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

A driving method of a display panel, wherein the display panel comprises:

• a plurality of pixel circuits arranged in a display area of the display panel, wherein the plurality of pixel circuits is arranged in rows and columns, the display area comprises a first display area and a second display area arranged along a row direction, and an outer edge of the second display area extends stepwise along a column direction;
• a plurality of data lines each extending along the column direction, wherein the plurality of data lines corresponds to a plurality of columns of the plurality of pixel circuits in one-to-one correspondence;
• a plurality of signal line groups, wherein the plurality of signal line groups corresponds to a plurality of rows of the plurality of pixel circuits in one-to-one correspondence, and each of the plurality of signal line groups comprises a scan line and a light-emitting control signal line each extending along the row direction;
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• a plurality of first electrostatic protection circuits, wherein the plurality of first electrostatic protection circuits corresponds to data lines in the second display area in one-to-one correspondence, each of the plurality of first electrostatic protection circuits is connected to a scan line and a light-emitting control signal line of a same signal line group, and each of the plurality of first electrostatic protection circuits is used to discharge static electricity on a data line connected to the first electrostatic protection circuit to a scan line or a light-emitting control signal line connected to the first electrostatic protection circuit,
• wherein the driving method comprises:
• in a light emission preparation period, providing, by the scan line, a first scan signal, and writing, by each of the plurality of data lines, a data signal into pixel circuits of a corresponding column of the plurality of pixel circuits;
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• in a light emitting period, providing, by the light-emitting control signal line, a light-emitting control signal which drives pixels in a corresponding row to emit light while driving a first electrostatic protection circuit connected to the light-emitting control signal line to work, so that the first electrostatic protection circuit controls static electricity on the data line connected to the first electrostatic protection circuit to be discharged to the scan line or the light-emitting control signal line connected to the first electrostatic protection circuit.

A display device, comprising a display panel, wherein the display panel comprises:

• a plurality of pixel circuits arranged in a display area of the display panel, wherein the plurality of pixel circuits is arranged in rows and columns, the display area comprises a first display area and a second display area arranged along a row direction, and an outer edge of the second display area extends stepwise along a column direction;
• a plurality of data lines each extending along the column direction, wherein the plurality of data lines corresponds to a plurality of columns of the plurality of pixel circuits in one-to-one correspondence;
• a plurality of signal line groups, wherein the plurality of signal line groups corresponds to a plurality of rows of the plurality of pixel circuits in one-to-one correspondence, and each of the plurality of signal line groups comprises a scan line and a light-emitting control signal line each extending along the row direction;
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• a plurality of first electrostatic protection circuits, wherein the plurality of first electrostatic protection circuits corresponds to data lines in the second display area in one-to-one correspondence, each of the plurality of first electrostatic protection circuits is connected to a scan line and a light-emitting control signal line of a same signal line group, and each of the plurality of first electrostatic protection circuits is used to discharge static electricity on a data line connected to the first electrostatic protection circuit to a scan line or a light-emitting control signal line connected to the first electrostatic protection circuit.