# US 2017/0287944 A1 · Array substrate, curved display panel and curved display device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2017/0287944 A1 - Document ID: US20170287944A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 15/314,624 - Filed: 2016-03-09 - Published: 2017-10-05 - Earliest claimed: 2015-09-24 - Assignees: Boe Technology Group Co., Ltd.; Hefei Xinsheng Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Boe Technology Group Co., Ltd.; Hefei Xinsheng Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Liangliang JIANG; Lei GUO; Fengzhen LV - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20170287944A1 ## CPC - H10D 86/60: wherein the TFTs are in active matrices - G02F 1/133707: {Structures for producing distorted electric fields, e.g. bumps, protrusions, recesses, slits in pixel electrodes} - G02F 1/134363: {for applying an electric field parallel to the substrate, i.e. in-plane switching [IPS]} - H10D 86/411: {characterised by materials, geometry or structure of the substrates} - H10D 86/441: {Interconnections, e.g. scanning lines} - G02F 1/134345: {Subdivided pixels, e.g. for grey scale or redundancy} - H10D: INORGANIC ELECTRIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES - G02F: OPTICAL DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF LIGHT BY MODIFICATION OF THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIA OF THE ELEMENTS INVOLVED THEREIN; NON-LINEAR OPTICS; FREQUENCY-CHANGING OF LIGHT; OPTICAL LOGIC ELEMENTS; OPTICAL ANALOGUE/DIGITAL CONVERTERS ## Abstract An array substrate, a curved display panel and a curved display device are provided, to improve visual effect and image quality of the display panel being curved by external force. The array substrate includes multiple pixel units arranged in a matrix, each pixel unit comprises at least two sub-pixel units, and each sub-pixel unit is provided with a pixel electrode and a common electrode. The pixel electrodes and/or the common electrodes in an identical pixel unit have an identical structure, and the pixel electrodes or the common electrodes in different pixel units have at least two structures. The pixel electrodes or the common electrodes are symmetrically arranged relative to a central axis of the array substrate. The central axis is a straight line located in the center of the array substrate and extending in a direction parallel to the array substrate, and an extending direction of the central axis does not change when the array substrate is curved. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An array substrate, comprising a plurality of pixel units arranged in a matrix, wherein each pixel unit comprises at least two sub-pixel units, and each sub-pixel unit is provided with a pixel electrode and a common electrode; wherein the pixel electrodes and/or the common electrodes in an identical pixel unit have an identical structure, and the pixel electrodes and/or the common electrodes in different pixel units have at least two structures comprising a first structure and a second structure; and wherein the pixel electrodes or the common electrodes are symmetrically arranged relative to a central axis of the array substrate, the central axis is a straight line at a middle portion of the array substrate and extending in a direction parallel to the array substrate, and an extending direction of the central axis does not change in the case that the array substrate is curved. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The array substrate according to claim 1, wherein each pixel unit comprises three sub-pixel units, and the pixel electrodes or the common electrodes in any two adjacent pixel units located in an identical row have different structures, wherein a row direction is perpendicular to the extending direction of the central axis. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The array substrate according to claim 1, wherein each pixel unit comprises three sub-pixel units, the pixel electrodes or the common electrodes in the pixel units located in an identical row at one side of the central axis have an identical structure, and the pixel electrodes or the common electrodes in the pixel units located in an identical row at the other side of the central axis have an identical structure, wherein a row direction is perpendicular to the extending direction of the central axis. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The array substrate according to claim 1, wherein each pixel unit comprises four sub-pixel units, the four sub-pixel units are horizontally lined up or arranged in a two-by-two array, and the pixel electrodes or the common electrodes in any two adjacent pixel units located in an identical row have different structures, wherein the row direction is perpendicular to the extending direction of the central axis. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The array substrate according to claim 1, wherein each pixel unit comprises four sub-pixel units, the four sub-pixel units are horizontally lined up or arranged in a two-by-two array, the pixel electrodes or the common electrodes in the pixel units located in an identical row at one side of the central axis have an identical structure, and the pixel electrodes or the common electrodes in the pixel units located in an identical row at the other side of the central axis have an identical structure, wherein a row direction is perpendicular to the extending direction of the central axis. ### Claim 6 (depends on 2) The array substrate according to claim 2, wherein the pixel electrodes or the common electrodes in the pixel units located in an identical column have an identical structure, and a column direction is parallel to the extending direction of the central axis. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The array substrate according to claim 6, wherein each pixel electrode or each common electrode comprises a group of slits, the slits of the pixel electrodes or the common electrodes are symmetrically arranged relative to the central axis of the array substrate, and each pixel electrode or each common electrode comprises a plurality of slits bending toward an identical direction; each slit the pixel electrodes or the common electrodes having the first structure comprises a bending point at a middle portion of the corresponding slit and bends toward a first predetermined direction, or each slit of the pixel electrodes or the common electrodes having the first structure inclines toward the first predetermined direction; each slit in the pixel electrodes or the common electrodes having the second structure comprises a bending point at a middle portion of the corresponding slit and bends toward a second predetermined direction, or each slit of the pixel electrodes or the common electrodes having the second structure inclines toward the second predetermined direction; wherein the first predetermined direction is opposite to the second predetermined direction, and the first and the second directions are both perpendicular to the central axis. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The array substrate according to claim 7, wherein the bending point at the middle portion of each slit of the pixel electrodes or the common electrodes and two terminals of the corresponding slit form an isosceles triangle, wherein the bending point is a vertex of the isosceles triangle. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The array substrate according to claim 7, wherein a portion of each slit of the pixel electrodes or the common electrodes between the bending point at the middle portion of the corresponding slit and each of two terminals of the corresponding slit is straight; or a portion of each slit of the pixel electrodes or the common electrodes between the bending point at the middle portion of the corresponding slit and each of two terminals of the corresponding slit is curved. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The array substrate according to claim 1, wherein the pixel units in respective rows have an identical quantity and the sub-pixel units in respective pixel units have an identical quantity; wherein the pixel units located in an identical row and at two sides of the central axis have an identical quantity, and structures of the pixel units located in the identical row and at the two sides of the central axis are symmetrically arranged relative to the central axis, wherein a row direction is perpendicular to the extending direction of the central axis. ### Claim 11 (depends on 2) The array substrate according to claim 2, wherein the pixel electrodes or the common electrodes in respective rows have an identical quantity; wherein the pixel electrodes or the common electrodes located in an identical row and at two sides of the central axis have an identical quantity, and structures of the pixel electrodes or the common electrodes located in the identical row and at the two sides of the central axis are symmetrically arranged relative to the central axis, wherein the row direction is perpendicular to the extending direction of the central axis. ### Claim 12 (depends on 7) The array substrate according to claim 7, wherein the slits of the pixel electrodes or the common electrodes in an identical pixel unit bend toward an identical direction. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) A curved display panel, comprising the array substrate according to claim 1 and an alignment substrate, wherein after the array substrate and the alignment substrate are oppositely arranged to form a cell, a section along an extending direction of a long axis of the array substrate has an arc surface. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) A curved display device, comprising the curved display panel according to claim 13. ### Claim 15 (depends on 3) The array substrate according to claim 3, wherein the pixel electrodes or the common electrodes in the pixel units located in an identical column have an identical structure, and a column direction is parallel to the extending direction of the central axis. ### Claim 16 (depends on 4) The array substrate according to claim 4, wherein the pixel electrodes or the common electrodes in the pixel units located in an identical column have an identical structure, and a column direction is parallel to the extending direction of the central axis. ### Claim 17 (depends on 5) The array substrate according to claim 5, wherein the pixel electrodes or the common electrodes in the pixel units located in an identical column have an identical structure, and a column direction is parallel to the extending direction of the central axis. ### Claim 18 (depends on 3) The array substrate according to claim 3, wherein the pixel electrodes or the common electrodes in respective rows have an identical quantity; wherein the pixel electrodes or the common electrodes located in an identical row and at two sides of the central axis have an identical quantity, and structures of the pixel electrodes or the common electrodes located in the identical row and at the two sides of the central axis are symmetrically arranged relative to the central axis, wherein the row direction is perpendicular to the extending direction of the central axis. ### Claim 19 (depends on 4) The array substrate according to claim 4, wherein the pixel electrodes or the common electrodes in respective rows have an identical quantity; wherein the pixel electrodes or the common electrodes located in an identical row and at two sides of the central axis have an identical quantity, and structures of the pixel electrodes or the common electrodes located in the identical row and at the two sides of the central axis are symmetrically arranged relative to the central axis, wherein the row direction is perpendicular to the extending direction of the central axis. ### Claim 20 (depends on 5) The array substrate according to claim 5, wherein the pixel electrodes or the common electrodes in respective rows have an identical quantity; wherein the pixel electrodes or the common electrodes located in an identical row and at two sides of the central axis have an identical quantity, and structures of the pixel electrodes or the common electrodes located in the identical row and at the two sides of the central axis are symmetrically arranged relative to the central axis, wherein the row direction is perpendicular to the extending direction of the central axis.