US 9,754,554 B1 · Pixel structure

Abstract

The present invention provides a pixel structure, which includes a plurality of sub-pixels arranged in the form of a point lattice exhibiting a honeycomb configuration comprising honeycomb cells each showing a regular hexagon having edges that have a length a; for two rows of the sub-pixels that are adjacent to each other in an up-down direction, the sub-pixels of one of the rows are arranged in a horizontal direction such that spacing distances therebetween are of an alternate arrangement of a and 2a, wherein for every two sub-pixels of which the spacing distance therebetween is a, the one of the sub-pixels that is located at the right-hand side is a first color sub-pixel (1), while the one of the sub-pixels that is located at the left-hand side is a second color sub-pixel (2); and, the sub-pixels of the other one of the rows are arranged in a horizontal direction such that spacing distances therebetween are of an alternate arrangement of 2a and a, wherein for every two sub-pixels of which the spacing distance therebetween is a, the one of the sub-pixels that is located at the right-hand side is a first color sub-pixel (1), while the one of the sub-pixels that is located at the left-hand side is a third color sub-pixel (3); for each column of the sub-pixels, multiple ones of the sub-pixels having the same color are arranged in a straight line in a vertical direction. Such a pixel structure achieves an effect of mimicking a high resolution with a low resolution and also reduces the design difficulty of a drive circuit thereby helping simplify the manufacturing process and lower down costs.

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Dependent claims

A pixel structure, comprising a plurality of sub-pixels, the plurality of sub-pixels being arranged in the form of a point lattice exhibiting a honeycomb configuration comprising honeycomb cells each showing a regular hexagon having edges that have a length a, the sub-pixels being respectively located at vertices of the plurality of regular hexagons;

the plurality of sub-pixels comprising a plurality of first color sub-pixels, a plurality of second color sub-pixels, and a plurality of third color sub-pixels;
wherein for two rows of the sub-pixels that are adjacent to each other in an up-down direction, the sub-pixels of one of the rows are arranged in a horizontal direction such that spacing distances therebetween are of an alternate arrangement of a and 2a, wherein for every two sub-pixels of which the spacing distance therebetween is a, the one of the sub-pixels that is located at the right-hand side is a first color sub-pixel, while the one of the sub-pixels that is located at the left-hand side is a second color sub-pixel;
and, the sub-pixels of the other one of the rows are arranged in a horizontal direction such that spacing distances therebetween are of an alternate arrangement of 2a and a, wherein for every two sub-pixels of which the spacing distance therebetween is a, the one of the sub-pixels that is located at the right-hand side is a first color sub-pixel, while the one of the sub-pixels that is located at the left-hand side is a third color sub-pixel;
and
for each column of the sub-pixels, multiple ones of the sub-pixels having the same color are arranged in a straight line in a vertical direction, while two columns that are adjacent to each other in a left-right direction comprise sub-pixels of different colors.

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the plurality of sub-pixels comprising a plurality of first color sub-pixels, a plurality of second color sub-pixels, and a plurality of third color sub-pixels;
wherein for two rows of the sub-pixels that are adjacent to each other in an up-down direction, the sub-pixels of one of the rows are arranged in a horizontal direction such that spacing distances therebetween are of an alternate arrangement of a and 2a, wherein for every two sub-pixels of which the spacing distance therebetween is a, the one of the sub-pixels that is located at the right-hand side is a first color sub-pixel, while the one of the sub-pixels that is located at the left-hand side is a second color sub-pixel;
and, the sub-pixels of the other one of the rows are arranged in a horizontal direction such that spacing distances therebetween are of an alternate arrangement of 2a and a, wherein for every two sub-pixels of which the spacing distance therebetween is a, the one of the sub-pixels that is located at the right-hand side is a first color sub-pixel, while the one of the sub-pixels that is located at the left-hand side is a third color sub-pixel;
and
for each column of the sub-pixels, multiple ones of the sub-pixels having the same color are arranged in a straight line in a vertical direction, while two columns that are adjacent to each other in a left-right direction comprise sub-pixels of different colors;
wherein a sub-pixel column that is formed of multiple first color sub-pixels arranged in the vertical direction, a sub-pixel column that is formed of multiple second color sub-pixels arranged in the vertical direction, a sub-pixel column that is formed of multiple first color sub-pixels arranged in the vertical direction, and a sub-pixel column that is formed of multiple third color sub-pixels arranged in the vertical direction are arranged, in such an order, from left to right;
wherein the first color sub-pixels each have a surface area that is ½ of a surface area of one second color sub-pixel and the surface area of each of the second color sub-pixels is identical to a surface area of one third color sub-pixel;
and
wherein multiple scan lines that are respectively connected to the rows of the sub-pixels are arranged from top to bottom with identical spacing distances therebetween and multiple data lines that are respectively connected to the columns of the sub-pixels are arranged from left to right with alternate spacing distances of a/2 and a therebetween.

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