CN107632443B - Display panel and display device thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

The embodiment of the invention provides a display panel and a display device thereof, relates to the technical field of display, and is used for improving display at a special-shaped edge. The display panel includes: the second display area is a convex area which is far away from the first display area relative to the first display area; the second display area comprises a connecting edge which is not perpendicular to the rest edges of the second display area, the second display area comprises at least one second pixel unit, the second pixel unit is adjacent to the connecting edge, the shape of the edge adjacent to the connecting edge in the second pixel unit is the same as that of the connecting edge, the second pixel unit comprises at least one first color sub-pixel, at least one second color sub-pixel and at least one third color sub-pixel, the first color sub-pixel and the second color sub-pixel in the second pixel unit are arranged along the row direction, and the third color sub-pixel and the first color sub-pixel are arranged along the column direction. The display panel is suitable for a display device.

Description

Display panel and display device thereof

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of display, in particular to a display panel and a display device thereof.

Background

With the development of technology, a simple rectangular display device cannot meet the requirements of consumers, and display devices with various shapes, such as circular shapes, arc shapes and the like, are produced. A display device that is not rectangular in shape may be referred to as an odd-shaped display device.

At present, sub-pixels at the edge of the irregular display device are generally cut into a specific shape, or are shielded by a black rectangle to form a specific shape, so that the sub-pixels can be disposed at the irregular edge. For example, in an arc-shaped display device, the sub-pixels arranged at the arc-shaped positions may be arranged in the corresponding arc shape, so that the sub-pixels can be arranged at the arc-shaped positions.

However, the difference between the opening area of each sub-pixel arranged at the edge of the special-shaped display device and the opening area of the conventional rectangular sub-pixel results in poor display effect of the display unit comprising the special-shaped sub-pixel during display, such as color cast and the like.

Disclosure of Invention

The embodiment of the invention provides a display panel and a display device thereof, which are used for improving display at a special-shaped edge.

In a first aspect, the present invention provides a display panel comprising:

at least one first display area, wherein the first display area comprises at least one first pixel unit, and the first pixel unit comprises a first color sub-pixel, a second color sub-pixel and a third color sub-pixel;

the second display area is a protruding area which is far away from the first display area relative to the first display area, and comprises a connecting edge which is not perpendicular to the rest edges of the second display area;

the second display region includes at least one second pixel unit adjacent to the connecting edge, and the shape of the edge adjacent to the connecting edge in the second pixel unit is the same as that of the connecting edge,

the second pixel unit comprises at least one first color sub-pixel, at least one second color sub-pixel and at least one third color sub-pixel, the first color sub-pixel and the second color sub-pixel are arranged along the row direction in the second pixel unit, and the third color sub-pixel and the first color sub-pixel are arranged along the column direction.

In a second aspect, the present invention provides a display device comprising the display panel according to the first aspect of the present invention.

Any one of the above technical solutions has the following beneficial effects:

in this embodiment, the second display area is a protruding area that is far away from the first display area relative to the second display area, and the connecting edge included in the second display area is not perpendicular to the other edges of the second display area, which can be understood as the connecting edge being an irregular edge; the second pixel unit is adjacent to the connecting edge (the special-shaped edge), the second pixel unit is limited by the special-shaped edge (the connecting edge), at this time, if the second pixel unit is still rectangular, the opening area is relatively small, and in order to pursue a large opening area, the second pixel unit cannot be rectangular necessarily, that is, the opening area of the second pixel unit is the largest when the shape of the edge of the second pixel unit adjacent to the special-shaped edge (the connecting edge) is the same as the shape of the special-shaped edge (the connecting edge). When the maximum opening area is pursued, the second pixel unit arranges the first color sub-pixels and the second color sub-pixels along the rows, and the third color sub-pixels and the first color sub-pixels are arranged along the column direction, that is, the second pixel unit comprises three sub-pixels with different colors only occupying two columns, that is, the sub-pixels with three different colors are placed on the area occupied by the two sub-pixels in the prior art, so that the color cast can not occur in the display process of the embodiment, and the display effect is improved.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings needed to be used in the description of the embodiments or the prior art will be briefly introduced below, and it is obvious that the drawings in the following description are some embodiments of the present invention, and for those skilled in the art, other drawings can be obtained according to these drawings without creative efforts.

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a display panel according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a display panel according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 3 is a schematic structural diagram of a display panel according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a display panel according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 5 is a schematic structural diagram of a display panel according to an embodiment of the invention;

fig. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of a display panel according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of a display panel according to an embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 8 is a schematic diagram illustrating a display principle of a display panel according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional view of the AA' location of FIG. 8 according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 10 is a schematic structural diagram of a display panel according to an embodiment of the invention;

fig. 11 is a schematic structural diagram of a display panel according to an embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 12 is a schematic view of another structure of a display panel according to an embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 13 is a schematic structural diagram of a display device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Detailed Description

In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the embodiments of the present invention clearer, the technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are some, but not all, embodiments of the present invention. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

The terminology used in the embodiments of the invention is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the invention. As used in the examples of the present invention and the appended claims, the singular forms "a," "an," and "the" are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.

It should be understood that although the terms first, second, third, etc. may be used to describe the color sub-pixels in the embodiments of the present invention, the color sub-pixels should not be limited to these terms. These terms are only used to distinguish color sub-pixels from each other. For example, the first color sub-pixel may also be referred to as a second color sub-pixel, and similarly, the second color sub-pixel may also be referred to as a first color sub-pixel without departing from the scope of embodiments of the present invention.

It should be noted that the terms "upper", "lower", "left", "right", and the like used in the description of the embodiments of the present invention are used in the angle shown in the drawings, and should not be construed as limiting the embodiments of the present invention. In addition, in this context, it is also to be understood that when an element is referred to as being "on" or "under" another element, it can be directly formed on "or" under "the other element or be indirectly formed on" or "under" the other element through an intermediate element.

Before explaining the technical solution of this embodiment in detail, the special-shaped display area and the special-shaped sub-pixels related to this embodiment are briefly described:

generally, the display area of the display panel is designed to be rectangular, and most of mobile phones are rectangular in shape, for example. With the rise of wearable devices, the personalized requirements of users are met, and the shapes of display panels are more and more diversified, such as circular, fan-shaped, arc-shaped, groove-shaped and the like. In this embodiment, a region in which the display region is not rectangular is referred to as a special-shaped display region, for example, the second display region in this embodiment. However, it cannot be understood that the technical solution related to this embodiment only has the special-shaped display area, and the display area in this embodiment may include the special-shaped display area, or may include a conventional display area other than the special-shaped display area, such as the first display area.

Further, the pixel unit to be disposed in the normal display area (first display area) in the present embodiment may be referred to as a normal pixel unit, for example, the first pixel unit in the present embodiment, because its shape is a normal rectangle. Similarly, the shape of the sub-pixel is a regular rectangle, which can be referred to as a regular sub-pixel, for example, the first color sub-pixel, the second color sub-pixel and the third color sub-pixel included in the first pixel unit in this embodiment can be referred to as a regular sub-pixel. Since the special-shaped display area necessarily includes an edge that is not perpendicular to other edges, the special-shaped edge may be referred to as a special-shaped edge, and a pixel unit near the special-shaped edge is limited by the special-shaped edge, and has a shape different from that of a conventional pixel unit, that is, the pixel unit near the special-shaped edge is not rectangular, and may be referred to as a special-shaped pixel unit, for example, the second pixel unit in the embodiment. Similarly, the shape of the sub-pixel is not a regular rectangle, and may be referred to as a special-shaped sub-pixel, for example, the sub-pixel included in the second pixel unit in this embodiment is not a rectangle.

In addition, the aperture area of a pixel unit may be understood as the sum of the aperture areas of all the sub-pixels constituting the pixel unit. The aperture area of each sub-pixel is an area excluding the wiring of the sub-pixel and the area of the sub-pixel blocked by the black matrix. The ratio of the opening area of the sub-pixel to the area occupied by each sub-pixel is called the aperture ratio, and can also be understood as the ratio of the area of the effective light-transmitting area of the sub-pixel to the total area. Illustratively, the opening area of the special-shaped sub-pixel represents the area of the effective light-transmitting region of the special-shaped sub-pixel, and the opening area of the conventional sub-pixel represents the area of the effective light-transmitting region of the conventional sub-pixel.

In this embodiment, as shown in fig. 1, which is a schematic structural diagram of a display panel provided in the embodiment of the present invention, thedisplay panel 100 includes:

adisplay area 3 and a non-display area 4, wherein at least one first display area 1 and at least onesecond display area 2 are arranged within thedisplay area 3.

The first display area 1 comprises at least onefirst pixel unit 10, wherein thefirst pixel unit 10 comprises afirst color sub-pixel 101, asecond color sub-pixel 102 and athird color sub-pixel 103; as shown in fig. 1, the shape of the first display area is rectangular, which can be understood as that the first display area is a normal display area, and thefirst pixel unit 10 and thefirst color sub-pixel 101, thesecond color sub-pixel 102 and thethird color sub-pixel 103 included in thefirst pixel unit 10 are all rectangular, which can be understood as that thefirst pixel unit 10 is a normal pixel unit.

Thesecond display area 2 is a convex area facing away from the first display area 1 with respect to the first display area 1, and thesecond display area 2 includes a connectingedge 23, and the connectingedge 23 is not perpendicular to the remaining edges of thesecond display area 2. As shown in fig. 1, thesecond display area 2 is semicircular, and theconnecting edge 23 is an arc line of thesecond display area 2, and the arc line (connecting edge) is not perpendicular to the rest of thesecond display area 2, and the other edge at this time can be understood as an overlapping edge of thesecond display area 2 and the first display area 1, and the overlapping edge is a horizontal straight line.

In this embodiment, thesecond display area 2 may be understood as a special-shaped display area, which is not rectangular in shape. Wherein thesecond display area 2 necessarily has at least one edge that is not perpendicular to the remaining edges, this edge may be referred to as a shaped edge, and theconnecting edge 23 may be understood as a shaped edge in this example.

Thesecond display area 2 comprises at least onesecond pixel cell 20, thesecond pixel cell 20 is adjacent to the connectingedge 23, and the shape of the edge of thesecond pixel cell 20 adjacent to the connectingedge 23 is the same as the shape of the connectingedge 23. Thesecond display area 2 is an odd-shaped display area including an odd-shaped edge (connecting edge), and the shape of one edge of thesecond pixel unit 20 is the same as the shape of the odd-shaped edge (connecting edge), that is, the shape of thesecond pixel unit 20 is also not rectangular, and the second pixel unit can be understood as an odd-shaped pixel unit in this embodiment.

Thesecond pixel unit 20 includes at least onefirst color sub-pixel 101, at least onesecond color sub-pixel 102, and at least onethird color sub-pixel 103, in which thefirst color sub-pixel 101 and thesecond color sub-pixel 102 are arranged in a row direction, and thethird color sub-pixel 103 and thefirst color sub-pixel 101 are arranged in a column direction in thesecond pixel unit 20.

In the prior art, the pixel unit close to the irregular edge has color cast in the display process due to different opening areas of the sub-pixels included in the pixel unit. For example, taking a pixel cell near the shaped edge as an example, the pixel cell includes sub-pixels that may include only two colors, e.g., a red sub-pixel and a green sub-pixel, so that when white light is displayed, color cast occurs.

In this embodiment, thesecond display area 2 is a protruding area that is far away from the first display area 1 relative to thesecond display area 2, and the connectingedge 23 included in thesecond display area 2 is not perpendicular to the other edges of thesecond display area 2, which can be understood as that the connectingedge 23 is an irregular edge; thesecond pixel unit 20 is adjacent to the connecting edge (the irregular edge), and thesecond pixel unit 20 is limited by the irregular edge (the connecting edge), and at this time, if thesecond pixel unit 20 is still rectangular, the opening area is relatively small, and in order to pursue a larger opening area, the shape cannot be necessarily rectangular, that is, the opening area of thesecond pixel unit 20 is the largest when the shape of the edge of thesecond pixel unit 20 adjacent to the irregular edge (the connecting edge) is the same as the shape of the irregular edge (the connecting edge). While seeking the maximum opening area, thesecond pixel unit 20 arranges thefirst color sub-pixels 101 and thesecond color sub-pixels 102 along rows, and thethird color sub-pixels 103 and thefirst color sub-pixels 101 along column directions, that is, thesecond pixel unit 20 includes three sub-pixels of different colors only occupying two columns, that is, three sub-pixels of different colors are placed on the area occupied by two sub-pixels in the prior art, so that color cast does not occur in the display process of the embodiment, and the display effect is improved.

It should be noted that, as an example, thesecond display area 2 shown in fig. 1 includes only two sides, and in fact, the present embodiment does not particularly limit the number of sides enclosing the second display area, as long as the connecting sides of the second display area are not perpendicular to the other sides. Similarly, although fig. 1 shows that the shape of two sub-pixels in the second pixel unit is not rectangular, it cannot be understood that the shape of two sub-pixels in the second pixel unit is not rectangular, as long as the shape of the sub-pixels adjacent to the connecting side in the second pixel unit is not rectangular, and the number of sub-pixels that are not rectangular is not particularly limited.

In an implementation manner, as shown in fig. 2, which is another schematic structural diagram of the display panel provided in the embodiment of the present invention, thesecond pixel unit 20 includes afirst color sub-pixel 101, asecond color sub-pixel 102, and athird color sub-pixel 103, wherein a ratio of opening areas of three sub-pixels of different colors in thesecond pixel unit 20 is the same as a ratio of opening areas of three sub-pixels of different colors in thefirst pixel unit 10.

It is understood that thefirst pixel unit 10 disposed in the first display region 1 is a conventional pixel unit, which can realize a normal display function, and in combination with the above embodiment, thesecond pixel unit 20 is an irregular pixel unit, in which case the opening area of the second pixel unit (irregular pixel unit) is inevitably not equal to the opening area of the first pixel unit (conventional pixel unit). In this embodiment, the ratio of the opening areas of the three sub-pixels with different colors in the special-shaped pixel unit (the second pixel unit) is the same as the ratio of the opening areas of the three sub-pixels with different colors in the conventional pixel unit (the first pixel unit), that is, the display effect of the second pixel unit (the special-shaped pixel unit) is the same as the display effect of the first pixel unit (the conventional pixel unit), that is, the second pixel unit does not generate color shift during the display process, thereby avoiding the color shift at the special-shaped edge.

Even if the odd-shaped pixel unit close to the odd-shaped edge includes three sub-pixels with different colors, for example, a red sub-pixel, a green sub-pixel and a blue sub-pixel, in the display process, since the three sub-pixels are limited differently by the odd-shaped edge, the aperture areas of the three sub-pixels are different greatly, and the problem of color cast is also caused when white light is displayed. In this embodiment, the ratio of the opening areas of the three sub-pixels with different colors in the special-shaped pixel unit (the second pixel unit) arranged on the connecting edge is the same as the ratio of the opening areas of the three sub-pixels with different colors in the conventional pixel unit (the first display unit), so that the display effect of the special-shaped pixel unit (the second pixel unit) is the same as that of the conventional pixel unit, and the problem of color cast is solved.

It should be noted that, in this embodiment, the aperture areas of the three sub-pixels with different colors in the second pixel unit may be equal or different, as long as the ratio is the same as the aperture area ratio of the three sub-pixels with different colors in the first pixel unit (regular pixel unit). In other words, the aperture areas of the three sub-pixels with different colors are the same, but a specific example is the same ratio.

In an implementation manner, as shown in fig. 3, which is another schematic structural diagram of the display panel provided in the embodiment of the present invention, thesecond pixel unit 20 includes afirst color sub-pixel 101, asecond color sub-pixel 102, and twothird color sub-pixels 103, thefirst color sub-pixel 101, thesecond color sub-pixel 102, and thethird color sub-pixel 103 are arranged along a row direction, and the otherthird color sub-pixel 103 and thefirst color sub-pixel 101 are arranged along a column direction.

In addition, it should be noted that, as an example, fig. 2 and fig. 3 both show twosecond display regions 2, and taking fig. 3 as an example, thesecond pixel units 20 in the second display regions on the left and right sides are symmetrically arranged, in fact, the arrangement of the second pixel units in this embodiment is not limited thereto, and for example, still taking fig. 3 as an example, the arrangement of each sub-pixel in the second pixel unit in thesecond display region 2 on the right side may be identical to that of the second pixel unit in the second display region on the left side.

Under the limitation of the special-shaped edge, in order to pursue the maximum opening area of the special-shaped pixel unit adjacent to the special-shaped edge, the shape of the edge of at least one sub-pixel included in the special-shaped pixel unit is the same as that of the special-shaped edge, but in the process of displaying, the color deviation can occur due to the difference of the opening areas of a plurality of sub-pixels included in the special-shaped pixel unit. For example, the irregular pixel unit comprises a red sub-pixel, a green sub-pixel and a blue sub-pixel, and the opening areas of the three sub-pixels with different colors are not uniform, so that color cast is generated. In this embodiment, the second pixel unit is limited by the connecting edge (the special-shaped edge), and among the three sub-pixels with different colors, the opening area of the sub-pixel with one color is the smallest and the opening area of the sub-pixel with one color is the largest, so that the second pixel unit (the special-shaped pixel unit) does not have color cast during the display process, the second pixel unit (the special-shaped pixel unit) can divide part of the opening area in the sub-pixel with the largest opening area into the sub-pixel with the smallest opening area, so that the second pixel unit includes four sub-pixels in three rows, that is, the opening area of the sub-pixel with the smallest opening area is increased, and the color cast at the special-shaped edge is improved.

Further, in order to avoid color shift at the irregular edge, the ratio of the opening areas of the three sub-pixels with different colors in the second pixel unit may be the same as the ratio of the opening areas of the three sub-pixels with different colors in the first pixel unit.

In the prior art, limited by the special-shaped edge, the opening area of the special-shaped pixel unit adjacent to the special-shaped edge is inevitably not equal to the opening area of the conventional pixel unit, at this time, in order to prevent color shift at the special-shaped edge, the opening area of the sub-pixel included in the special-shaped pixel unit can be set to be consistent, inevitably, the opening area is kept consistent with the sub-pixel with the minimum opening area, that is, the opening area can be sacrificed by the special-shaped sub-pixel unit, and the problem of color shift is solved, but at this time, the opening area of the special-shaped pixel unit is further reduced, so that the light transmission effect of the special-shaped pixel unit is poor. Illustratively, the irregular pixel unit comprises a red sub-pixel, a blue sub-pixel and a green sub-pixel, wherein the opening area of the red sub-pixel is 5, the opening area of the blue sub-pixel is 8, and the opening area of the green sub-pixel is 11, and the opening area of the irregular pixel unit is thesum 24 of the opening areas of the three sub-pixels with different colors. However, in order to prevent color shift at the irregular edge, the opening area of each of the blue sub-pixel and the green sub-pixel is reduced to 5, and at this time, the opening area of the irregular pixel unit is 15, so that the light transmission effect of the irregular pixel unit is obviously reduced due to the reduction of the opening area of the irregular pixel.

In this embodiment, still taking the opening area of the special-shaped pixel unit (the second pixel unit) as 24 as an example, one of the two red sub-pixels has an opening area of 5, the other one of the two red sub-pixels has an opening area of 3, the opening area of the blue sub-pixel is still 8, and the opening area of the green sub-pixel is 8, that is, in this embodiment, the ratio of the opening areas of the three sub-pixels with different colors included in the second pixel unit (the special-shaped pixel unit) is the same as the ratio of the opening areas of the three sub-pixels with different colors included in the first pixel unit (the conventional pixel unit), so that the color shift problem at the special-shaped edge can be significantly improved, and meanwhile, the opening area of the second pixel unit (the special-shaped pixel unit) at the special-shaped edge is not reduced, so that the light transmission amount at the special-shaped edge is not reduced.

In the present embodiment, the second pixel unit (the special-shaped pixel unit) improves the color shift at the special-shaped edge while maximizing the maximum opening area, and does not reduce the amount of light transmission at the special-shaped edge (the connecting edge).

In another embodiment, on the basis of the above embodiment, in order to make the ratio of the aperture areas of the three different color sub-pixels in the second pixel unit to the aperture area ratio of the three different color sub-pixels in the first pixel unit (regular pixel unit) the first color sub-pixel, the second color sub-pixel and the two third color sub-pixels included in the second pixel unit are arranged in the following manner:

first, as shown in fig. 4, which is another schematic structural diagram of the display panel according to the embodiment of the present invention, thesecond pixel unit 20 is sequentially provided with athird color sub-pixel 103, asecond color sub-pixel 102 and afirst color sub-pixel 101 along the row direction, a width b of thesecond color sub-pixel 102 along the row direction is greater than a width a of thefirst color sub-pixel 101 along the row direction and a width c of the third color sub-pixel along the row direction, and a width of another third color sub-pixel 103 (in the same column as the first color sub-pixel) along the row direction is the same as the width a of thefirst color sub-pixel 101 along the row direction. At this time, in order to balance the ratios of the opening areas of the three sub-pixels of different colors in thesecond pixel unit 20, which are the same as the ratios of the opening areas of the three sub-pixels of different colors in the first pixel unit 10 (conventional pixel unit), thebottom edge 1021 of thesecond color sub-pixel 102 having a larger width in the row direction is not on the same straight line as thebottom edge 1011 of the first color sub-pixel and thebottom edge 1031 of the third color sub-pixel in the same row. Specifically, thesecond color sub-pixel 102 in thesecond pixel unit 20 is close to the side of thefirst pixel unit 10, and is not on the same straight line with the side of thefirst color sub-pixel 101 and thethird color sub-pixel 103 in the same row in thesecond pixel unit 20.

In addition, in the second pixel unit, the width of thefirst color sub-pixel 101 along the row direction is set to be the same as the width of the twothird color sub-pixels 101 along the row direction, so that the arrangement of the two sub-pixels is regular, and the process is simple.

In this embodiment, the second color sub-pixel in thesecond pixel unit 20 is close to the edge of thefirst pixel unit 10, and can be understood as thebottom edge 1021 of the second color sub-pixel. In addition, the width a of thefirst color sub-pixel 101 and the width c of thethird color sub-pixel 103 in the same row as thefirst color sub-pixel 101 may be equal or different along the row direction. Preferably, the values of a and c are equal in this embodiment. Naturally, in the present embodiment, there may be a plurality offirst pixel units 10 disposed in the first display region 1, and the number of the first pixel units is not particularly limited in the present embodiment. In this embodiment, a plurality offirst pixel units 10 may be arranged on the display panel in an array. Similarly, the number of the second pixel units disposed in thesecond display area 2 may be plural, and the number is not particularly limited in this example.

Second, as shown in fig. 5, which is another structural schematic diagram of the display panel according to the embodiment of the present invention, thesecond pixel unit 20 is sequentially disposed with athird color sub-pixel 103, asecond color sub-pixel 102, and afirst color sub-pixel 101 along the row direction, and widths of the twothird color sub-pixels 103 along the row direction are equal to a width a of the first color sub-pixel along the row direction. Moreover, thesecond color sub-pixel 102 in thesecond pixel unit 20 is close to the side of thefirst pixel unit 10, and is on the same straight line with the sides of thefirst color sub-pixel 101 and thethird color sub-pixel 103 in the same row in thesecond pixel unit 20, that is, thebottom edge 1011 of the first color sub-pixel, thebottom edge 1021 of the second color sub-pixel, and thebottom edge 1031 of the third color sub-pixel in the same row are disposed on the same straight line. At this time, in order to balance the ratio of the opening areas of the three sub-pixels of different colors in thesecond pixel unit 20, which is the same as the ratio of the opening areas of the three sub-pixels of different colors in the first pixel unit 10 (conventional pixel unit), the width of thesecond color sub-pixel 102 with a larger opening area along the row direction can be relatively reduced, that is, the width b of thesecond color sub-pixel 102 along the row direction is smaller than the width a of thefirst color sub-pixel 101 along the row direction.

In an implementation manner, as shown in fig. 6, which is another schematic structural diagram of the display panel provided in the embodiment of the present invention, thesecond display area 2 further includes afirst edge 21 and asecond edge 22, and thefirst edge 21 and thesecond edge 22 are connected by a connectingedge 23; the extending direction of thefirst side 21 and the extending direction of thesecond side 22 are perpendicular to each other, and the connectingside 23 is not parallel to the extending direction of thefirst side 21 and the extending direction of thesecond side 22. In addition, in the present embodiment, the connecting edge may be an arc line as shown in fig. 6, or may be a straight line.

In this embodiment, each of the first color sub-pixel, the second color sub-pixel, and the third color sub-pixel is one of a red sub-pixel, a green sub-pixel, and a blue sub-pixel. Therefore, on the basis of taking the pixel unit as a display unit, the display function can be realized.

In order to better understand the present solution, the following liquid crystal display panel is taken as an example to describe the display principle of the display panel:

as shown in fig. 7, fig. 8 and fig. 9, fig. 7 is another schematic structural diagram of a display panel according to an embodiment of the present invention, fig. 8 is a schematic display principle diagram of the display panel according to the embodiment of the present invention, fig. 9 is a cross-sectional view of an AA' position in fig. 8 according to the embodiment of the present invention, thedisplay panel 100 may be a liquid crystal display panel, and the liquid crystal display panel includes anarray substrate 62 and acolor filter substrate 61 that are oppositely disposed, and aliquid crystal layer 63 located between thearray substrate 62 and thecolor filter substrate 61. A plurality ofsub-pixels 110 defined by a plurality of rows ofgate lines 60 and a plurality of columns ofdata lines 50 crossing each other are disposed on thearray substrate 62, and a thin film transistor 24 (including agate electrode 55, asource electrode 52 and a drain electrode 53), apixel electrode 56 and acommon electrode 51 are disposed in each sub-pixel 110. Eachthin film transistor 24 has agate electrode 55 connected to agate line 60, asource electrode 52 connected to adata line 50, and adrain electrode 53 connected to apixel electrode 56. Under the control of thecorresponding gate line 60, the data line corresponding to thesource 52 of the thin film transistor is charged and discharged to thepixel electrode 56 corresponding to thedrain 53 through the thin film transistor, and an electric field is formed between thepixel electrode 56 and thecommon electrode 51. When the lcd panel is displaying, i.e. in the display stage, thecommon electrode 51 receives a common voltage signal (usually a constant voltage signal), and an electric field is formed between thepixel electrode 56 and thecommon electrode 51 to control the rotation of the liquid crystal molecules in theliquid crystal layer 63, so as to achieve the display function.

It should be noted that, in order to more clearly describe the film layer relationship of the sub-pixels, one top gate structure is taken as an example, but it should be understood that the film layer structure of the sub-pixels in this embodiment may have other structures, and is not limited to the top gate structure. Theactive layer 54, the insulatinglayer 14, thegate electrode 55, theinterlayer insulating layer 13, the drain electrode 53 (or the source electrode 52), theplanarization layer 16, thecommon electrode 51, thepassivation layer 15, and thepixel electrode 56 are sequentially arranged from bottom to top with the orientation shown in fig. 9 as a reference. In addition, the sub-pixels in the present embodiment may be understood as a first color sub-pixel, a second color sub-pixel, or a third color sub-pixel.

In an embodiment, a connection relationship between sub-pixels in the above technical solution is described with reference to a technical solution that the second pixel unit includes four sub-pixels (one first color sub-pixel, one second color sub-pixel, and two third color sub-pixels). As shown in fig. 10, which is another schematic structural diagram of the display panel provided in the embodiment of the present invention, the second display area further includes: and a plurality ofthin film transistors 24, wherein the pixel electrode of each sub-pixel is electrically connected to thedrain 53 of the correspondingthin film transistor 24, and the pixel electrodes of twosub-pixels 103 of the third color in thesecond pixel unit 20 are electrically connected to the samethin film transistor 24. Do benefit to samethin film transistor 24 and drive two sub-pixels (two third colour sub-pixels) simultaneously, can realize the simultaneous display of the sub-pixel of two third colours on the one hand to improve the colour cast problem of second pixel unit (special-shaped pixel unit), on the other hand, compare in the technical scheme that does benefit to two thin film transistor drive two third colour sub-pixels, the space has been saved to this embodiment, makes things convenient for the arrangement of circuit.

The specific connection relationship of the two sub-pixels of the third color is as follows:

with continued reference to fig. 10, the second display region further includes anelectrode connection portion 59, thethird color sub-pixel 103 in thesecond pixel unit 20 includes apixel electrode 56, and thepixel electrodes 56 of the twothird color sub-pixels 103 in thesecond pixel unit 20 are electrically connected to theelectrode connection portion 59. In addition, the material of the pixel electrode in the above embodiments may be Indium Tin Oxide (ITO), which has good conductivity and transparency, and thus does not block the emitted light.

Further, theelectrode connection portion 59 may be disposed at the same layer as thepixel electrode 56. At this time, the material of the electrode connecting portion may also be ITO, so that the light emitted by the sub-pixel is not shielded. In addition, the electrode connecting part arranged on the same layer can reduce the arrangement of the film layer, and the cost is saved.

In an embodiment, in combination with a technical solution that the second pixel unit includes one first color sub-pixel, one second color sub-pixel, and one third color sub-pixel, and the first color sub-pixel and the third color sub-pixel are disposed in the same column, the present embodiment describes an electrical connection relationship of three sub-pixels. As shown in fig. 11, which is another schematic structural diagram of the display panel according to the embodiment of the present invention, each of thefirst color sub-pixel 101, thesecond color sub-pixel 102, and thethird color sub-pixel 103 includes a corresponding thin film transistor and is electrically connected to thedrain 53 of the corresponding thin film transistor, and the pixel electrodes of the three sub-pixels with different colors are electrically connected to the corresponding drains.

In another embodiment, in combination with a technical solution that the second pixel unit includes a first color sub-pixel, a second color sub-pixel, and a third color sub-pixel, and the first color sub-pixel and the third color sub-pixel are disposed in the same column, the present embodiment describes an electrical connection relationship of three sub-pixels. As shown in fig. 12, which is another schematic structural diagram of the display panel according to the embodiment of the present invention, each of thefirst color sub-pixel 101 and thesecond color sub-pixel 102 includes a corresponding thin film transistor, and is electrically connected to thedrain 53 of the corresponding thin film transistor. The thin film transistor corresponding to thethird color sub-pixel 103 is not disposed in thethird color sub-pixel 103 but is disposed in thenon-display region 3, and thepixel electrode 56 of thethird color sub-pixel 103 is electrically connected to thedrain electrode 53 of the thin film transistor. The specific display principle can refer to the related description above, and is not repeated herein.

In this embodiment, the thin film transistors electrically connected to thethird color sub-pixel 103 and the thin film transistors electrically connected to thefirst color sub-pixel 101 and thesecond color sub-pixel 102 are disposed on the same straight line (on the same row), which facilitates subsequent wiring; on the other hand, since the thin film transistor of thethird color sub-pixel 103 does not occupy its corresponding opening region, the opening area of thethird color sub-pixel 103 is increased to the maximum extent.

It should be noted that, as an example, in fig. 12, the sub-pixels (not filled with the pattern) disposed in thenon-display area 3 are not used for displaying, and may be shielded, for example, by using a black matrix. In addition, in the present embodiment, the thin film transistor disposed in each sub-pixel (the first color sub-pixel, the second color sub-pixel, and the third color sub-pixel) in thedisplay area 2 is shielded, and the remaining area that is not shielded can be understood as an opening area, that is, the thin film transistor does not affect the normal display of the sub-pixel.

In this embodiment, as shown in fig. 13, which is a schematic structural diagram of a display device according to an embodiment of the present invention, thedisplay device 500 includes thedisplay panel 100 according to the above embodiment. Thedisplay device 500 includes thedisplay panel 100 described above. It should be noted that fig. 13 illustrates a mobile phone as an example of the display device, but thedisplay device 500 is not limited to a mobile phone, and specifically, the display device may include, but is not limited to, any electronic device having a display function, such as a Personal Computer (PC), a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), a wireless handheld device, a Tablet Computer (Tablet Computer), an MP4 player, or a television.

Finally, it should be noted that: the above embodiments are only used to illustrate the technical solution of the present invention, and not to limit the same; while the invention has been described in detail and with reference to the foregoing embodiments, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that: the technical solutions described in the foregoing embodiments may still be modified, or some or all of the technical features may be equivalently replaced; and the modifications or the substitutions do not make the essence of the corresponding technical solutions depart from the scope of the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present invention.

Claims (7)

1. A display panel, comprising:

at least one first display area, wherein the first display area comprises at least one first pixel unit, and the first pixel unit comprises a first color sub-pixel, a second color sub-pixel and a third color sub-pixel;

the second display area is a protruding area which is far away from the first display area relative to the first display area, and comprises a connecting edge which is not perpendicular to the rest edges of the second display area;

the second display region includes at least one second pixel unit adjacent to the connecting edge, and the shape of the edge adjacent to the connecting edge in the second pixel unit is the same as that of the connecting edge,

the second pixel unit comprises a first color sub-pixel, a second color sub-pixel and two third color sub-pixels, wherein the first color sub-pixel, the second color sub-pixel and one of the third color sub-pixels are arranged along a row direction, and the other third color sub-pixel and the first color sub-pixel are arranged along a column direction;

the ratio of the opening areas of the three sub-pixels with different colors in the second pixel unit is the same as that of the three sub-pixels with different colors in the first pixel unit;

wherein, along the row direction, the second pixel unit is sequentially provided with one third color sub-pixel, one second color sub-pixel and one first color sub-pixel,

a width of the second color sub-pixel along the row direction is larger than a width of the first color sub-pixel along the row direction and a width of the third color sub-pixel along the row direction,

the width of the other of the third color sub-pixels along the row direction is the same as the width of the first color sub-pixel along the row direction,

the second color sub-pixel in the second pixel unit is close to the edge of the first pixel unit and is not on the same straight line with the edges of the first color sub-pixel and the third color sub-pixel in the second pixel unit which are positioned on the same row;

or,

the second pixel unit is sequentially provided with one third color sub-pixel, one second color sub-pixel and one first color sub-pixel along the row direction,

the widths of the two third color sub-pixels along the row direction are equal to the width of the first color sub-pixel along the row direction,

and the width of the second color sub-pixel along the row direction is smaller than the width of the first color sub-pixel along the row direction,

the second color sub-pixel in the second pixel unit is close to the edge of the first pixel unit, and is on the same straight line with the edges of the first color sub-pixel and the third color sub-pixel in the second pixel unit, which are positioned on the same row.

2. The display panel according to claim 1,

the second display area further comprises a first edge and a second edge, and the first edge and the second edge are connected through a connecting edge; the extending direction of the first edge is perpendicular to the extending direction of the second edge, and the extending direction of the connecting edge is not parallel to the extending direction of the first edge and the extending direction of the second edge.

3. The display panel of claim 1, wherein the first color sub-pixel, the second color sub-pixel, and the third color sub-pixel are each one of a red sub-pixel, a green sub-pixel, and a blue sub-pixel.

4. The display panel according to claim 1, wherein the second display region further comprises:

a plurality of thin film transistors,

and two third color sub-pixels in the second pixel unit are electrically connected to the same thin film transistor.

5. The display panel according to claim 4, wherein the second display region further comprises:

an electrode connecting part is arranged on the bottom of the electrode,

the third color sub-pixel in the second pixel unit comprises a pixel electrode,

and the pixel electrodes of the two third color sub-pixels in the second pixel unit are electrically connected with the electrode connecting part.

6. The display panel according to claim 5,

the electrode connecting part and the pixel electrode are arranged on the same layer.

7. A display device comprising the display panel according to any one of claims 1 to 6.

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