Display panel and driving method, and display device

A display panel, comprising:

• a display region and a border region, wherein:
• the display region includes a plurality of pixels and a plurality of data lines extending along a first direction,
• the border region includes a data output circuit, and an output end of the data output circuit is electrically connected to a data line of the plurality of data lines,
• the data output circuit includes at least one gating circuit group and 2L first-gating circuits, wherein L is a positive integer, and L≥1,
• one gating circuit group of the at least one gating circuit group is electrically connected to M data lines, and one first-gating circuit of the 2L first-gating circuits is electrically connected to N data lines, wherein M=N≥2, and M and N are positive integers, respectively, and
• each gating circuit group of the at least one gating circuit group includes a plurality of second-gating circuits, and each second-gating circuit of the plurality of second-gating circuits is electrically connected to P data lines, wherein N>P≥1, and P is a positive integer, wherein:
• M is an odd number, wherein:
• a gating circuit group of the at least one gating circuit group includes two second-gating circuits and one third-gating circuit, wherein the one third-gating circuit is electrically connected to Q data lines, wherein P>Q≥1, and Q is a positive integer.

A driving method of a display panel, wherein:

• the display panel includes:
• a display region and a border region, wherein:
• the display region includes a plurality of pixels and a plurality of data lines extending along a first direction,
• the border region includes a data output circuit, and an output end of the data output circuit is electrically connected to a data line of the plurality of data lines,
• the data output circuit includes at least one gating circuit group and 2L first-gating circuits, wherein L is a positive integer, and L≥1,
• one gating circuit group of the at least one gating circuit group is electrically connected to M data lines, and one first-gating circuit of the 2L first-gating circuits is electrically connected to N data lines, wherein M=N≥2, and M and N are positive integers, respectively, and
• each gating circuit group of the at least one gating circuit group includes a plurality of second-gating circuits, and each second-gating circuit of the plurality of second-gating circuits is electrically connected to P data lines, wherein N>P≥1, and P is a positive integer;
• and
• the driving method includes:
• receiving image data of a to-be-displayed frame, and
• according to the image data of the to-be-displayed frame, simultaneously outputting, by a driving chip, a signal to each gating circuit, wherein:
• a signal outputted by the driving chip to each first-gating circuit of the 2L first-gating circuits is a grayscale signal obtained according to the image data of the to-be-displayed frame,
• a signal outputted by the driving chip to a second-gating circuit of the plurality of second-gating circuits of a gating circuit group of the at least one gating circuit group is one of a high-impedance signal and the grayscale signal obtained according to the image data of the to-be-displayed frame, and
• when a signal outputted by the driving chip to the second-gating circuit of the gating circuit group is the grayscale signal, a signal outputted by the driving chip to any other second-gating circuit of the gating circuit group is the high-impedance signal.