second sub-pixel regions or two third sub-pixel regions.