The present disclosure relates to the field of display technology, particularly to a pixel structure, a mask plate, an organic electroluminescent display panel and a display device.
At present, the organic electroluminescent display (OLED) panel has become the main stream of the display field gradually by right of its excellent performance of low power consumption, high color saturation, wide visual angle, small thickness, and flexibility, and can be widely applied in terminal products such as smartphones, panel computers, televisions. The personal mobile products such as smartphones in the market recently have put forth higher and higher requirement on resolution to the display screen. The screen resolution (i.e., pixel density) has been up to 400 ppi, and will even exceed 500 ppi in future development trend, which forms a great challenge to the prior art of OLED.
The arrangement manner of the OLED light emitting pixels in the prior art generally uses RGB strip arrangement similar as LCD, i.e., the RGB sub-pixels are arranged in a juxtaposition manner, as shown in
In view of this, it is desired to provide a pixel structure, a mask plate, an organic electroluminescent display panel and a display device, which not only can reduce the processing difficulty of the mask plate evaporation opening and the manufacturing process requirement of the display panel, but also can increase resolution of the display panel.
Therefore, embodiments of the present disclosure provide a pixel structure, comprising a plurality of pixel units arranged in array, each pixel unit comprising four sub-pixels arranged diagonally and having the same shape and size. and colors of the four sub-pixels in each pixel unit are different from each other; colors of two adjacent sub-pixels in any two adjacent pixel units are same.
According to another embodiment, the four sub-pixels in each pixel unit are respectively a first sub-pixel of a first color, a second sub-pixel of a second color, a third sub-pixel of a third color, and a fourth sub-pixel of a fourth color. The first sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel, the third sub-pixel and the fourth sub-pixel are arranged in a clockwise direction or a counter-clockwise direction in one of the following arrangement manners:
the first sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel, the third sub-pixel and the fourth sub-pixel;
the first sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel, the fourth sub-pixel and the third sub-pixel;
the first sub-pixel, the third sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel and the fourth sub-pixel;
the first sub-pixel, the third sub-pixel, the fourth sub-pixel and the second sub-pixel;
the first sub-pixel, the fourth sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel and the third sub-pixel;
the first sub-pixel, the fourth sub-pixel, the third sub-pixel and the second sub-pixel.
According to another embodiment, each of the first color, the second color, the third color and the fourth color is a color selected from red, green, blue and white and the first color, the second color, the third color and the fourth color are different from each other.
According to another embodiment, the shape of the sub-pixel is one of square, rectangle and diamond.
Embodiments of the present disclosure further provide a mask plate, comprising: a mask plate body and a plurality of evaporation openings arranged on the mask plate body. The plurality of evaporation openings are in aligned arrangement and each evaporation opening corresponds to a pattern constituted by sub-pixels of the same color in the above pixel structure provided by embodiments of the present disclosure.
Embodiments of the present disclosure further provide a mask plate, comprising: a mask plate body and a plurality of evaporation openings arranged on the mask plate body. The plurality of evaporation openings are in staggered arrangement and each evaporation opening corresponds to a pattern constituted by sub-pixels of the same color in the above pixel structure provided by embodiments of the present disclosure.
Embodiments of the present disclosure further provide an organic electroluminescent display panel, comprising the above pixel structure provided by embodiments of the present disclosure.
Embodiments of the present disclosure further provide a display device, comprising the above organic electroluminescent display panel provided by embodiments of the present disclosure.
The embodiments of the present disclosure may achieve the following advantages.
In the pixel structure, the mask plate, the organic electroluminescent display panel and the display device provided by embodiments of the present disclosure, the pixel structure comprises: a plurality of pixel units arranged in array, each pixel unit comprising four sub-pixels arranged diagonally and having the same shape and size; moreover, colors of the four sub-pixels in each pixel unit are different from each other; colors of two adjacent sub-pixels in any two adjacent pixel units are same. The above pixel structure provided by embodiments of the present disclosure may enable the color of any sub-pixel in a pixel unit to be same as the colors of three sub-pixels that are located in other three pixel units adjacent to this pixel unit respectively and are symmetric with this sub-pixel relative to a same point. Therefore, one mask plate opening can be used to evaporate the organic light emitting material of four sub-pixels of the same color simultaneously. In this way, not only the processing difficulty of the mask plate evaporation opening and the manufacturing process requirement of the display panel can be reduced so as to improve product yield, but also the resolution of the display panel can be increased.
Next, the specific implementations of the pixel structure, the mask plate, the organic electroluminescent display panel and the display device provided by embodiments of the present disclosure will be explained in detail in conjunction with the drawings.
The shape and the size of the respective structures in the drawings do not reflect the real proportion of the pixel structure, which only aim to explain the content of the disclosure schematically. It should be noted that the embodiments and the features in the embodiments of the present disclosure can be combined with each other in the case of not conflicting.
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a pixel structure, as shown in
It should be noted that the sub-pixels used in the pixel structure provided by embodiments of the present disclosure can be of any appropriate shapes and colors, while being not limited to the shapes and colors of the sub-pixels as shown in
The above pixel structure provided by embodiments of the present disclosure may enable the color of any sub-pixel in a pixel unit to be same as the colors of three sub-pixels that are located in other three pixel units adjacent to this pixel unit respectively and are symmetric with this sub-pixel relative to a same point. Take the solid blocks in
In specific implementation, in the above pixel structure provided by embodiments of the present disclosure, the four sub-pixels in each pixel unit are respectively a first sub-pixel of a first color, a second sub-pixel of a second color, a third sub-pixel of a third color, and a fourth sub-pixel of a fourth color. The first color, the second color, the third color and the fourth color are mutually different colors. The first sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel, the third sub-pixel and the fourth sub-pixel are arranged in a clockwise direction or a counter-clockwise direction in one of the following arrangement manners, as shown in
the first sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel, the third sub-pixel and the fourth sub-pixel;
the first sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel, the fourth sub-pixel and the third sub-pixel;
the first sub-pixel, the third sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel and the fourth sub-pixel;
the first sub-pixel, the third sub-pixel, the fourth sub-pixel and the second sub-pixel;
the first sub-pixel, the fourth sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel and the is third sub-pixel;
the first sub-pixel, the fourth sub-pixel, the third sub-pixel and the second sub-pixel.
In specific implementation, assuming that the first sub-pixel is a B sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel is a W sub-pixel, the third sub-pixel is a G sub-pixel, and the fourth sub-pixel is a R sub-pixel, two arrangements in the clockwise direction can be found in
G sub-pixel, the third sub-pixel is a W sub-pixel and the fourth sub-pixel is a B sub-pixel, one arrangement in the clockwise direction can be found in
It should be noted that there may be various arrangement manners for the four sub-pixels of different colors in each pixel unit. The pixel structures as shown in
In specific implementation, in the above pixel structure provided by embodiments of the present disclosure, in order to improve the brightness and the colour gamut of the display panel effectively, each of the first color, the second color, the third color and the fourth color can be a color selected from red R, green G, blue B and white W, and the first color, the second color, the third color and the fourth color are different from each other. That is, the first color, the second color, the third color and the fourth color respectively may correspond to R, G, B, W, or correspond to R, G, W, B, or corresponds to R, B, G, W, or correspond to R, B, W, G, or correspond to R, W, B, G, or correspond to R, W, G, B, or correspond to G, R, B, W, or correspond to G, R, W, B, or correspond to G, B, R, W, or correspond to G, B, W, R, or correspond to G, W, B, R, or correspond to G, W, R, B, or correspond to B, R, G, W, or corresponds to B, R, W, G, or correspond to B, G, R, W, or correspond to B, G, W, R, or correspond to B, W, R, G, or correspond to B, W, G, R, or correspond to W, R, G, B, or correspond to W, R, B, G, or correspond to W, G, R, B, or correspond to W, G, B, R, or correspond to W, B, G, R, or correspond to W, B, R, G. It can be seen that the first color, the second color, the third color and the fourth color, in addition to being corresponding to R, G, B, W respectively, can also correspond to other arrangement manners of the four colors of RGBW. As shown in
In specific implementation, in the above pixel structure provided by embodiments of the present disclosure, the shape of the sub-pixel may be one of square, rectangle and diamond. As shown in
Based on the same inventive concept, embodiments of the present disclosure further provide an organic electroluminescent display panel, comprising the above pixel structure provided by embodiments of the present disclosure. Because the pixel structure can at least perform displaying with pixels of four colors, the organic electroluminescent display panel has the particular advantages of long lifetime, low power consumption, high brightness, high colour gamut etc.
Based on the same inventive concept, embodiments of the present disclosure further provide a mask plate for performing evaporation process to the light emitting layer of the organic electroluminescent display panel. As shown in
Based on the same inventive concept, embodiments of the present disclosure further provide a mask plate for performing evaporation process to the light emitting layer of the organic electroluminescent display panel. As shown in
It should be noted that the evaporation opening of the mask can be set as square, rectangle or diamond, which is dependent on the shape of the sub-pixel in the pixel structure, and will not be repeated here. Evaporation can be performed to all square, rectangle or diamond areas constituted by sub-pixels with the same organic light emitting material. In this process, because one evaporation opening corresponds to four sub-pixels, the manufacturing difficulty of the evaporation openings of the mask plate is reduced, i.e., the evaporation openings can be made relatively large.
Based on the same inventive concept, embodiments of the present disclosure further provide a display device, comprising the above organic electroluminescent display panel provided by embodiments of the present disclosure. The display device can be any product or component with the display function such as a mobile phone, a panel computer, a television, a display, a laptop, a digital photo frame, a navigator etc. Other indispensable composite parts of the display device are all known by the ordinary skilled person in the art, which will not be repeated here, nor should be taken as limitations to the present disclosure. The implementation of the display device may refer to the above embodiments of the organic electroluminescent display panel and the pixel structure, which will not be repeated here.
In the pixel structure, the mask plate, the organic electroluminescent display panel and the display device provided by embodiments of the present disclosure, the pixel structure comprises a plurality of pixel units arranged in array, each pixel unit comprising four sub-pixels arranged diagonally and having the same shape and size; moreover, colors of the four sub-pixels in each pixel unit are different from each other; colors of two adjacent sub-pixels in any two adjacent pixel units are same. The above pixel structure provided by embodiments of the present disclosure may enable the color of any sub-pixel in a pixel unit to be same as the colors of three sub-pixels that are located in other three pixel units adjacent to this pixel unit respectively and are symmetric with this sub-pixel relative to a same point. Therefore, one mask plate opening can be used to evaporate the organic light emitting material of four sub-pixels of the same color simultaneously. In this way, not only the processing difficulty of the mask plate evaporation opening and the manufacturing process requirement of the display panel can be reduced so as to improve product yield, but also the resolution of the display panel can be increased.
Apparently, the skilled person in the art can make various amendments and modifications to the disclosure without departing from the spirit and the scope of the present disclosure. In this way, provided that these amendments and modifications of the disclosure belong to the scopes of the claims of the present disclosure and the equivalent technologies thereof, the present disclosure also intends to encompass these amendments and modifications.
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201510191226.9 | Apr 2015 | CN | national |
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PCT/CN2016/077322 | 3/25/2016 | WO | 00 |