This application is a U.S. National Stage Entry of International Application No. PCT/CN2018/114759, filed on Nov. 9, 2018, which claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No. 201811231856.4, filed on Oct. 22, 2018, entitled as “DISPLAY PANEL”, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein in their entireties.
The present disclosure relates to the field of display, and particularly relates to a display panel.
With the development of display technology, Half Source Driver (HSD) technology is introduced. In the display panel of the HSD, two adjacent sub-pixels share one data line. Therefore, the data line thereof can be reduced by half compared to the exemplary display panel. Meanwhile, in the display panel of the HSD, sub-pixels spaced apart from each other in the same row are connected to the same scan line, and adjacent sub-pixels in the same row are connected to different scan lines. Thus, the number of scan lines thereof is in turn doubled with respect to the exemplary display panel.
In a liquid crystal display panel, a sub-pixel includes a thin film transistor. A scan line is connected to a gate of the thin film transistor for providing a scan signal to turn on the sub-pixel; the data line is connected to a source stage of the thin film transistor for providing a data signal and charging the sub-pixel. Due to the delay effect of the RC signal, the waveform of the data signal is not an ideal square wave and has a starting end and a trailing end. The data signal gradually rises toward a predetermined value at the beginning of the waveform and reaches the predetermined value at the end of the waveform. Therefore, in the same frame picture, in the same period, the charge amount of the sub-pixel charged through the starting end of the data signal is relatively small; And the amount of charge of the sub-pixels charged through the trail end of the data signal is relatively large.
In the display panel of HSD, when the screen refresh frequency per second is constant, the scan line is doubled, the opening time of each sub-pixel is shortened, and the sub-pixel charge difference caused by the data signal delay becomes obvious, causing each sub-pixel to display unevenly, In one embodiment, creating vertical bright and dark lines.
Accordingly, it is necessary to provide a display panel that can improve the display uniformity of each of the sub-pixels to address the foregoing problems.
A display panel includes:
scan lines extending in a first direction and configured to provide a scan signal;
data lines extending in a second direction and intersecting the scan line and configured to provide a square wave data signal; and a waveform of the data signal includes sub-waveforms, the sub-waveforms having a starting end and a trailing end; at the starting end, a polarity of the data signal is inverted and the data signal gradually rises toward a predetermined value; and at the trail end, the polarity of the data signal is constant and the data signal reaches the predetermined value;
a sub-pixel group connected to the scan lines and the data lines; the sub-pixel group includes a first sub-pixel and a second sub-pixel;
and a data driver connected to the data lines and configured to control an output mode of the data signal, the output mode including a first drive mode and a second drive mode; in the first drive mode, the first sub-pixel is charged through the data signal at the starting end, and the second sub-pixel is charged through the data signal at the trailing end; in the second drive mode, the first sub-pixel is charged through the data signal of the trail end, and the second sub-pixel is charged through the data signal of the starting end;
the data driver controls the data signal and the data signal is outputted according to the first drive mode in one frame and according to the second drive mode in another frame.
Other characteristics, purposes and advantages of the present disclosure will be apparent from the specification, drawings and appended claims.
It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely intended to explain rather than limit the present application.
Display panel provided by the present disclosure can be applied to a liquid crystal display device or a liquid crystal display apparatus, such as, a liquid crystal display screen, a liquid crystal television etc.
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The sub-pixel group 300 includes a first sub-pixel 310 and a second sub-pixel 320. The first sub-pixel 310 and the second sub-pixel 320 are located in corresponding sub-pixel regions, and connected to both the scan line 100 and the data line 200. In particular, the first sub-pixel 310 and the second sub-pixel 320 both include a thin film transistor (not shown), a pixel electrode (not shown) connecting the drain of the thin film transistor, a common electrode (not shown) provided opposite to the pixel electrode, and liquid crystal molecules (not shown) between the pixel electrode and the common electrode. The scan line 100 is connected to the gate of the thin film transistor for providing a scan signal to turn on the first sub-pixel 310 and the second sub-pixel 320. The data line 200 is connected to a source stage of a thin film transistor for providing a data signal to charge the first sub-pixel 310 and the second sub-pixel 320. The first sub-pixel 310 and the second sub-pixel 320 may each include a red sub-pixel R, a green sub-pixel G, a red sub-pixel B etc.
The display panel in the embodiments of this disclosure is driven by a half source drive mode. In one embodiment, the first sub-pixel 310 and the second sub-pixel 320 adjacent in the first direction (horizontal direction in
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It should be noted that, the data signals of the starting end b1 and the trailing end b2 herein refer to data signals for a time period corresponding to one scan signal.
The display panel further includes the data driver connected to the data line 200 and configured to control the output of the data signal b. In the embodiments of the present disclosure, under the control of the data driver, the output mode of the data signal b includes a first drive mode and a second drive mode. In the first drive mode, the first sub-pixel 310 charged by the data signal of the starting end b1 is darker, and the second sub-pixel 320 charged by the data signal of the trailing end b2 is brighter. In the second drive mode, the first sub-pixel 310 charged by the data signal of the trailing end b2 is brighter, and the second sub-pixel 320 charged by the data signal of the starting end b1 is darker.
The data driver controls the data signal b, and the data signal b is outputted in the first drive mode in one frame and in the second drive mode in another frame. That is, the data signal b is outputted according to the first drive mode and the second drive mode respectively in different frames. And the brightness effect of the first sub-pixel 310 and the second sub-pixel 320 in the first drive mode is opposite to that in the second drive mode. Therefore, neither the first sub-pixel 310 nor the second sub-pixel 320 will always be relatively bright, or will always be relatively dark, so that the overall visual display effect obtained by integrating the brightness effects of each of the frames is more uniform.
In the embodiments of the present disclosure, a duration of one scan line providing a scan signal is T (i.e., a duration for a row of scan signals is T). In one embodiment, the first drive mode can be that after the scan signal a is applied, the polarity of the data signal b is inverted for one time after one T, and then inverted every 2T, that is, an invert drive mode of 1+2 line (see
At this time, when the data signal b is outputted according to the first drive mode, referring to
Of course, in the embodiments of the disclosure, the first drive mode can be configured as a 2 lines invert drive mode and the second drive mode can be configured as a 1+2 lines invert drive mode. In one embodiment, the first drive mode and the second drive mode may be both different, as long as the same first sub-pixel 310 and the same second sub-pixel 320 may exhibit opposite brightness effects in different frames.
The final display effect of the display panel is a superposition of the display effect of multiple frames. If the display effect is relatively uniform during the superposition process, it is advantageous to make the final display effect more uniform.
In the embodiments of the disclosure, the output mode of the data driver control data signal b may be configured and frames are taken as one cycle, so that the display process is periodic, and the display process uniformity is enhanced. In one embodiment, an even number of frames may be one cycle, or an odd number of frames may be one cycle.
In an embodiment, the output mode of the data driver control data signal b takes an even number (e.g., two, four, six, eight, etc.) of frames as one cycle. In one cycle, the number of frames in which the data signal b being outputted according to the first drive mode is the same as the number of frames in which the data signal b being outputted according to the second drive mode. Therefore, in one cycle, the number of frames in which the first sub-pixel 310 and the second sub-pixel 320 are relatively bright is the same as the number of frames in which the first sub-pixel 310 and the second sub-pixel 320 are relatively dark in one cycle. Therefore, in one cycle, the superposition display effect of each of the sub-pixels is relatively uniform, and the final display effect after several cycles of superposition is more uniform.
In one embodiment, it may be configured that, in one cycle, the data signal b is outputted according to the first drive mode in the first half cycle, and the data signal b is outputted according to the second drive mode in the second half cycle. At this time, the control of the data signal b by the data driver is better facilitated.
Of course, other configurations may also be employed. In one embodiment, taking six frames as one cycle, a first frame, a second frame, and a fourth frame of the data signal b within one cycle are outputted in a first drive mode; the third frame, the fifth frame, and the sixth frame are outputted in the second drive mode.
The above embodiment takes an even number of frames as one cycle, that is, 2n frames as one cycle, and n is a positive integer greater than or equal to 1. The smaller the value of n, the higher the uniformity of brightness during the superposition of the display effect. When n is configured to be 1, i.e., two frames are taken for one cycle. At this time, the sub-pixel (e.g., the second sub-pixel 320) relatively bright in the previous frame may be made relatively dark in the next frame; whereas the sub-pixel (e.g., first sub-pixel 310) relatively dark in the previous frame is relatively bright in the next frame. In the process of superposition of the display effect, each of the sub-pixels can always be in a light-dark transitioning state, which is favorable to the uniformity of the final display effect. To the extent allowed by the display need, it can be configured that 1≤n≤4, preventing the brightness uniformity in the superimposition process from being lowered when the n value is increased.
Meanwhile, the above embodiment effectively improves the deficiency of display unevenness (In one embodiment, there are vertical bright-dark lines) by configuring different output modes of data signals so that the brightness effects of different frames are different. However, if the same sub-pixel (the first sub-pixel 310 and the second sub-pixel 320) is always charged with a data signal of a polarity (positive polarity or negative polarity) in different frame, the driving voltage of the liquid crystal molecules therein is fixed to a polarity for a long time. Then a polarization phenomenon would happen in the liquid crystal molecules, and the optical rotation characteristic is gradually lost.
Therefore, in an embodiment, referring to
In an embodiment, further referring to
In an embodiment, in a case the first drive mode is a 1+2 line invert drive mode and the second drive mode is a 2 line invert drive mode, when 4 in frames are taken as one cycle and in is a positive integer greater than or equal to 1, it is convenient to configure the number of frames in which the data signal b being outputted according to the first drive mode and the number of frames in which the data signal b being outputted according to the second drive mode are configured to be the same in one cycle. And the number of sub-signals in the positive polarity is the same as the number of sub-signals in the negative polarity charging the same first sub-pixel 310 and the same second sub-pixel 320.
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In the embodiments of the present disclosure, the output mode of the data driver control data signal may not have periodicity, and may take an even number of frames as one frame group. In one frame group, the number of frames in which the data signal b being outputted according to the first drive mode and the number of frames in which the data signal b being outputted according to the second drive mode are the same. Therefore, the superposition display effect of each sub-pixel in each frame group is relatively uniform, so that the overall display effect is relatively uniform.
In the embodiments of the present disclosure, similar to each of the frames in the previous one cycle, in each of the frames in one frame group, it can also be configured that the sub-signals charging the same first sub-pixel 310 include a sub-signal of positive polarity and a sub-signal of negative polarity. The sub-signals charging the same second sub-pixel 320 may also include a sub-signal in a positive polarity and a sub-signal in a negative polarity at the same time. Further, it may be configured in one frame group that the number of sub-signals in the positive polarity is the same as the number of sub-signals in the negative polarity charging the same first sub-pixel 310. Further, in one frame group, the number of sub-signals in the positive polarity is the same as the number of sub-signals in the negative polarity charging the same second sub-pixel 320.
A display panel according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes scan lines 100, data lines 200, and a data driver. The scan lines 100 extend in a first direction and are configured to provide a scan signal a. One scan line 100 provides a scan signal a for a duration T. The data lines 200 extend in a second direction and are arranged intersecting the scan lines 100, and are configured to provide a square wave data signal b. The data driver is connected with the data line 200 and is configured to control the output mode of the data signal b.
The output mode of the data signal b includes a first drive mode and a second drive mode. The first drive mode is the described 1+2 line invert drive mode, that is, after the scan signal is applied, the polarity of the data signal is firstly inverted after one T and then inverted every 2T. The second drive mode is the described 2 line invert drive mode, that is, after the scan signal is applied, the polarity of the data signal is inverted every 2T.
The data driver controls the data signal and the data signal is outputted according to the first drive mode in the previous frame and according to the second drive mode in the next frame.
In one embodiment, in the first frame, the data driver controls the data line 200 connected thereto so that the data signal b thereon is outputted according to the 1+2 line invert drive mode of. In the second frame, the data driver controls the data line 200 connected thereto so that the data signal b thereon is outputted according to the 2 line invert drive mode. Then, in the third frame, the data signal b is outputted according to the 1+2 line invert drive mode; in the fourth frame, the data signal b is outputted in a 2 line invert drive mode, and sequentially over again. As described above, the display effect on the first sub-pixel 310 and second sub-pixel 320 in the same sub-pixel group 300 and by the 2 line invert drive mode and the 1+2 line invert drive mode are opposite, therefore, the overall visual display effect obtained by integrating the brightness effect of each of the frames are more uniform.
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