The present application relates to display technologies, and more particularly to a display panel and a display device.
For a multiplexing circuit shown in
At the same time, the multiplexing circuit needs four different drive signals to realize time-divisional output of corresponding target data signals. Different drive lines are needed for transmission of the drive signals. For example, a first drive line is needed for transmission of a drive signal MUX1, a second drive line is needed for transmission of a drive signal MUX2, a third drive line is needed for transmission of a drive signal MUX3, and a fourth drive line is needed for transmission of a drive signal MUX4.
Therefore, a drive signal source needs four output channels in order to provide the four different drive signals. However, in some situations, the number of the output channels of the drive signal source is limited, and it is restricted to the physical size of the drive signal source. If an increase in the number of the output channels is needed, it will inevitably increase the physical size of the drive signal source. This is a contradiction that is difficult to be compromised.
Furthermore, each transistor has its own parasitic capacitance in the multiplexing circuit. The parasitic capacitance is generated between a gate and a source of the transistor. The electrical reactance suffered by a same drive line become larger as the number of transistors driven by the same drive line increases. As can be known from the fact that the electrical reactance will cause a delay, the decay caused due to transmission of drive signals will become larger as the electrical reactance suffered by the same drive line increases. As a result, the duration of rising edge and/or falling edge of the pulses of the drive signals increases as well. This reduces the time during which the transistor is completely switched on. The impedance between the drain and the source of the transistor that is completely switched on will become lower, and this is equivalent to a transistor having higher driving capacity. For instance, in the existing technical scheme, four drive lines will repeatedly drive four transistors of two multiplexing units one by one. The number of transistors driven by each drive line is large, and this will reduce the driving capacity of each transistor.
Moreover, in the multiplexing circuit as shown in
Similarly, for a multiplexing circuit shown in
At the same time, the multiplexing circuit needs six different drive signals to realize time-divisional output of corresponding target data signals. Different drive lines are needed for transmission of the drive signals. For example, a first drive line is needed for transmission of a drive signal MUX1, a second drive line is needed for transmission of a drive signal MUX2, a third drive line is needed for transmission of a drive signal MUX3, a fourth drive line is needed for transmission of a drive signal MUX4, a fifth drive line is needed for transmission of a drive signal MUX5, and a sixth drive line is needed for transmission of a drive signal MUX6.
Therefore, a drive signal source needs six output channels in order to provide the six different drive signals. However, in some situations, the number of the output channels of the drive signal source is limited, and it is restricted to the physical size of the drive signal source. If an increase in the number of the output channels is needed, it will inevitably increase the physical size of the drive signal source. This is a contradiction that is difficult to be compromised.
Furthermore, each transistor has its own parasitic capacitance in the multiplexing circuit. The parasitic capacitance is generated between a gate and a source of the transistor. The electrical reactance suffered by a same drive line become larger as the number of transistors driven by the same drive line increases. As can be known from the fact that the electrical reactance will cause a delay, the decay caused due to transmission of drive signals will become larger as the electrical reactance suffered by the same drive line increases. As a result, the duration of rising edge and/or falling edge of the pulses of the drive signals increases as well. This reduces the time during which the transistor is completely switched on. The impedance between the drain and the source of the transistor that is completely switched on will become lower, and this is equivalent to a transistor having higher driving capacity. For instance, in the existing technical scheme, six drive lines will repeatedly drive six transistors of two multiplexing units one by one. The number of transistors driven by each drive line is large, and this will reduce the driving capacity of each transistor.
Moreover, in the multiplexing circuit as shown in
It should be noted that the afore-described background art is only for easy of clearly and completely understanding the solutions of the present application. The solutions described above are not therefore considered to be known to a person of ordinary skill in the art, merely because they appear in the background section of the present application.
The present application provides a display panel and a display device, for alleviating the technical problems of a large number of output channels of the drive signal source needed in the display panel, low driving capacity of the transistors in a multiplexing drive module and low transmission efficiency of the multiplexing drive module.
In a first aspect, the present application provides a display panel, including a plurality of multiplexing drive modules, a plurality of drive branches and M drive buses. Each of the multiplexing drive modules including N multiplexing drive groups, each of the multiplexing drive groups including M multiplexing transistors, wherein both N and M are integers greater than or equal to 2; each of the drive branches electrically connected to a gate of one multiplexing transistor in each multiplexing drive module, wherein the number of the drive branches is M*N; and each of the drive buses electrically connected to the N drive branches.
In some implementations, the multiplexing transistors are arranged in order along a first direction; the plurality of drive branches are arranged in order along a second direction; the gate of a Y-th multiplexing transistor in each multiplexing drive module is electrically connected to a Y-th drive branch, wherein Y is a positive integer and is less than or equal to a product of M and N.
In some implementations, the M drive buses are arranged in order along the first direction; a J-th drive bus is electrically connected to a J-th drive branch, a (J+M)-th drive branch and a (J+2*M)-th drive branch, wherein J is a positive integer less than or equal to M.
In some implementations, each of the multiplexing drive modules includes: a first multiplexing drive group, including a first multiplexing transistor and a second multiplexing transistor, in which one of a source and a drain of the first multiplexing transistor is electrically connected to one of the source and the drain of the second multiplexing transistor, and the other one of the source and the drain of the first multiplexing transistor and the other one of the source and the drain of the second multiplexing transistor are used to output different data signals; a second multiplexing drive group, including a third multiplexing transistor and a fourth multiplexing transistor, in which one of the source and the drain of the third multiplexing transistor is electrically connected to one of the source and the drain of the fourth multiplexing transistor, and the other one of the source and the drain of the third multiplexing transistor and the other one of the source and the drain of the fourth multiplexing transistor are used to output different data signals; and a third multiplexing drive group, including a fifth multiplexing transistor and a sixth multiplexing transistor, in which one of the source and the drain of the fifth multiplexing transistor is electrically connected to one of the source and the drain of the sixth multiplexing transistor, and the other one of the source and the drain of the fifth multiplexing transistor and the other one of the source and the drain of the sixth multiplexing transistor are used to output different data signals.
In some implementations, each of the multiplexing drive modules includes a first multiplexing transistor, a second multiplexing transistor, a third multiplexing transistor, a fourth multiplexing transistor, a fifth multiplexing transistor and a sixth multiplexing transistor arranged in order, and the plurality of drive branches include a first drive branch, a second drive branch, a third drive branch, a fourth drive branch, a fifth drive branch and a sixth drive branch arranged in order and in parallel to each other; the first drive branch is electrically connected to the gate of the first multiplexing transistor in each of the multiplexing drive modules; the second drive branch is electrically connected to the gate of the second multiplexing transistor in each of the multiplexing drive modules; the third drive branch is electrically connected to the gate of the third multiplexing transistor in each of the multiplexing drive modules; the fourth drive branch is electrically connected to the gate of the fourth multiplexing transistor in each of the multiplexing drive modules; the fifth drive branch is electrically connected to the gate of the fifth multiplexing transistor in each of the multiplexing drive modules; the sixth drive branch is electrically connected to the gate of the sixth multiplexing transistor in each of the multiplexing drive modules.
In some implementations, the M drive buses includes a first drive bus and a second drive bus, and the first drive bus is electrically connected to the first drive branch, the third drive branch and the fifth drive branch; the second drive bus is electrically connected to the second drive branch, the fourth drive branch and the sixth drive branch.
In some implementations, each of the multiplexing drive modules includes: a first multiplexing drive group, including a first multiplexing transistor, a second multiplexing transistor and a third multiplexing transistor, in which one of a source and a drain of the first multiplexing transistor is electrically connected to one of the source and the drain of the second multiplexing transistor and one of the source and the drain of the third multiplexing transistor, and the other one of the source and the drain of the first multiplexing transistor, the other one of the source and the drain of the second multiplexing transistor and the other one of the source and the drain of the third multiplexing transistor are used to output different data signals; a second multiplexing drive group, including a fourth multiplexing transistor, a fifth multiplexing transistor and a sixth multiplexing transistor, in which one of the source and the drain of the fourth multiplexing transistor is electrically connected to one of the source and the drain of the fifth multiplexing transistor and one of the source and the drain of the sixth multiplexing transistor, and the other one of the source and the drain of the fourth multiplexing transistor, the other one of the source and the drain of the fifth multiplexing transistor and the other one of the source and the drain of the sixth multiplexing transistor are used to output different data signals; and a third multiplexing drive group, including a seventh multiplexing transistor, an eighth multiplexing transistor and a ninth multiplexing transistor, in which one of the source and the drain of the seventh multiplexing transistor is electrically connected to one of the source and the drain of the eighth multiplexing transistor and one of the source and the drain of the ninth multiplexing transistor, and the other one of the source and the drain of the seventh multiplexing transistor, the other one of the source and the drain of the eighth multiplexing transistor and the other one of the source and the drain of the ninth multiplexing transistor are used to output different data signals.
In some implementations, each of the multiplexing drive modules includes a first multiplexing transistor, a second multiplexing transistor, a third multiplexing transistor, a fourth multiplexing transistor, a fifth multiplexing transistor, a sixth multiplexing transistor, a seventh multiplexing transistor, an eighth multiplexing transistor and a ninth multiplexing transistor arranged in order, and the plurality of drive branches include a first drive branch, a second drive branch, a third drive branch, a fourth drive branch, a fifth drive branch, a sixth drive branch, a seventh drive branch, an eighth drive branch and a ninth drive branch arranged in order and in parallel to each other; the first drive branch is electrically connected to the gate of the first multiplexing transistor in each of the multiplexing drive modules; the second drive branch is electrically connected to the gate of the second multiplexing transistor in each of the multiplexing drive modules; the third drive branch is electrically connected to the gate of the third multiplexing transistor in each of the multiplexing drive modules; the fourth drive branch is electrically connected to the gate of the fourth multiplexing transistor in each of the multiplexing drive modules; the fifth drive branch is electrically connected to the gate of the fifth multiplexing transistor in each of the multiplexing drive modules; the sixth drive branch is electrically connected to the gate of the sixth multiplexing transistor in each of the multiplexing drive modules; the seventh drive branch is electrically connected to the gate of the seventh multiplexing transistor in each of the multiplexing drive modules; the eighth drive branch is electrically connected to the gate of the eighth multiplexing transistor in each of the multiplexing drive modules; the ninth drive branch is electrically connected to the gate of the ninth multiplexing transistor in each of the multiplexing drive modules.
In some implementations, the M drive buses includes a first drive bus, a second drive bus and a third drive bus, and the first drive bus is electrically connected to the first drive branch, the fourth drive branch and the seventh drive branch; the second drive bus is electrically connected to the second drive branch, the fifth drive branch and the eighth drive branch; the third drive bus is electrically connected to the third drive branch, the sixth drive branch and the ninth drive branch.
In some implementations, the display panel further includes: a drive generation module, including M output channels, each of the output channels electrically connected to each of drive buses correspondingly.
In some implementations, all of the M multiplexing transistors are low-temperature polysilicon thin-film transistor.
In some implementations, the display panel further includes: a plurality of output data lines, one of the output data lines electrically connected to one of the source and the drain of one of the multiplexing transistors correspondingly; and a plurality of input data lines, one of the input data lines electrically connected to the other one of the source and the drain of the M multiplexing transistors of the same multiplexing drive group.
In a second aspect, the present application provides a display device, which includes the display panel according to any of above implementations and a data driver, and an output end of the data driver is electrically connected to the output end of the plurality of multiplexing drive modules correspondingly.
In the display panel and the display device provided in the present application, a drive bus is electrically connected to N drive branches such that the number of used drive buses can be reduced, thereby reducing the number of output channels of the drive signal source. Also, since the number of used drive buses is reduced, the multiplexing drive module can complete transmission of a frame of data signals using a less number of times of time-divisional parts for switching on the transistors, thereby improving the transmission efficiency of the multiplexing drive module. Also, one drive branch is electrically connected to the gates of a plurality of multiplexing transistors and the plurality of multiplexing transistors are deployed in different multiplexing drive groups, respectively. This can reduce the number of multiplexing transistors driven by each drive branch and reduces the electrical reactance suffered by corresponding drive signals, thereby improving the driving capacity of each multiplexing transistor.
To make the objectives, technical schemes, and effects of the present application more clear and specific, the present application is described in further detail below with reference to the embodiments in accompanying with the appending drawings. It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely for interpreting the present application and the present application is not limited thereto.
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The N multiplexing drive groups include a multiplexing drive group 11, a multiplexing drive group 12 and a multiplexing drive group 13, for example. The M multiplexing transistors include, for example, multiplexing transistors T11 to T16 as shown in
It can be understood that in the display panel provided in the present embodiment, a drive bus is electrically connected to N drive branches such that the number of used drive buses can be reduced, thereby reducing the number of output channels of the drive signal source. Also, since the number of used drive buses is reduced, the multiplexing drive module can complete transmission of a frame of data signals using a less number of times of time-divisional parts for switching on the transistors, thereby improving the transmission efficiency of the multiplexing drive module 10. Also, one drive branch is electrically connected to the gates of a plurality of multiplexing transistors and the plurality of multiplexing transistors are deployed in different multiplexing drive groups, respectively. This can reduce the number of multiplexing transistors driven by each drive branch and reduces the electrical reactance suffered by corresponding drive signals, thereby improving the driving capacity of each multiplexing transistor.
It needs to be noted that in the present embodiment, the number of the drive branches is the product of M and N. One drive branch is electrically connected to the gate of a plurality of multiplexing transistors, and a plurality of multiplexing transistors are deployed in different multiplexing drive groups. It can be understood that as such, a same drive branch will not simultaneously switch on the multiplexing transistors in a same multiplexing drive group, and this can ensure that the multiplexing transistors in a same multiplexing drive group can be transmitted in a time-divisional manner.
In one embodiment, all of the M multiplexing transistors can be any type of amorphous silicon thin-film transistors, metal-oxide thin-film transistors and low-temperature polysilicon thin-film transistors. As being the low-temperature polysilicon thin-film transistors, the M multiplexing transistors can have better mobility and dynamic performance. It is beneficial to further improve the driving capacity and transmission efficiency of the multiplexing transistors.
In one embodiment, the display panel further includes a drive generation module 20. The drive generation module 20 includes M output channels. Each of the output channels is electrically connected to each of drive buses correspondingly.
It can be understood that the output channels are used to transmit different drive signals. One output channel is for transmitting one type of drive signals. Accordingly, it can be reduced or kept the number of used output channels. Also, the space occupied by the drive generation module 20 does not need to be changed or the structure or size of the drive generation module 20 does not need to be redesigned. The drive generation module 20 can be a printed circuit board or a chip for generating corresponding drive signals.
In one embodiment, the display panel further includes a plurality of output data lines DL2 and a plurality of input data lines DL1. One output data line DL2 is electrically connected to one of the source and the drain of one multiplexing transistor correspondingly. One input data line DL1 is electrically connected to the other one of the source and the drain of the M multiplexing transistors of the same multiplexing drive group.
In one embodiment, the multiplexing transistors are arranged in order along a first direction DR1; the plurality of drive branches are arranged in order along a second direction DR2; the gate of a Y-th multiplexing transistor in each multiplexing drive module 10 is electrically connected to a Y-th drive branch, wherein Y is a positive integer and is less than or equal to the product of M and N.
It needs to be noted that the first direction DR1 may differ from the second direction DR2, and the first direction DR1 may also be perpendicular to the second direction DR2.
In one embodiment, the M drive buses are arranged in order along the first direction DR1; a J-th drive bus is electrically connected to a J-th drive branch, a (J+M)-th drive branch and a (J+2*M)-th drive branch, wherein J is a positive integer less than or equal to M.
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In one of the multiplexing drive modules 10, a target data signal S1+ and a target data signal S2− are outputted after an initial data signal D1+ passes through the multiplexing transistor T11 and the multiplexing transistor T12; a target data signal S3+ and a target data signal S4− are outputted after an initial data signal D2− passes through the multiplexing transistor T13 and the multiplexing transistor T14; a target data signal S5+ and a target data signal S6− are outputted after an initial data signal D3+ passes through the multiplexing transistor T15 and the multiplexing transistor T16.
In another one of the multiplexing drive modules 10, a target data signal S7+ and a target data signal S8− are outputted after an initial data signal D4− passes through the multiplexing transistor T11 and the multiplexing transistor T12; a target data signal S9+ and a target data signal S10− are outputted after an initial data signal D5+ passes through the multiplexing transistor T13 and the multiplexing transistor T14; a target data signal S11+ and a target data signal S12− are outputted after an initial data signal D6− passes through the multiplexing transistor T15 and the multiplexing transistor T16.
The first drive bus L1 is used to transmit a drive signal MUX1, and the second drive bus L2 is used to transmit a drive signal MUX2.
Also, the first drive branch L11 is used to transmit a drive signal MUX11 that is as the same as the drive signal MUX1, the third drive branch L12 is used to transmit a drive signal MUX12 that is as the same as the drive signal MUX1, and the fifth drive branch L13 is used to transmit a drive signal MUX13 that is as the same as the drive signal MUX1. The second drive branch L21 is used to transmit a drive signal MUX21 that is as the same as the drive signal MUX2, the fourth drive branch L22 is used to transmit a drive signal MUX22 that is as the same as the drive signal MUX2, and the sixth drive branch L23 is used to transmit a drive signal MUX23 that is as the same as the drive signal MUX2.
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It can be understood that compared to
In one embodiment, the M drive buses includes a first drive bus L1, a second drive bus L2 and a third drive bus L3, and the first drive bus L1 is electrically connected to the first drive branch L11, the fourth drive branch L12 and the seventh drive branch L13; the second drive bus L2 is electrically connected to the second drive branch L21, the fifth drive branch L22 and the eighth drive branch L23; the third drive bus L3 is electrically connected to the third drive branch L31, the sixth drive branch L32 and the ninth drive branch L33.
It can be understood that compared to
In one of the multiplexing drive modules 10, a target data signal S1+, a target data signal S2− and a target data signal S3+ are outputted after an initial data signal D1+ passes through the multiplexing transistor T11, the multiplexing transistor T12 and the multiplexing transistor T13; a target data signal S4−, a target data signal S5+ and a target data signal S6− are outputted after an initial data signal D2− passes through the multiplexing transistor T14, the multiplexing transistor T15 and the multiplexing transistor T16; a target data signal S7+, a target data signal S8− and a target data signal S9+ are outputted after an initial data signal D3+ passes through the multiplexing transistor T17, the multiplexing transistor T18 and the multiplexing transistor T19.
In another one of the multiplexing drive modules 10, a target data signal S10−, a target data signal S11+ and a target data signal S12− are outputted after an initial data signal D4− passes through the multiplexing transistor T11, the multiplexing transistor T12 and the multiplexing transistor T13; a target data signal S13+, a target data signal S14− and a target data signal S15+ are outputted after an initial data signal D5+ passes through the multiplexing transistor T14, the multiplexing transistor T15 and the multiplexing transistor T16; a target data signal S16−, a target data signal S17+ and a target data signal S18− are outputted after an initial data signal D6− passes through the multiplexing transistor T17, the multiplexing transistor T18 and the multiplexing transistor T19.
The first drive bus L1 is used to transmit a drive signal MUX1, the second drive bus L2 is used to transmit a drive signal MUX2, and the third drive bus L3 is used to transmit a drive signal MUX3.
Also, the first drive branch L11 is used to transmit a drive signal MUX11 that is as the same as the drive signal MUX1, the fourth drive branch L12 is used to transmit a drive signal MUX12 that is as the same as the drive signal MUX1, and the seventh drive branch L13 is used to transmit a drive signal MUX13 that is as the same as the drive signal MUX1. The second drive branch L21 is used to transmit a drive signal MUX21 that is as the same as the drive signal MUX2, the fifth drive branch L22 is used to transmit a drive signal MUX22 that is as the same as the drive signal MUX2, and the eighth drive branch L23 is used to transmit a drive signal MUX23 that is as the same as the drive signal MUX2. The third drive branch L31 is used to transmit a drive signal MUX31 that is as the same as the drive signal MUX3, the sixth drive branch L32 is used to transmit a drive signal MUX32 that is as the same as the drive signal MUX3, and the ninth drive branch L33 is used to transmit a drive signal MUX33 that is as the same as the drive signal MUX3.
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In one embodiment, the present embodiment provides a display device, which includes the display panel according to any of above embodiments and a data driver 30, and an output end of the data driver 30 is electrically connected to the output end of the plurality of multiplexing drive modules 10 correspondingly.
It can be understood that in the display device provided in the present embodiment, a drive bus is electrically connected to N drive branches such that the number of used drive buses can be reduced, thereby reducing the number of output channels of the drive signal source. Also, since the number of used drive buses is reduced, the multiplexing drive module 10 can complete transmission of a frame of data signals using a less number of times of time-divisional parts for switching on the transistors, thereby improving the transmission efficiency of the multiplexing drive module 10. By electrically connecting a drive branch to the gates of multiple multiplexing transistors, which are configured in different multiplexing drive groups, the invention reduces the number of multiplexing transistors driven by each drive branch. This reduction lowers the capacitive impedance encountered by the drive signals, thereby enhancing the driving capability of each multiplexing transistor.
The output end of the data driver 30 is used to output corresponding initial data signals, such as the initial data signal D1+, the initial data signal D2−, and so on.
It should be understood that those of ordinary skill in the art may make equivalent modifications or variations according to the technical schemes and invention concepts of the present application, but all such modifications and variations should be within the appended claims of the present application.
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