阅读说明：本技术 一种显示面板 (Display panel ) 是由 徐尚君 王鸣昕 王利忠 王怀佩 舒扬 周刘飞 王志军 于 2019-08-28 设计创作，主要内容包括：本发明提供一种显示面板,包括完全自驱动像素单元和显示像素单元,其中,连续n个显示像素单元与至少一个完全子驱动像素单元相邻设置,n≥1；所述完全自驱动像素单元和显示像素单元均形成显示面板的显示区域；每个完全自驱动像素单元和每个显示像素单元具有同样包含的像素单元的数量相同,每个完全自驱动像素单元和每个显示像素单元具有相同列数和行数。本发明通过设置驱动单元,驱动单元内设置驱动TFT开关,可以实现显示面板更窄的边框和更加灵活多变的显示区形状,要求显示区内像素能够实现完全自驱动。(The invention provides a display panel, which comprises a complete self-driven pixel unit and display pixel units, wherein n display pixel units are arranged adjacent to at least one complete sub-driven pixel unit, and n is more than or equal to 1; the fully self-driven pixel units and the display pixel units form a display area of the display panel; each fully self-driven pixel unit and each display pixel unit have the same number of pixel units, and each fully self-driven pixel unit and each display pixel unit have the same number of columns and rows. According to the invention, by arranging the driving unit and the driving TFT switch in the driving unit, a narrower frame and a more flexible and changeable display area shape of the display panel can be realized, and the pixels in the display area are required to be capable of realizing complete self-driving.)

1. a display panel is characterized by comprising complete self-driven pixel units and display pixel units, wherein n display pixel units are arranged adjacent to at least one complete sub-driven pixel unit, and n is more than or equal to 1; the fully self-driven pixel units and the display pixel units form a display area of the display panel; each fully self-driven pixel unit and each display pixel unit have the same number of pixel units, and each fully self-driven pixel unit and each display pixel unit have the same number of columns and rows.

2. The display panel according to claim 1, characterized in that: the display panel comprises criss-cross gate lines and data lines, sub-pixel units defined by the intersections of the gate lines and the data lines, first TFT switches positioned at the intersections of the gate lines and the data lines, and signal lines arranged in parallel with the data lines; the sub-pixel units comprise a red sub-pixel unit, a green sub-pixel unit and a blue sub-pixel unit, and each pixel unit comprises three sub-pixel units.

3. The display panel according to claim 2, characterized in that: the signal line passes through the red sub-pixel unit and/or the blue sub-pixel unit.

4. The display panel according to claim 2, characterized in that: the fully self-driven pixel unit and the display pixel unit comprise a plurality of pixel units; the fully self-driven pixel unit further comprises a second TFT switch connected with the signal line and a connecting line connected with the second TFT switch.

5. A fully self-driven pixel cell according to claim 4, wherein: the second TFT switch passes through the blue sub-pixel cell.

6. the display panel according to claim 4, wherein: at most one second TFT switch and one signal line or one second TFT switch and one connecting line are arranged in each sub-pixel unit.

7. The display panel according to claim 4, wherein: the wirings include a first wiring and a second wiring, wherein the first wiring is wired in parallel to the gate lines for connecting the second TFT switches and adjacent signal lines, and/or a plurality of second TFT switches located in the same column; the second connection line is arranged in parallel with the data line and is used for connecting a plurality of second TFT switches positioned in the same row and/or the second TFT switches and adjacent gate lines.

8. The display panel according to claim 7, wherein: the first wiring is present in all sub-pixel units, and the second wiring is present only in the red sub-pixel unit or the blue sub-pixel unit.

9. The display panel according to claim 7, wherein: when the first path ends of the plurality of second TFT switches having the same function are connected to the same signal line, and when the second path ends of the plurality of second TFT switches are connected to the gate line through the first connection line, the plurality of second TFT switches are connected in parallel with the gate line and connected by the second connection line; when the first path ends of a plurality of second TFT switches with the same function are connected with the same signal line, and when the second path ends of the plurality of second TFT switches are connected to the same second connecting line through the first connecting line, the plurality of second TFT switches are connected in parallel in a mode of being parallel to the data line; when the first path ends of a plurality of second TFT switches with different functions are connected with the same signal line, and when the second path ends of the plurality of second TFT switches are connected to the same second connecting line through the first connecting line, the grid electrodes of the plurality of second TFT switches are connected to the corresponding signal line through different first connecting lines.

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of liquid crystal panels, in particular to a display panel.

Background

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a conventional display panel, which includes a display region 10 and gate driving circuits 20 located at two sides of the display region 10 and providing signals to the display region 10.

since the gate driving circuits 20 are disposed on two sides of the display region 10, it is not favorable for implementing a narrow frame and a flexible and variable shape of the display region of the display panel, and further, it is impossible to implement self-driving of the pixels in the display region.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention aims to provide a display panel which has portability, can be spliced at will and realizes a narrow frame and any shape.

A display panel comprises complete self-driven pixel units and display pixel units, wherein n display pixel units are arranged adjacent to at least one complete sub-driven pixel unit, and n is larger than or equal to 1; the fully self-driven pixel units and the display pixel units form a display area of the display panel; each fully self-driven pixel unit and each display pixel unit have the same number of pixel units, and each fully self-driven pixel unit and each display pixel unit have the same number of columns and rows.

Preferably, the display panel includes criss-cross gate and data lines, sub-pixel units defined by intersections of the gate and data lines, first TFT switches located at intersections of the gate and data lines, and signal lines arranged in parallel with the data lines; the sub-pixel units comprise a red sub-pixel unit, a green sub-pixel unit and a blue sub-pixel unit, and each pixel unit comprises three sub-pixel units.

Preferably, the signal line passes through a red sub-pixel unit and/or a blue sub-pixel unit.

Preferably, the fully self-driven pixel cell and the display pixel cell each comprise a plurality of pixel cells; the fully self-driven pixel unit further comprises a second TFT switch connected with the signal line and a connecting line connected with the second TFT switch.

Preferably, the second TFT switch passes through the blue sub-pixel cell.

Preferably, at most one second TFT switch and one signal line, or one second TFT switch and one connection line are passed through in each sub-pixel unit.

Preferably, the wirings include a first wiring and a second wiring, wherein the first wiring is wired in parallel to the gate lines for connecting the second TFT switch and an adjacent signal line, and/or a plurality of second TFT switches located in the same column; the second connection line is arranged in parallel with the data line and is used for connecting a plurality of second TFT switches positioned in the same row and/or the second TFT switches and adjacent gate lines.

preferably, the first wire exists in all the sub-pixel units, and the second wire exists only in the red sub-pixel unit or the blue sub-pixel unit.

Preferably, when the first path terminals of the plurality of second TFT switches, which function in the same manner, are connected to the same signal line, and when the second path terminals of the plurality of second TFT switches are connected to the gate line through the first wiring, the plurality of second TFT switches are connected in parallel with the gate line and are connected by the second wiring; when the first path ends of a plurality of second TFT switches with the same function are connected with the same signal line, and when the second path ends of the plurality of second TFT switches are connected to the same second connecting line through the first connecting line, the plurality of second TFT switches are connected in parallel in a mode of being parallel to the data line; when the first path ends of a plurality of second TFT switches with different functions are connected with the same signal line, and when the second path ends of the plurality of second TFT switches are connected to the same second connecting line through the first connecting line, the grid electrodes of the plurality of second TFT switches are connected to the corresponding signal line through different first connecting lines.

According to the invention, by arranging the driving unit and the driving TFT switch in the driving unit, a narrower frame and a more flexible and changeable display area shape of the display panel can be realized, and the pixels in the display area are required to be capable of realizing complete self-driving.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a conventional display panel;

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

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a display unit of the display panel shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a driving unit of the display panel shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of a connection mode of a TFT switch of a driving unit of the display panel shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of a second connection mode of a TFT switch of a driving unit of the display panel shown in FIG. 1;

Fig. 7 is a schematic structural diagram illustrating a third connection mode of TFT switches of a driving unit of the display panel shown in fig. 1.

Detailed Description

the present invention is further illustrated by the following figures and specific examples, which are to be understood as illustrative only and not as limiting the scope of the invention, which is to be given the full breadth of the appended claims and any and all equivalent modifications thereof which may occur to those skilled in the art upon reading the present specification.

For the sake of simplicity, the drawings only schematically show the parts relevant to the present invention, and they do not represent the actual structure as a product. In addition, in order to make the drawings concise and understandable, components having the same structure or function in some of the drawings are only schematically illustrated or only labeled. In this document, "one" means not only "only one" but also a case of "more than one".

The present invention discloses a display panel, as shown in fig. 2, which comprises a self-driven pixel unit (hereinafter referred to as a driving unit) 10 and a display pixel unit (hereinafter referred to as a display unit) 20, wherein each row and each row has at least one driving unit, the number of the display units 20 is greater than the number of the driving units 10, in this embodiment, 3 display units are arranged adjacent to 1 driving unit 10, and 3 display units 20 are arranged adjacent to 1 driving unit 10 in each column, that is: the n display units 20 are arranged adjacent to the at least one driving unit 10, and n is more than or equal to 1.

The driving unit 10 and the display unit 20 form a display region of the display panel. Each drive unit 10 and each display unit 20 have the same dimensions, i.e. the number of pixel cells contained within each drive unit 10 is the same as the number of pixel cells contained within each display unit 20, and each drive unit 10 and each display unit 20 have the same number of columns and rows.

The display area is formed by the close arrangement of the driving unit 10 and the display unit 10, and the driving unit 10 and the display unit 10 have portability, that is, the ultra-narrow frame and the display panel with any shape can be realized by arbitrarily splicing the driving unit 10 and the display unit 10.

As shown in fig. 3 and 4, the display panel includes gate lines 1 and data lines 2 which are crisscrossed, a sub-pixel unit defined by intersections of the gate lines 1 and the data lines, first TFT switches 3 located at intersections of the gate lines 1 and the data lines 2, signal lines 4 arranged in parallel with the data lines 2, and second TFT switches 5 connected to the signal lines 4, first path terminals of the second TFT switches 5 being connected to the signal lines 4. The first TFT switch 3 is a TFT switch of the display unit 20, and the second TFT switch 5 is a TFT switch of the driving unit 10.

Each pixel unit comprises three sub-pixel units, in the embodiment, the sub-pixel units are a red sub-pixel unit, a green sub-pixel unit and a blue sub-pixel unit. At most one signal line 3 and one second TFT switch 5 pass through each sub-pixel unit. In the present embodiment, the signal line 4 passes through only the red sub-pixel unit and/or the blue sub-pixel unit, no signal line passes through the green sub-pixel unit, the second TFT switch 5 passes through only the blue sub-pixel unit, and no second TFT switch passes through the red sub-pixel unit and the green sub-pixel unit.

The display panel further comprises a connection to the second TFT switch 5.

At most one second TFT switch 5 and one signal line 4 or one second TFT switch 5 and one connecting line are passed through in each sub-pixel unit.

The wirings include a first wiring 6 and a second wiring 7, wherein the first wiring 6 is wired in parallel to the gate line 1 for connecting the second TFT switch 5 and the adjacent signal line 4, and/or a plurality of second TFT switches 5 located in the same column.

The second connection line 7 is wired in parallel to the data line 2 for connecting a plurality of second TFT switches 5 located in the same row and/or the second TFT switches 5 with the adjacent gate line 1.

The first connection 6 is present in all sub-pixel cells and the second connection 7 is present only in red or blue sub-pixel cells.

When the signal line 4 passes through the odd-numbered red sub-pixel cells such as the first red sub-pixel cell, the third red sub-pixel cell …, the second TFT switch 5 is located in all the green sub-pixel cells.

The display unit 20 includes a plurality of pixel units in which the second TFT switches are not disposed (as shown in fig. 3); the driving unit 20 includes a plurality of pixel cells (shown in fig. 4) provided with second TFT switches 5, and the second TFT switches 5 switch the driving TFTs of the driving unit 20 and supply signals.

As for the driving unit 10, since the first path ends of the second TFT switches 5 are connected to the signal lines 4, as shown in fig. 5, the first path ends of the plurality of second TFT switches 5A having the same function are connected to the same signal line 4, and when the second path ends of the plurality of second TFT switches 5A are connected to the gate lines 1 through the first connection lines 6, the plurality of second TFT switches 5A are connected in parallel to the gate lines 1 and are connected by the second connection lines 7.

As shown in fig. 6, the first path terminals of a plurality of second TFT switches 5A with the same function are connected to the same signal line 4, and when the second path terminals of a plurality of second TFT switches 5A are all connected to the same second connection line 7 through the first connection line 6, a plurality of second TFT switches 5A are connected in parallel with the data line.

As shown in fig. 7, the first path terminals of the second TFT switches 5A and 5B with different functions are connected to the same signal line 4, and when the second path terminals of the second TFT switches are connected to the same second connection line through the first connection line, the gates of the second TFT switches are connected to the corresponding signal lines 4A and 4B through the different first connection lines 6A and 6B, wherein the same signal line 4 and the second TFT switches 5A and 5B are both disposed in the green sub-pixel unit, the second TFT switches are not disposed in the sub-pixel units where the signal lines 4A and 4B are disposed, and the signal lines 4A and 4B are disposed in the green sub-pixel unit and the red sub-pixel unit, respectively.

in operation, the driving unit 10 is driven by a clock signal of a gate signal applied to the signal line of the driving unit 10, and the driving unit 10 is turned off by a low-level signal of the gate signal applied to the signal line 4.

The driving unit and the display unit have transportability, the ultra-narrow frame and the display panel with any shape can be realized by randomly splicing the driving unit and the display unit, and the pixels in the display area are required to be capable of realizing complete self-driving.

Although the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail, the present invention is not limited to the details of the foregoing embodiments, and various equivalent changes (such as number, shape, position, etc.) may be made to the technical solution of the present invention within the technical spirit of the present invention, and these equivalent changes are all within the protection scope of the present invention.