Display panel, display device and method of driving the display device

A display device comprising display panel, the display panel comprising:

• an array of pixel units, wherein the array of pixel units comprises a plurality of pixel units aligned in an array, and comprises at least a plurality of rows of first pixel units and a plurality of rows of second pixel units, at least two rows of the first pixel units or at least two rows of the second pixel units being not adjacent to each other;
• a scan drive circuit configured to scan the array of pixel units such that an image scan period for driving the array of pixel units comprises at least a first polarity inversion driving phase continuous in time and a second polarity inversion driving phase continuous in time;
• and
• a data drive circuit configured to provide data signals to the array of pixel units,
• wherein the scan drive circuit is configured to scan the plurality of rows of the first pixel units in the first polarity inversion driving phase, and scan the plurality of rows of the second pixel units in the second polarity inversion driving phase, and the data drive circuit is configured to change polarities of data drive signals applied to the plurality of rows of the first pixel units in the first polarity inversion driving phase and change polarities of data drive signals applied to the plurality of rows of the second pixel units in the second polarity inversion driving phase,
• wherein the data drive circuit is further configured to apply a first data drive signal to the pixel units in column 4M+1 and the pixel units in column 4M+2, and to apply a second data drive signal to the pixel units in column 4M+3 and the pixel units in column 4M+4, in any one of the first polarity inversion driving phase and the second polarity inversion driving phase,
• the first data drive signal and the second data drive signal have opposite polarities, where M is an integer greater than or equal to zero and smaller than or equal to N/4−1, and N is a number of columns of the array of pixel units.

A driving method comprising:

• scanning a plurality of rows of first pixel units of an array of pixel units in a first polarity inversion driving phase continuous in time, and scanning a plurality of rows of second pixel units of the array of pixel units in a second polarity inversion driving phase continuous in time, where at least two rows of the first pixel units or at least two rows of the second pixel units are not adjacent to each other, and an image scan period for driving the array of pixel units comprises at least the first polarity inversion driving phase and the second polarity inversion driving phase;
• and
• changing polarities of data drive signals applied to the plurality of rows of the first pixel units in the first polarity inversion driving phase and changing polarities of data drive signals applied to the plurality of rows of the second pixel units in the second polarity inversion driving phase, and
• applying a first data drive signal to the pixel units in column 4M+1 and the pixel units in column 4M+2, and applying a second data drive signal to the pixel units in column 4M+3 and the pixel units in column 4M+4, in any one of the first polarity inversion driving phase and the second polarity inversion driving phase,
• wherein the first data drive signal and the second data drive signal have opposite polarities, where M is an integer greater than or equal to zero and smaller than or equal to N/4−1, and N is a number of columns of the array of pixel units.