Odd and even row sequential driving in AMOLED with pentile arrangement

A display device comprising:

• a plurality of subpixels of a first color;
• a plurality of subpixels of a second color;
• a plurality of subpixels of a third color, wherein the plurality of subpixels of the first, second, and third colors are arranged in an array, the array having a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns, with rows of the array including subpixels arranged in a repeating pattern of subpixels of the first color, the second color, the third color, and the second color, and with alternating columns of the array including subpixels:
• (a) arranged in a repeating pattern of a subpixel of the first color and a subpixel of the third color, and (b) having only subpixels of the second color;
• a plurality of scan lines;
• a plurality of column lines;
• each subpixel in a column of the array being electrically connected to a same column line of the plurality of column lines and each of the subpixels in a column being configured for receiving electronic scan signals from a scan line and from the column line connected to the subpixel, wherein the received signals control a light output from an emissive element of the subpixel;
• and
• one or more line drivers configured for providing the electronic scan signals, during a time period for rendering a frame on the display device, to subpixels in a first set of columns of subpixels first to subpixels of the first color and then to the subpixels of the third color and to subpixels in a second set of columns of subpixels first to subpixels of the third color and then to the subpixels of the first color, wherein the one or more line drivers includes:
• a first line driver configured to provide scan signals to subpixels of the first color in the first set of columns and to subpixels of the third color in the second set of columns, and
• a second line driver configured to provide scan signals to subpixels of the third color in the first set of columns and to subpixels of the first color in the second set of columns.

A method of driving a display panel, the display panel having:

• a plurality of subpixels of a first color;
• a plurality of subpixels of a second color;
• a plurality of subpixels of a third color, the plurality of subpixels of the first, second, and third colors being arranged in an array having a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns, with rows of the array including subpixels arranged in a repeating pattern subpixels of the first color, the second color, the third color, and the second color, and with alternating columns of the array including subpixels:
• (a) arranged in a repeating pattern of a subpixel of the first color and a subpixel of the third color, and (b) including only subpixels of the second color, a plurality of scan lines;
• and a plurality of column lines, with each subpixel in a column of the array being electrically connected to a same column line of the plurality of column lines, the method comprising:
• providing to each subpixel electronic signals from a scan line and from a column line, wherein the provided signals control a light output from an emissive element of the subpixel;
• providing scan signals, from one or more line drivers, during a time period for rendering a frame on the display device;
• (i) to subpixels in a first column of subpixels, first to multiple subpixels of the first color in a sequential order and then to multiple subpixels of the third color in a sequential order, and
• (ii) to subpixels in a second column of subpixels, first to multiple subpixels of the third color in a sequential order and then to multiple subpixels of the first color in a sequential order.

A method of driving a display panel, the display panel having:

• a plurality of subpixels of a first color;
• a plurality of subpixels of a second color;
• a plurality of subpixels of a third color, the plurality of subpixels of the first, second, and third colors being arranged in an array having a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns, with rows of the array including subpixels arranged in a repeating pattern subpixels of the first color, the second color, the third color, and the second color, and with alternating columns of the array including subpixels:
• (a) arranged in a repeating pattern of a subpixel of the first color and a subpixel of the third color, and (b) including only subpixels of the second color, a plurality of scan lines;
• and a plurality of column lines, with each subpixel in a column of the array being electrically connected to a same column line of the plurality of column lines, the method comprising:
• providing to each subpixel electronic signals from a scan line and from a column line, wherein the provided signals control a light output from an emissive element of the subpixel;
• providing scan signals, from one or more line drivers, during a time period for rendering a frame on the display device, to subpixels in a first set of columns of subpixels first to subpixels of the first color and then to the subpixels of the third color and to subpixels in a second set of columns of subpixels first to subpixels of the third color and then to the subpixels of the first color, including by:
• providing scan signals to subpixels of the first color in the first set of columns and to subpixels of the third color in the second set of columns from a first line driver;
• and
• providing scan signals to subpixels of the third color in the first set of columns and to subpixels of the first color in the second set of columns from a second line driver.