U.S. patent number RE48,229 [Application Number 16/104,128] was granted by the patent office on 2020-09-29 for pixel structure for oled display and metal mask thereof.
The grantee listed for this patent is Kunshan Go-Visionox Opto-Electronics Co., Ltd., Kunshan Visionox Display Co., Ltd.. Invention is credited to Chaochi Peng, Yong Qiu, Shenfu Zhang.
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United States Patent |
RE48,229 |
Peng , et al. |
September 29, 2020 |
Pixel structure for OLED display and metal mask thereof
Abstract
A pixel structure for OLED display is disclosed. The pixel
structure includes multi-row pixel unit groups, each pixel unit
group includes a plurality of pixel units arranged repeatedly is
sequence, and each pixel unit includes a first sub pixel, a second
sub pixel and a third sub pixel, wherein the same sub pixels of the
pixel units in adjacent two rows are arranged in dislocation in a
horizontal direction. The pixel structure can widen the distance
between the corresponding openings of the sub pixels when making
the corresponding metal mask to enhance the strength of the metal
mask that a pixel unit of a smaller size can be produced under the
consideration of process condition, so as to improve the resolution
of the OLED display.
Inventors: |
Peng; Chaochi (Kunshan,
CN), Qiu; Yong (Beijing, CN), Zhang;
Shenfu (Kunshan, CN) |
Applicant: |
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Kunshan Visionox Display Co., Ltd.
Kunshan Go-Visionox Opto-Electronics Co., Ltd. |
Kunshan
Kunshan |
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CN
CN |
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Family
ID: |
48454860 |
Appl.
No.: |
16/104,128 |
Filed: |
August 16, 2018 |
PCT
Filed: |
December 31, 2013 |
PCT No.: |
PCT/CN2013/091180 |
371(c)(1),(2),(4) Date: |
July 22, 2015 |
PCT
Pub. No.: |
WO2014/114178 |
PCT
Pub. Date: |
July 31, 2014 |
Related U.S. Patent Documents
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14762589 |
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Foreign Application Priority Data
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Jan 24, 2013 [CN] |
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2013 1 0026524 |
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Current U.S.
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Current CPC
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H01L
27/3218 (20130101); H01L 27/3218 (20130101); H01L
27/3216 (20130101); H01L 27/3216 (20130101); H01L
27/3211 (20130101); H01L 27/3211 (20130101) |
Current International
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H01L
27/32 (20060101) |
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Primary Examiner: Nguyen; Tuan H
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Kilpatrick Townsend &
Stockton
Claims
What is claimed is:
1. A pixel structure for OLED display, comprising a plurality of
rows of pixel unit groups, wherein each pixel unit group comprises
a plurality of pixel units arranged repeatedly in sequence, each
pixel unit comprises a first sub pixel, .[.and.]. a second sub
pixel and a third sub pixel .[.lined up.]..Iadd., the second sub
pixel and the third sub pixel are aligned vertically .Iaddend.along
.[.one.]. .Iadd.a vertical .Iaddend.side of the first sub pixel,
and the arrangement of the first sub pixel, the second sub pixel
and the third sub pixel of the pixel unit in each even row of the
plurality of rows of pixel unit groups is formed by flipping the
pixel unit in any odd row of the plurality of rows of pixel unit
groups horizontally by 180.degree., wherein a vertical center line
of horizontal spacing between the first sub pixel and a closest sub
pixel thereto of the second sub pixels and third sub pixels does
not overlap with a vertical center line of the pixel unit, and the
vertical center line of horizontal spacing is positioned on
.[.the.]. one side of the vertical center line of the pixel unit
with the first sub pixel, and wherein the pixel unit group in the
even row is arranged to be offset by a first distance with respect
to the pixel unit group in the odd row in a horizontal direction,
so that the first sub pixel of one of the pixel units in the even
row is adapted to be positioned in a position with an equal
distance from first sub pixels, respectively, in two adjacent pixel
units in an adjacent odd row.
2. The pixel structure of claim 1, wherein the first sub pixel, the
second sub pixel anti the third sub pixel are rectangles.
3. The pixel structure of claim 1, wherein the pixel unit has a
shape of square, the first sub pixel has a shape of rectangle, the
.[.second sub pixel and the third sub pixel are aligned vertically
along.]. .Iadd.vertical side is .Iaddend.a long side of the first
sub pixel, and .[.the.]. .Iadd.a .Iaddend.length of the long side
of the first sub pixel is larger than two-thirds of a side length
of the pixel unit.
4. The pixel structure of claim 3, wherein an area of the first sub
pixel is larger than that of the second sub pixel and that of the
third sub pixel, anti is smaller than half of an area of the pixel
unit.
5. The pixel structure of claim 4, wherein the area of the first
sub pixel is twice as that of at least one of the second and third
sub pixels.
6. The pixel structure of claim 4, wherein the first sub pixel is a
blue pixel, the second sub pixel is a red pixel and the third sub
pixel is a green pixel.
7. The pixel structure of claim 3, wherein an area of the second
sub pixel or the third sub pixel is larger than an area of each of
the remaining two sub pixels.
8. The pixel structure of claim 7, wherein the area of the second
sub pixel or the third sub pixel is twice as that of at least one
of the remaining two sub pixels.
9. The pixel structure of claim 7, wherein the second sub pixel or
the third sub pixel is a blue sub pixel, and the remaining two sub
pixels are a red sub pixel and a green sub pixel.
10. A metal mask configured for making sub pixels in a pixel
structure according to claim 1, comprising a substrate comprising a
plurality of openings arranged in turn in rows and columns
configured to form the sub pixel, wherein the openings in an even
row and the openings in an odd row are arranged in dislocation in a
horizontal direction.
11. The metal mask of claim 10, wherein, distances from an opening
in .[.an.]. .Iadd.the .Iaddend.even row to two adjacent openings in
.[.an.]. .Iadd.the .Iaddend.odd row adjacent to the even row are
the same.
12. An OLED display, wherein the display comprises the pixel
structure of claim 1.
.Iadd.13. The pixel structure of claim 9, wherein areas of the red
sub pixel and the green sub pixel are the same..Iaddend.
.Iadd.14. The OLED display of claim 12, wherein the vertical side
is a long side of the first sub pixel, and a length of the long
side of the first sub pixel is larger than two-thirds of a side
length of the pixel unit..Iaddend.
.Iadd.15. The OLED display of claim 14, wherein an area of the
first sub pixel is larger than that of the second sub pixel and
that of the third sub pixel, and is smaller than half of an area of
the pixel unit..Iaddend.
.Iadd.16. The OLED display of claim 15, wherein the area of the
first sub pixel is twice as that of at least one of the second and
third sub pixels..Iaddend.
.Iadd.17. The OLED display of claim 12, wherein the pixel unit has
a shape of square..Iaddend.
.Iadd.18. The OLED display of claim 12, wherein the first sub
pixel, the second sub pixel and the third sub pixel are
rectangles..Iaddend.
.Iadd.19. The pixel structure of claim 1, wherein the vertical side
is a long side of the first sub pixel, and a length of the long
side of the first sub pixel is larger than two-thirds of a side
length of the pixel unit..Iaddend.
.Iadd.20. The pixel structure of claim 1, wherein the pixel unit
has a shape of square..Iaddend.
Description
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application .Iadd.is a reissue application of U.S. Pat. No.
9,728,588, issued Aug. 8, 2017 from U.S. application Ser. No.
14/762,589, filed Jul. 22, 2015, entitled "PIXEL STRUCTURE FOR OLED
DISPLAY AND METAL MASK THEREOF," which .Iaddend.is the United
States national phase of International Application No.
PCT/CN2013/091180 filed Dec. 31, 2013, and claims priority to
Chinese Patent Application No. 201310026524.3 filed Jan. 24, 2013,
the disclosures of which are hereby incorporated in their entirety
by reference.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present disclosure relates generally to the field of display
technique, and specifically to a high resolution pixel structure
and a fine metal mask corresponding to the pixel structure.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Compared with traditional LCD display mode, it is not necessary for
OLED display technique to use backlights. The OLED display
technique has the property of self-illumination, a very thin
organic material film and a glass substrate are used, and the
organic material can glow when an electric current passes through
it. Therefore an OLED display can provide significant power
savings, can be lighter and thinner, and can tolerate a wider range
of temperature variation than LCDs, with a wider viewing angle. The
light-emitting layer of the OLED screen is composed by organic
light-emitting components formed on corresponding pixel locations
on an array substrate by using evaporation film technology to
organic materials through a fine metal mask. The OLED screen should
be colorized for color display. The side-by-side mode has the best
effect on colorized screen. In the side-by-side mode, there are
red, green and blue (R, G and B) three sub pixels in a pixel, and
every sub pixel has an independent light-emitting component.
Because the organic light-emitting materials of red, green and blue
three sub pixels are different, in the production process, it needs
to evaporate three different kinds of organic materials to red,
green and blue three-color light-emitting sub pixels on the
corresponding locations by a metal mask, and the color-ratio of the
combination of the three colors is adjusted to create true color.
In this way, the red, green and blue constitute three-color OLED
components emit light independently to form a pixel.
The production of the pixel per inch (PPI) OLED screen has focused
on fine metal mask with good mechanical stability, arid the key to
the fine metal mask is the arrangement of pixels and sub
pixels.
According to the arrangement of the pixel array, there are a few
kinds of opening methods of the metal mask existing in industry as
follows.
Slit Mode
FIG. 1 shows a traditional pixel arrangement arranged side by side.
The light-emitting layer of the OLED display is composed by pixel
cells 100 arranged on a substrate 10 in multi-row and multi-column.
For the pixel arrangement as shown in FIG. 1, there are red (R)
102, green (G) 103 and blue (B) 100 three sub pixels parallel to
each other in one pixel cell 100. In order to form the pixel
arrangement, the corresponding metal mask is shown in FIG. 2.
FIG. 2 shows a metal mask used to form one of the sub pixels (R sub
pixel) in the pixel structure as shown in FIG. 1 on the OLED
display substrate. It will be appreciated that the rest sub pixels
(G and B) can be formed by a metal mask having the same above
structure due to each sub pixel having the same patterning.
The metal mask includes a metal substrate 20 and a rectangular
opening 200 thereon. Wherein, the number of the opening can be
determined by the number of the pixel required by the resolution of
the OLED display. FIG. 2 shows four columns of openings 200. A
section 201 between adjacent two openings 200 forms an unopened
metal strip of the metal substrate 20. As shown in FIG. 1, the
opening method of the metal mask is that one opening 200 is shared
by all the sub pixels in the same column (for example, R sub
pixels) in the OLED screen. Thus the opening 200 of the metal mask
is relative long in length. With the increase in display size, the
length of the opening of the metal mask needs to be increased.
This shows Slit Mode is easy to make and use the metal mask for
low-resolution OLED screens due to which the number of pixels is
small that the space between adjacent openings 200 is relative
large, i.e., the width of the metal strip is relative wide.
However, the above opening mode needs a fine metal mask when used
for a high resolution screen. The space between adjacent openings
200 is reduced for the increase in the number of pixels, i.e., the
metal strip 201 is relative fine. This creates a problem that the
metal strip is likely to be out of shape under the influence of
magnetic field lines of the magnetic board during the use of the
metal mask, resulting in color mixing caused by the spread of
different color materials in among pixels, and resulting in low
yield during production. Moreover, this kind of metal mask is easy
to be damaged or deformed in the process of using, cleaning and
storing, with a low repetitive use rate, and the screen produced by
this mode has a high cost due to the high cost of the metal
mask.
Slot Mode
In view of the above problem, a metal mask solution with a slot is
provided, as shown in FIG. 3, to form the arrangement of pixels as
shown in FIG. 1. As FIG. 3, the opening mode of the metal mask is
that based on Slit Mode the locations corresponding to the spaces
between the sub pixels as shown in FIG. 1 and corresponding to the
openings 200 as shown in FIG. 2 are provided with metal bridges 301
connecting adjacent metal strips, so that one long opening 200 as
show in FIG. 2 is changed into a plurality of openings units 300
corresponding to the sub pixel structure as shown in FIG. 1.
This opening mode makes the metal strip of the metal mask stronger
to resolve the above problem that the metal strip is likely to be
out of shape under the influence of magnetic field lines and
external force in Slit Mode. However in view of the precision of
long size of the metal mask that adequate distance must be
maintained between the sub pixel and the bridge in order to avoid
shadow effect in sub pixels when evaporation, the reduction in the
length between bottoms of the sub pixel will affect the opening
rate of every sub pixel.
To solve this problem, a U.S. patent No. 20110128262A1 discloses
another pixel structure different from the above pixel structure,
as shown in FIG. 4. The pixel structure includes a plurality of
pixel units 400 arranged in multi-row and multi-column, each pixel
is composed of red, green and blue three sub pixels, where the blue
sub pixel has the largest surface area due to fastest attenuation
of blue light, while the red and green sub pixels are arranged on
one side of the blue sub pixel and respectively arranged on the
upper and lower locations along the long side of the blue sub
pixel.
The pixel units 400 are arranged repeatedly to form a pixels array.
The arrangement of the pixel structure makes the spaces between the
openings of the metal mask corresponding to the red and green sub
pixels (as FIGS. 5-6) are relatively large that high-resolution
display can be achieved to some extent.
However, the blue sub pixels in the pixel array are aligned as FIG.
1, so that their corresponding metal mask must use the opening mode
as the above Slit or Slot (as FIG. 7). Because both the above Slit
Mode and Slut Mode have defects, the opening mode of the blue metal
mask (B mask) of the arrangement of the pixel array as shown in
FIG. 4 seriously affects the opening rate of the sub pixel and the
resolution further upgrade.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In view of the above, an object of the disclosure is to provide new
arrangements of sub pixels and a pixel array to make the fine metal
mask have high mechanical stability and easy to be produced, so as
to improved the production of high resolution OLED screen well and
reduce production costs.
In order to solve the above technical problem, the present
disclosure uses the following technical solution.
According to one aspect of the disclosure, a pixel structure for
OLED display includes multi-row pixel unit groups, each pixel unit
group includes a plurality of pixel units arranged repeatedly in
sequence, and each pixel unit includes a first sub pixel, a second
sub pixel and a third sub pixel, wherein the same sub pixels of the
pixel units in adjacent two rows are arranged in dislocation in a
horizontal direction.
Preferably, the second sub pixel and the third sub pixel are lined
up along one of the sides of the first sub pixel in each pixel
unit, and the arrangement of the first sub pixel, the second sub
pixel anti the third sub pixel of the pixel unit of the pixel unit
group in an even row is formed by flipping the pixel unit of the
pixel unit group in an odd row horizontally to 180.degree..
Preferably, the second sub pixel and the third sub pixel are lined
up along one of the sides of the first sub pixel in each pixel
unit, and the pixel unit group in an even row is arranged to be
offset by a first distance with respect to the pixel unit group in
an odd row in a horizontal direction.
Preferably, the pixel unit group in an even row is arranged to be
offset to left by a second distance or be offset to right by a
third distance with respect to the pixel unit group in an odd row
in a horizontal direction.
Preferably, the first sub pixel, the second sub pixel and the third
sub pixel in each pixel unit are arranged in a specified order, and
the arrangement of the sub pixels of the pixel unit of an odd row
is different from that of an even row.
Preferably, the first sub pixel, the second sub pixel and the third
sub pixel in each pixel unit are arranged side by side, and the
pixel unit group in an even row is arranged to be offset by a first
distance with respect to the pixel unit group in an odd row in a
horizontal direction.
Preferably, the pixel unit group in an even row is arranged to be
offset to left by a second distance or be offset to right by a
third distance with respect to the pixel unit group in an odd row
in a horizontal direction.
Preferably, the first sub pixel, the second sub pixel and the third
sub pixel are shaped rectangles.
Preferably, the pixel unit has a shape of square, the first sub
pixel has a shape of rectangle, the second sub pixel and the third
sub pixel are aligned vertically along the long side of the first
sub pixel, and the length of the long side of the first sub pixel
is larger than two-thirds of the side length of the pixel unit.
Preferably, the area of the first sub pixel is larger than that of
the second sub pixel and that of the third sub pixel, and is
smaller than half of the area of the pixel unit.
Preferably, the area of the first sub pixel is twice as that of at
least one sub pixel of the second sub pixel and the third sub
pixel.
Optionally, the area of the second sub pixel or the third sub pixel
can be larger than the area of each of the remaining two sub
pixels.
Optionally, the area of the second sub pixel or the third sub pixel
is twice as that of at least one of the remaining two sub
pixels.
Preferably, the scope of the first distance offset in a horizontal
direction is to make same sub pixels in adjacent two rows be
arranged in dislocation in the horizontal direction.
Preferably, the second distance offset to the left or the third
distance offset to the right make same sub pixels in adjacent two
rows be arranged in dislocation in a horizontal direction.
Preferably, the scope of the dislocation between the first sub
pixels in the pixel unit in an even row and the first sub pixels in
the pixel unit in an odd row in a horizontal direction makes the
spaces between the first sub pixel in an even row and adjacent two
first sub pixels in adjacent odd rows are the same.
Preferably, the first sub pixel is a blue pixel, the second sub
pixel is a red pixel, and the third sub pixel is a green pixel.
Optionally, the second or third sub pixel can be a blue pixel, and
the remaining two sub pixels area red pixel and a green pixel.
It is another object of the present disclosure to provide a metal
mask for making sub pixels in a pixel structure of OLED
display.
According to a further aspect of the disclosure, a metal mask for
making sub pixels in a pixel structure of OLED display, includes a
substrate including a plurality of openings arranged in turn in
rows and columns, where the opening is configured to form the sub
pixel and the openings in an even row and the openings in an odd
row are arranged in dislocation in a horizontal direction.
Preferably, the distances between the opening in an even row and
adjacent two openings in adjacent odd rows are the same.
The further object of the disclosure is to provide an OLED display,
which includes any pixel structure as above.
The pixel structure and its corresponding metal mask and OLED
display of the present disclosure has the following advantages.
The distance between the corresponding openings of the sub pixels
are widened when making the corresponding metal mask to enhance the
strength of the metal mask that a pixel unit of a smaller size can
be produced under the consideration of process condition, so as to
improve the resolution of the OLED display.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram illustrating a traditional Slit Mode
for pixel arrangement.
FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram illustrating openings of a metal mask
corresponding to Slit Mode.
FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram illustrating a structure of a metal
mask corresponding to Slit Mode.
FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram illustrating a pixel structure
according to another arrangement in the prior art.
FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram illustrating a structure of a metal
mask corresponding to green pixels in the pixel structure as FIG.
4.
FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram illustrating a structure of a metal
mask corresponding to red pixels in the pixel structure as FIG.
4.
FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram illustrating a structure of a metal
mask corresponding to blue pixels in the pixel structure as FIG.
4.
FIGS. 8 (a)-(c) are schematic diagrams illustrating a pixel
structure according to one embodiment of the present
disclosure.
FIG. 8 (a1) is a schematic diagram illustrating a scope of a first
distance in the pixel structure as FIG. 8 (a).
FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram illustrating a pixel unit flipped
horizontally from a pixel unit in the pixel structure as FIG. 8
(b).
FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram illustrating a location of the blue
pixel in the pixel structure as FIG. 8 (a)-(c).
FIGS. 11 (a)-(c) are schematic diagrams illustrating metal masks of
sub pixels corresponding to the pixel structure as FIG. 8
(a)-(c).
FIG. 12 is a schematic diagram illustrating a metal mask according
to an optimal embodiment of the present disclosure.
FIGS. 13 (a)-(c) are schematic diagrams illustrating pixel
structures according to another embodiment of the present
disclosure.
FIGS. 14 (a)-(c) are schematic diagrams illustrating pixel
structures according to a further embodiment of the present
disclosure.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
In the following description of embodiments, reference is made to
the accompanying drawings which form a part hereof, and in which it
is shown by way of illustration specific embodiments of the present
disclosure that can be practiced. It is to be understood that other
embodiments can be used and structural changes can be made without
departing from the scope of the disclosed embodiments.
FIGS. 8 (a)-8(c) illustrate a pixel structure of the OLED display
according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.
Wherein, a pixel structure 50A is located on a substrate (not
shown). The pixel structure 50A includes multi-row pixel unit
groups (denoted with the dotted box), a plurality of pixel unit
groups in odd rows 50Ai includes pixel units 500A arranged
repeatedly, and a plurality of pixel unit groups in even rows 50Aj
includes pixel units 501A arranged repeatedly.
Wherein, each pixel unit 500A or 501A can be a square, each pixel
unit 500A or 501A includes red (R), green (G), and blue (B) three
sub pixels. In one embodiment, each pixel unit can be a rectangle
in shape. It's important to note that such square or rectangle
described herein is only a general description for the shape of the
sub pixel, and in which minor modification may be made in practice,
for example, four corners of the square or rectangle can be rounded
with a curve, as shown in FIG. 8 (a1).
As shown in FIG. 8(a), the sub pixel such as the blue sub pixel (B)
of the pixel unit 500A in an odd row and the sub pixel such as the
blue sub pixel (B) of the pixel unit 501A in an even row are
arranged in dislocation in a horizontal direction, i.e., they are
not aligned in vertical direction. Such pixel structure widens the
distance between the corresponding openings of the sub pixels when
making the corresponding metal mask to enhance the strength of the
metal mask that a pixel unit of a smaller size can be produced
under the consideration of process condition, so as to improve the
resolution of the OLED display.
Wherein, the three sub pixels in the pixel unit 500A in odd rows or
in the pixel unit 501A in even rows can be arranged as that the
blue sub pixel (B) is arranged on the left half of the pixel unit
500A or 501A and the red sub pixel (R) and the green sub pixel (G)
are lined up along the right side of the blue sub pixel (B) and on
the right half of the pixel unit 500A or 501A.
As shown in FIG. 8 (a), the pixel unit 501A of the pixel unit group
in an even row and the pixel unit 500A of the pixel unit group in
an odd row are arranged in dislocation in a horizontal direction.
Namely, the pixel unit group in an even row is arranged to be
offset by a first distance .DELTA.1 left or right to the pixel unit
group in an odd row in the horizontal direction and arranged
closely to the pixel unit group in the odd row.
Wherein, the pixel unit group in an even row arranged to be offset
by a first distance .DELTA.1 left or right to the pixel unit group
in an odd row makes corresponding sub pixels in adjacent two rows
of pixel unit groups are arranged in dislocation in the horizontal
direction. The scope of the first distance .DELTA.1 can be less
than the distance between adjacent two same sub pixels in the same
row.
For example, as shown in FIG. 8 (a1), the distance between left
boundaries of the blue sub pixels (B1 and B2) in adjacent two pixel
units 500A in the pixel unit group in an odd row is AE, and the
scope of the first distance .DELTA.1 can be chosen to a distance
less then AE.
In one embodiment, the scope of the first distance .DELTA.1 can be
chosen that the left boundary of the blue sub pixel (B) of the
pixel unit 501A of the pixel unit group in an odd even is in the
vertical center line of AE, i.e., the sub pixel of the pixel unit
501A of the pixel unit group in an odd even is located in the
middle position of two same sub pixels of adjacent two pixel units
in a adjacent pixel unit group in an odd row.
In this way, the distance between the opening of the corresponding
sub pixel in an odd row and the corresponding sub pixel in an even
row can be maximized to enhance the strength of the metal mask that
a pixel unit of a smallest size can be produced under the
consideration of process condition, so as to put more pixel units
in a display panel with a certain area to achieve the production of
high resolution OLED display.
Wherein, the red, green and blue three sub pixels in the pixel
units 500A or 501A can be squares or rectangles. Moreover, the area
of the pixel unit 500A or 501A and the three sub pixels can be
determined by the resolution of the OLED display demands.
In one embodiment, the areas of the red and green sub pixels are
the same, and the distance between the red sub pixel or the green
sub pixel and the blue sub pixel are the same. In addition, in one
embodiment, suitable area ratios between each sub pixel can be
determined by the luminescent capability and life of the organic
light-emitting material and white balance. In one embodiment, in
view of the blue-light emitting material having low luminescent
capability and short life among existing materials and the
requirement of white balance, the area of the blue sub pixel is
chosen to be larger than the area of the red sub pixel or the green
sub pixel.
In one embedment, the blue sub pixel has a shape of rectangle, and
the red sub pixel and the green sub pixel are aligned along the
long side of the blue sub pixel.
In one embodiment, the length of the long side of the blue sub
pixel is larger than two-thirds of the side length of the pixel
unit.
In one embodiment, the opening area of the blue sub pixel is about
twice as that of the red sub pixel or green sub pixel.
Accordingly, spaces are needed between the blue, red and green
pixels, so the area of the blue sub pixel is less than half of the
area of the pixel unit 500A or 501A.
FIG. 10 shows the positional relation between the sub pixels, where
B-B' is a vertical center line of the pixel unit, and A-A' is a
vertical center line of horizontal spacing between the blue sub
pixel and the closest sub pixel thereto of the red and the green
sub pixels. Wherein, the vertical center line of horizontal spacing
between the blue sub pixel and the closest sub pixel (for example,
the red sub pixel) thereto of the red and the green sub pixels A-A'
and the blue sub pixel are on the same side of the vertical center
line of the pixel unit B-B'. Wherein the locations of A-A' and B-B'
in the pixel 500 or 501 do not overlap.
It can be seen that each same sub pixel of every two adjacent rows
can be arranged in dislocation in a horizontal direction by
arranging the pixel unit group in an even row and the pixel unit
group in an odd row to be offset by a first distance in the
horizontal direction. In this way, the openings of adjacent rows in
the metal mask are arranged in dislocation when creating the metal
mask of the sub pixels, such as the metal mask of the blue sub
pixels, as FIG. 11a. The arrangement of the openings in the metal
mask corresponding to the red sub pixels and the green sub pixels
as shown in FIG. 11 (b) and FIG. 11 (c). In this way, the strength
of the metal mask can be enhanced. Under the same process
conditions, compared with the aligned arrangement of sub pixels in
adjacent two rows of pixel unit groups in the prior art, the
structure of the sub pixels of adjacent rows arranged in
dislocation of the present disclosure widens the available distance
between the openings of the same sub pixels that a pixel unit of a
smaller size can be produced to achieve the production of the high
resolution OLED display.
In one embodiment, the scope of distance offset makes the blue sub
pixel in even rows be in the middle of two adjacent blue sub pixels
in adjacent two odd rows that the distance between the blue sub
pixels in an even row and two adjacent blue sub pixels in an
adjacent odd row are the same. The intention of the pixel structure
can make the spaces between the adjacent blue sub pixels be
maximized. Accordingly, the distances between openings in the metal
mask for making blue sub pixels also can be maximized, and as shown
in FIG. 12, the distance between the opening B and the opening B is
significantly improved to enhance the strength of the metal mask
that a pixel unit of a smaller size can be produced under the
consideration of process condition, so as to achieve the production
of the high resolution OLED display.
FIG. 8 (b) is a schematic diagram illustrating a pixel structure
50B according to another embodiment of the present disclosure.
The difference between the pixel structure shown in FIG. 8 (b) and
the pixel structure shown in FIG. 8 (a) is that left and right
boundaries of the pixel unit 500B and 501B in the pixel unit group
in the odd row 50Bi and the pixel unit group in the even row 50Bj
are lined up. And the pixel unit 501B in the even row shown in FIG.
8 (b) is aligned to the pixel unit 500B by flipping the pixel unit
500B in the odd row horizontally to 180.degree., as shown in FIG.
9, to make the sub pixels in the pixel unit 501B and the sub pixels
in the pixel unit 500B be arranged in dislocation in a horizontal
direction.
Namely, if the red and green sub pixels in the pixel unit 500B in
the odd row are lined up along the right side of the blue sub
pixel, the red and green sub pixels in the pixel unit 501B in the
even row are lined up along the left side of the blue sub
pixel.
In one embodiment, the red, green and blue three sub pixels in the
pixel units 500B or 501B can be squares or rectangles.
In one embodiment, the areas of the red and green sub pixels are
the same, and the distances between the red sub pixel and the blue
sub pixel and between the green sub pixel and the blue sub pixel
are the same.
In one embodiment, the blue sub pixel has a shape of rectangle, and
the red sub pixel and the green sub pixel are aligned along the
long side of the blue sub pixel.
In one embodiment, the length of the long side of the blue sub
pixel is larger than two-thirds of the side length of the pixel
unit.
In one embodiment, the opening area of the blue sub pixel is about
twice as that of the red sub pixel or green sub pixel.
In one embodiment, the area of the blue sub pixels less than half
of the area of the pixel unit 500B or 501B.
It can be seen that each same sub pixel of every two adjacent rows
can be arranged in dislocation in a horizontal direction by
flipping the sub pixels in each pixel unit in the odd row and the
even row horizontally to 180.degree. instead of arranging the pixel
unit group in the even row to be offset by a distance with respect
to the pixel unit group in the odd row in the horizontal direction.
This structure can obtain the benefits of the above structure of
the sub pixels of adjacent rows arranged in dislocation, and
because the pixel units in the odd row and the pixel unit in the
even row (taking the pixel unit as a whole) are aligned, there is
no blank area on the edge of the display, so as to achieve a better
display effect.
In one embodiment, the openings of adjacent rows in the metal mask
are arranged in dislocation by the pixel structure of the above
embodiment when making the metal mask corresponding to the sub
pixels, such as making the metal mask of the blue sub pixel, as
shown in FIG. 10. Similarly, the strength of the metal mask can be
enhanced and the production of the high resolution OLED display can
be achieved.
FIG. 8 (b) is a schematic diagram illustrating a pixel structure
50C according to a further embodiment of the present
disclosure.
Wherein, the difference between the pixel structure shown in FIG. 8
(c) and the pixel structure shown in FIG. 8 (b) is that in the
pixel structure 50C the pixel unit group 50Ci in the even row is
arranged to be offset by a second distance 42 left (or right) to
the pixel unit group 50Cj in the odd row in a horizontal direction
and lined up on a adjacent row of the odd row.
In one embodiment, the red, green and blue three sub pixels in the
pixel units 500A or 501A can be squares or rectangles.
In one embodiment, the areas of the red and green sub pixels can be
the same, and the distance between the red sub pixel or the green
sub pixel and the blue sub pixel can be the same.
In one embedment, the blue sub pixel has a shape of rectangle, and
the red sub pixel and the green sub pixel are aligned along the
long side of the blue sub pixel.
In one embodiment, the length of the long side of the blue sub
pixel is larger than two-thirds of the side length of the pixel
unit.
In one embodiment, the area of the blue sub pixel is larger than
that of the red sub pixel or that of the green sub pixel.
In one embodiment, the opening area of the blue sub pixel is about
twice as that of the red sub pixel or green sub pixel.
In one embodiment, the area of the blue sub pixel is less than half
of the area of the pixel unit 500A or 501A.
It's important to note that the pixel unit group can be arranged to
be offset by a second distance .DELTA.2 to the left and also can be
arranged to be offset by a third distance to the right (not shown).
FIG. 8 (c) only shows the even row is offset by a second distance
.DELTA.2 left to the odd row in a horizontal direction. Wherein,
the scope of the second distance and the scope of the third
distance make same sub pixels in adjacent two rows be arranged in
dislocation in the horizontal direction.
It should be understood that the scope of the second distance and
the scope of the third distance are determined by the horizontal
distance between the adjacent same sub pixels in the same column of
pixels units in adjacent two rows, and can be implemented by
arranging the same sub pixels in adjacent two rows in dislocation
in a horizontal direction.
In one embodiment, the scope of distance offset makes the blue sub
pixel in even rows be in the middle of two adjacent blue sub pixels
in adjacent two odd rows that the distance between the blue sub
pixels in an even row and two adjacent blue sub pixels in an
adjacent odd row are the same, as the positional relation between
the blue sub pixels shown in FIG. 8 (c) at double-headed arrow. In
this way, the spaces between the adjacent blue sub pixels can be
maximized, and the distances between corresponding openings of the
sub pixels in the metal mask can be maximized when making the pixel
structure, so as to enhance the strength of the metal mask that a
pixel unit of a smaller size can be produced under the
consideration of process condition and the production of the high
resolution OLED display can be achieved.
It should be understood that FIGS. 8 (a)-8 (c) only show three
kinds of pixel structures for examples. Actually, the pixel units
in the odd row and the pixel units in the even row can be
interchanged. FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram illustrating a metal
mask 60B of the blue sub pixel corresponding to the pixel stricture
as shown in FIGS. 8 (a)-8 (c), where the location of the openings
are used to form the blue sub pixels. It should be understood that
FIG. 10 only shows the arrangement of the opening of the metal mask
of the blue sub pixel, while the area of the opening and the
specific location of the opening in the metal mask are made based
on actual pixel structures.
Take the blue sub pixel for instance. It can be seen that the
spaces between openings in the metal mask can be enlarged due to
the specific arrangement of the pixel unit of the present
disclosure and the specific arrangement of the blue sub pixel, so
as to solve the problem of Slit Mode and Slot Mode in the prior
art.
In one embodiment, when the openings of the blue sub pixels in the
even row are located in the middle of the openings of two adjacent
blue sub pixels in adjacent two odd rows, the distances between the
openings B in the metal mask 60B are widest, as shown in FIG.
12.
FIGS. 13 (a)-(c) are schematic diagrams illustrating pixel
structures 70A-70C according to another embodiment modified from
the embodiment as shown in FIG. 8 (a) 8 (c).
Wherein, the different from the pixel structures as shown in FIG. 8
(a) 8 (c) is that the blue sub pixel and the green sub pixel are
lined up along one side of the red sub pixel.
In one embodiment, the area of the blue sub pixel is larger than
that of the red sub pixel or the green sub pixel.
In one embodiment, the red, green and blue three sub pixels in the
pixel snits 500C or 501C can be squares, rectangles or other
shapes.
In one embodiment, the red sub pixel has a shape of rectangle, and
the blue sub pixel and the green sub pixel are aligned along the
long side of the red sub pixel.
In one embodiment, the length of the long side of the red sub pixel
is larger than two-thirds of the side length of the pixel unit.
In one embodiment, the area of the blue sub pixel and that of the
green sub pixel are the same.
In one embodiment, the opening area of the blue sub pixel is about
twice as that of the red sub pixel or green sub pixel.
In one embodiment, the area of the blue sub pixel is less than half
of the area of the pixel unit 500C or 501C.
Similar to some embodiments described above, same sub pixels in
adjacent two rows can be arranged in dislocation in a horizontal
direction by arranging the pixel unit groups in adjacent two rows
to be offset by a first distance in the horizontal direction, as
shown in FIG. 13 (a), flipping the pixel units in the odd row (or
even row) horizontally to 180.degree. to form the pixel units in
the even row (or odd row), as shown in FIG. 13 (b), or arranging
the pixel unit groups in adjacent two rows to be offset by a second
distance in the horizontal direction based on the pixel structure
as FIG. 13 (b), as shown in FIG. 13 (c).
Thus, the pixel structures as shown in FIG. 13 (a)-(c) enlarge the
distance between the same sub pixels and the distances between
corresponding openings of the sub pixels in the metal mask can be
enlarged when making the pixel structure, so as to achieve the
production of the high resolution OLED display.
FIGS. 14 (a)-(c) are schematic diagrams illustrating pixel
structures 80A-80C according to a further embodiment of the present
disclosure. The pixel units in the rows can be arranged
side-by-side, as show in the figure.
FIG. 14 (a) shows a pixel structure that the pixel units in the odd
row and the even row are arranged in a same order, where the pixel
unit group in the even row is arranged to be offset by a distance
with respect to the pixel unit group in the odd row in a horizontal
direction.
The scope of the offset distance makes the same sub pixels in
adjacent two rows be arranged in dislocation, similar to the first
embodiment.
FIG. 14 (b) shows a structure that the sub pixels in the pixel unit
500A of the pixel unit group in the odd row and the sub pixels in
the pixel unit 501A of the pixel unit group in the even row are
arranged in different orders.
Namely, if the arrangement of the sub pixels in the pixel unit in
the odd row is B, R and G the arrangement of the sub pixels in the
pixel unit in the even row is R, G and B or E B and R. On the one
hand, the left and right boundaries of the pixel units of the pixel
unit group in the odd row and the even row can be aligned that the
pixel units in the odd row and the even row are aligned on the left
anti right edges of the display to better use of the area to
achieve a better display effect. Meanwhile, the same sub pixels in
adjacent two rows are arranged in dislocation due to different
arrangements of the same sub pixels in the pixel units in the even
row and those in the odd row, so as to enhance the strength of the
metal mask and achieve the production of the high resolution OLED
display mentioned in the above embodiments.
On the other hand, because the arrangements of the sub pixels in
pixel units in the even rows are the same, and the arrangements of
the sub pixels in pixel units in the odd rows are the same, such
regular arrangement structure makes the production of TFT drive
back-planes and the design of corresponding drive circuits easier.
On the contrary, if the arrangements of the pixels in the odd rows
and the even rows are irregular or arranged in a complicated order,
complex designs of TFT back-plane and drive circuit are needed to
display wanted images.
In one embodiment, as shown in FIG. 14 (b), the length of the red
sub pixels R and the green sub pixels G in the pixel units of the
pixel unit group in the odd row and the red sub pixels R and the
green sub pixels G in corresponding pixel units in the even row is
shorter than that of the blue sub pixel (not shown). The pixel
structure can widen the distance between the corresponding openings
of the sub pixels in the metal mask to enhance the strength of the
metal mask and improve the resolution of the OLED display mentioned
in the above embodiments.
FIG. 14 (c) shows a pixel structure that the unit pixel group in
the even row is arranged to be offset by a distance in a horizontal
direction based on the pixel unit structure as shown in FIG. 14
(b).
In addition, the present disclosure also provides an OLED display
using the above pixel structures.
It can be understood that the pixel unit group can be arranged to
be offset by a distance to the left and also can be arranged to be
offset by a distance to the right, and the scope of the offset
distance makes the sub pixels in adjacent two rows be arranged in
dislocation.
Similar to the above embodiments, the arrangement as shown in FIG.
14 also can achieve the opening effect of the metal mask of the
present disclosure.
The above embodiments are chosen and described in order to explain
the principles of the present disclosure and their practical
application so as to activate others skilled in the art to utilize
the present disclosure and various embodiments and with various
modifications as are suited to the particular use contemplated.
Alternative embodiments will become apparent to those skilled in
the art to which the present disclosure pertains without departing
from its spirit and scope. Accordingly, the scope of the present
disclosure is defined by the appended claims rather than the
foregoing description and the exemplary embodiments described
therein.
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