Pixel array
AssigneeAu Optronics Corporation
InventorsI-Hsuan Hung, Yu-Hsin Ting, I-Fang Chen
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Abstract
A pixel array includes pixel sets adjacent to each other. A pixel set includes two pixels. Each pixel includes three sub-pixels having a quadrilateral shape. Two adjacent edges of any one of the sub-pixels adjoin the other two sub-pixels, respectively, so that each pixel has a hexagonal shape. Sub-pixels of the pixel have different colors. After a rotation by 180 degrees, shapes of three sub-pixels of one pixel in a pixel set are substantially the same as shapes of three sub-pixels of the other pixel in the pixel set, and adjacent two sub-pixels of two pixels correspond to each other.
Claims19
A pixel array, comprising a plurality of pixel sets, the pixel sets being adjacent to each other, each pixel set comprising:
- a first hexagonal shaped pixel, comprising a first sub-pixel, a second sub-pixel, and a third sub-pixel, wherein the first sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel, and the third sub-pixel are in a quadrilateral shape, the first sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel, and the third sub-pixel adjoin each other by two adjacent edges of each of the first sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel, and the third sub-pixel respectively, and the first sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel, and the third sub-pixel have different colors;
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- a second hexagonal shaped pixel, comprising a fourth sub-pixel, a fifth sub-pixel, and a sixth sub-pixel, wherein the fourth sub-pixel, the fifth sub-pixel, and the sixth sub-pixel are in the quadrilateral shape, the fourth sub-pixel, the fifth sub-pixel, and the sixth sub-pixel adjoin each other by two adjacent edges of each of the fourth sub-pixel, the fifth sub-pixel, and the sixth sub-pixel, respectively, and the fourth sub-pixel, the fifth sub-pixel, and the sixth sub-pixel have different colors,
- wherein after a rotation by 180 degrees, shapes of the first sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel, and the third sub-pixel of the first hexagonal shaped pixel are substantially same shape as the fourth sub-pixel, the fifth sub-pixel, and the sixth sub-pixel of the second hexagonal shaped pixel, respectively;
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- wherein an edge of the second sub-pixel adjoining the third sub-pixel extends in a first direction, and an edge of the fifth sub-pixel adjoining the sixth sub-pixel extends in the first direction.
A pixel array, comprising a plurality of pixel sets, the pixel sets being adjacent to each other, each pixel set comprising:
- a first hexagonal shaped pixel, comprising a first sub-pixel, a second sub-pixel, and a third sub-pixel, wherein the first sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel, and the third sub-pixel are in a quadrilateral shape, the first sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel, and the third sub-pixel adjoin each other by two adjacent edges of each of the first sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel, and the third sub-pixel respectively, and the first sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel, and the third sub-pixel have different colors;
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- a second hexagonal shaped pixel, comprising a fourth sub-pixel, a fifth sub-pixel, and a sixth sub-pixel, wherein the fourth sub-pixel, the fifth sub-pixel, and the sixth sub-pixel are in the quadrilateral shape, the fourth sub-pixel, the fifth sub-pixel, and the sixth sub-pixel adjoin each other by two adjacent edges of each of the fourth sub-pixel, the fifth sub-pixel, and the sixth sub-pixel, respectively, and the fourth sub-pixel, the fifth sub-pixel, and the sixth sub-pixel have different colors,
- wherein after a rotation by 180 degrees, shapes of the first sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel, and the third sub-pixel of the first hexagonal shaped pixel are substantially same shape as the fourth sub-pixel, the fifth sub-pixel, and the sixth sub-pixel of the second hexagonal shaped pixel, respectively;
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- wherein the first sub-pixel and the fourth sub-pixel have a rhombic shape, and the second sub-pixel, the third sub-pixel, the fifth sub-pixel, and the sixth sub-pixel have a parallelogram shape.
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