IP Library Granted Patent US 9,568,784
Granted Patent B2
US 9,568,784 · App. 14/344,193 · Granted Feb 14, 2017

Liquid crystal display panel and driving method thereof

Inventor: Junsheng Chen (Beijing, CN)
Assignees: ORDOS YUANSHENG OPTOELECTRONICS CO., LTD.; BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
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Patent No.
US 9,568,784
App. No.
14/344,193
Granted
Feb 14, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

The embodiments of the present invention provide a liquid crystal display panel and driving method thereof. The liquid crystal display panel may comprise a substrate and a plurality of first electrodes and a plurality of second electrodes disposed on the substrate to generate a driving electrical field, wherein each of the first electrodes is disposed in two pixel units which are adjacent in a first direction, and each of the second electrodes is disposed in two pixel units which are adjacent in the first direction, the first electrodes and the second electrodes are disposed alternately by offsetting one pixel unit in the first direction, and the first direction is a row direction or a column direction.

Claims (47)

1. A liquid crystal display panel, comprising:

a substrate and a plurality of first electrodes and a plurality of second electrodes disposed on the substrate to generate a driving electrical field,

wherein each of the first electrodes is disposed in two pixel units which are adjacent in a first direction, and each of the second electrodes is disposed in two pixel units which are adjacent in the first direction, the first electrodes and the second electrodes are disposed to be offset from each other by one pixel unit in the first direction, and the first direction is a row direction or a column direction,

wherein the substrate comprises a first substrate and a second substrate cell-assembled together, wherein

each of the first electrodes is an electrode of plate shape, and disposed at an inner side of the first substrate;

each of the second electrodes is a slit electrode, and disposed at an inner side of the first electrode, and the second electrodes and the first electrodes are insulated from each other and form a storage capacitor.

2. The liquid crystal display panel according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a fixed voltage pole connected to a fixed voltage source, wherein the fixed voltage pole is disposed between the first electrodes and the first substrate, and the fixed voltage pole and the first electrodes are insulated from each other and form an auxiliary capacitor.

3. The liquid crystal display panel according to claim 2 , wherein the fixed voltage pole is connected to a ground.

4. The liquid crystal display panel according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a thin film transistor array driving circuit, disposed on the first substrate to control the first and second electrodes, wherein the thin film transistor array driving circuit comprises a plurality of gate lines and data lines arranged to cross with each other, and thin film transistors disposed at intersections of the gate lines and the data lines, wherein the gate lines are arranged along the first direction.

5. The liquid crystal display panel according to claim 4 , wherein the data lines comprise a first data line and a second data line; and

the plurality of first and second electrodes arranged along the first direction are connected with the same gate line by a plurality of thin film transistors, respectively;

the plurality of first electrodes arranged along a direction perpendicular to the first direction are connected with the same first data line by a plurality of thin film transistors, respectively;

the plurality of second electrodes arranged along the direction perpendicular to the first direction are connected with the same second data line by a plurality of thin film transistors, respectively.

6. The liquid crystal display panel according to claim 1 , wherein the substrate comprises a first substrate and a second substrate cell-assembled together, wherein

the first electrodes are disposed at an inner side of the first substrate, a first storage pole is disposed between the first electrodes and the first substrate, and the first storage pole and the first electrodes are insulated from each other and form a first storage capacitor;

the second electrodes are disposed at an inner side of the second substrate, a second storage pole is disposed between the second electrodes and the second substrate, and the second storage pole and the second electrodes are insulated from each other and form a second storage capacitor.

7. The liquid crystal display panel according to claim 6 , further comprising:

a first thin film transistor array driving circuit, disposed on the first substrate to control the first electrode, wherein the first thin film transistor array driving circuit comprises a plurality of first gate lines and first data lines arranged to cross with each other, and first thin film transistors disposed at intersections of the first gate lines and the first data lines, wherein the first gate lines are arranged along the first direction; and

a second thin film transistor array driving circuit, disposed on the second substrate to control the second electrodes, wherein the second thin film transistor array driving circuit comprises a plurality of second gate lines and second data lines arranged to cross with each other, and second thin film transistors disposed at intersections of the second gate lines and the second data lines, wherein the second gate lines are arranged along the first direction.

8. The liquid crystal display panel according to claim 7 , wherein

projections of the first gate lines and the second gate lines on the first substrate at least partially overlap; and/or

projections of the first data lines and the second data lines on the first substrate at least partially overlap; and/or

projections of the first thin film transistors and the second thin film transistors on the first substrate at least partially overlap.

9. The liquid crystal display panel according to claim 7 , wherein

the first storage pole is the first gate lines or the first data lines; and/or

the second storage pole is the second gate lines or the second data lines.

10. A method of driving a liquid crystal display panel, wherein the liquid crystal display panel comprises a substrate and a plurality of first electrodes and a plurality of second electrodes disposed on the substrate to generate a driving electrical field, wherein each of the first electrodes is disposed in two pixel units which are adjacent in a first direction, and each of the second electrodes is disposed in two pixel units which are adjacent in the first direction, the first electrodes and the second electrodes are disposed alternately by offsetting one pixel unit in the first direction, and the first direction is a row direction or a column direction, and the driving method of the liquid crystal display panel comprises:

providing driving voltages to each of the first electrodes and second electrodes, respectively, wherein driving electrical fields of respective pixel units are determined by a difference of driving voltages of the first electrodes and the second electrodes in the pixel units,

wherein each of the first electrodes is of plate-shape and disposed at an inner side of the first substrate, and each of the second electrodes is a slit electrode and disposed at inner side of the first electrode, and the second electrodes and the first electrodes are insulated from each other and form a storage capacitor, and the driving method further comprises:

providing driving voltage to the first electrodes and providing driving voltage to the second electrodes opposed to the first electrodes are ended simultaneously.

11. The method of driving a liquid crystal display panel according to claim 10 , wherein the liquid crystal display panel further comprises a fixing voltage pole connected to a fixed voltage source, the fixing voltage pole is disposed between the first electrodes and the first substrate, and the fixed voltage pole and the first electrodes are insulated from each other and form an auxiliary capacitor, and the driving method further comprises:

a starting time of providing driving voltage to the first electrodes is earlier than a starting time of providing driving voltage to the second electrodes opposed to the first electrodes; and

an ending time of providing driving voltage to the first electrodes is later than an ending time of providing driving voltage to the second electrodes opposed to the first electrodes.

12. The liquid crystal display panel according to claim 2 , further comprising:

a thin film transistor array driving circuit, disposed on the first substrate to control the first and second electrodes, wherein the thin film transistor array driving circuit comprises a plurality of gate lines and data lines arranged to cross with each other, and thin film transistors disposed at intersections of the gate lines and the data lines, wherein the gate lines are arranged along the first direction.

13. The liquid crystal display panel according to claim 3 , further comprising:

a thin film transistor array driving circuit, disposed on the first substrate to control the first and second electrodes, wherein the thin film transistor array driving circuit comprises a plurality of gate lines and data lines arranged to cross with each other, and thin film transistors disposed at intersections of the gate lines and the data lines, wherein the gate lines are arranged along the first direction.

14. The liquid crystal display panel according to claim 12 , wherein the data lines comprise a first data line and a second data line; and

the plurality of first and second electrodes arranged along the first direction are connected with the same gate line by a plurality of thin film transistors, respectively;

the plurality of first electrodes arranged along a direction perpendicular to the first direction are connected with the same first data line by a plurality of thin film transistors, respectively;

the plurality of second electrodes arranged along the direction perpendicular to the first direction are connected with the same second data line by a plurality of thin film transistors, respectively.

15. The liquid crystal display panel according to claim 13 , wherein the data lines comprise a first data line and a second data line; and

the plurality of first and second electrodes arranged along the first direction are connected with the same gate line by a plurality of thin film transistors, respectively;

the plurality of first electrodes arranged along a direction perpendicular to the first direction are connected with the same first data line by a plurality of thin film transistors, respectively;

the plurality of second electrodes arranged along the direction perpendicular to the first direction are connected with the same second data line by a plurality of thin film transistors, respectively.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 12, 2014
From: CHEN, JUNSHENG
To: ORDOS YUANSHENG OPTOELECTRONICS CO., LTD.; BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 032411/0929 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 2013 1 0184540 · May 17, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20160124276A1 · May 5, 2016