Display panel
11175555 · 2021-11-16
Assignee
Inventors
Cpc classification
G02F1/1368
PHYSICS
H01L27/124
ELECTRICITY
H01L29/7869
ELECTRICITY
H01L27/1251
ELECTRICITY
International classification
G02F1/1368
PHYSICS
H01L29/786
ELECTRICITY
G02F1/1335
PHYSICS
Abstract
A display panel includes a substrate, at least one first transistor, and at least one second transistor. The substrate includes at least one reflective region and at least one transmissible region. The first transistor is configured on the substrate and located on the corresponding reflective region. Each of the first transistors includes a first active layer. The second transistor is configured on the substrate and located on the corresponding transmissible region. Each of the second transistors includes a second active layer. A material of the first active layer is different from a material of the second active layer.
Claims
1. A display panel, comprising: a substrate, comprising a reflective region and a transmissible region; a first transistor, disposed on the reflective region, and comprising a first active layer, wherein the first active layer comprises a first material; a second transistor, disposed on the transmissible region, and comprising a second active layer, wherein the second active layer comprises a second material that is different from the first material; a plurality of first transistors; a plurality of second transistors; a plurality of reflective regions; a plurality of transmissible regions; a plurality of data lines; and a plurality of scanning lines, wherein the plurality of scanning lines is interlaced with the plurality of data lines; wherein each of the first transistors and each of the second transistors are coupled to one of the data lines, one of the scanning lines, and one of the pixels; wherein the reflective regions and the transmissible regions are arranged into a matrix with a plurality of columns and a plurality of rows and are corresponding to the pixels; and wherein each of the data lines is only coupled to the first transistors or the second transistors; wherein the substrate is divided into a plurality of pixel groups, each of the pixel groups comprises a plurality of pixels, and each of the plurality of pixel groups contain either a set of serially connected first transistors or a set of serially connected second transistors.
2. The display panel according to claim 1, wherein the first active layer comprises an oxide semiconductor, and the second active layer comprises polysilicon.
3. The display panel according to claim 1, wherein each of the pixel groups further comprises: an x.sup.th data line, an (x+1).sup.th data line, and an (x+2).sup.th data line disposed sequentially along a first direction, wherein x is a positive integer; one of the first transistors, located between the x.sup.th data line and the (x+1).sup.th data line and coupled to the x.sup.th data line; and one of the second transistors, located between the (x+1).sup.th data line and the (x+2).sup.th data line and coupled to the (x+1).sup.th data line.
4. The display panel according to claim 1, wherein each of the pixel groups comprises: an x.sup.th data line, an (x+1).sup.th data line, and an (x+2).sup.th data line disposed sequentially along a first direction; an m.sup.th column and n.sup.th row of the first transistors and an m.sup.th column and (n+1).sup.th row of the second transistors, located between the x.sup.th data line and the (x+1).sup.th data line, wherein the m.sup.th column and n.sup.th row of the first transistors is coupled to the (x+1).sup.th data line, and the m.sup.th column and (n+1).sup.th row of the second transistors is coupled to the x.sup.th data line; and an (m+l).sup.th column and nth row of the second transistors and an (m+l).sup.th column and (n+l).sup.th row of the first transistors, located between the (x+1).sup.th data line and the (x+2).sup.th data line, wherein the (m+l).sup.th column and n.sup.th row of the second transistors is coupled to the (x+2).sup.th data line, and the (m+l).sup.th column and (n+l).sup.th row of the first transistors is coupled to the (x+1).sup.th data line, wherein x, m, and n are positive integers.
5. The display panel according to claim 1, wherein each of the pixel groups comprises: an x.sup.th data line, an (x+1).sup.th data line, and an (x+2).sup.th data line disposed sequentially along a first direction; an m.sup.th column and n.sup.th row of the second transistors, an (m+l).sup.th column and n.sup.th row of the second transistors, an m.sup.th column and (n+1).sup.th row of the first transistors, and an (m+1).sup.th column and (n+1).sup.th row of the first transistors, located between the x.sup.th data line and the (x+1).sup.th data line, wherein the (m+1).sup.th column and n.sup.th row of the second transistors is coupled to the x.sup.th data line via the m.sup.th column and nth row of the second transistors, and the m.sup.th column and (n+1).sup.th row of the first transistors is coupled to the (x+1).sup.th data line via the (m+1).sup.th column and (n+l).sup.th row of the first transistors; and an (m+2).sup.th column and nth row of the first transistors, an (m+3).sup.th column and n.sup.th row of the first transistors, an (m+2).sup.th column and (n+1).sup.th row of the second transistors, and an (m+3).sup.th column and (n+1).sup.th row of the second transistors, located between the (x+1).sup.th data line and the (x+2).sup.th data line, wherein the (m+3).sup.th column and n.sup.th row of the first transistors is coupled to the (x+1).sup.th data line via the (m+2).sup.th column and nth row of the first transistors, and the (m+2).sup.th column and (n+1).sup.th row of the second transistors is coupled to the (x+2).sup.th data line via the (m+3).sup.th column and (n+1).sup.th row of the second transistors, wherein x, m, and n are positive integers.
6. The display panel claim 1, wherein each of the pixel groups comprises: an x.sup.th data line, an (x+1).sup.th data line, an (x+2).sup.th data line, and an (x+3).sup.th data line disposed sequentially along a first direction; an m.sup.th column and (n+1).sup.th row of the first transistors and an (m+1).sup.th column and n.sup.th row of the first transistors, located between the x.sup.th data line and the (x+2).sup.th data line, wherein the (m+1).sup.th column and n.sup.th row of the first transistors is coupled to the x.sup.th data line by using the m.sup.th column and (n+1).sup.th row of the first transistors; and an (m+1).sup.th column and (n+1).sup.th row of the second transistors and an (m+2).sup.th column and n.sup.th row of the second transistors, located between the (x+1).sup.th data line and the (x+3).sup.th data line, wherein the (m+2).sup.th column and n.sup.th row of the second transistors is coupled to the (x+1).sup.th data line by using the (m+1).sup.th column and (n+1).sup.th row of the second transistors, wherein x, m, and n are positive integers.
7. The display panel according to claim 1, wherein each of the pixel groups comprises: an x.sup.th data line, an (x+1).sup.th data line, an (x+2).sup.th data line, and an (x+3).sup.th data line disposed sequentially along a first direction; an m.sup.th column and n.sup.th row of the first transistors and an (m+3).sup.th column and n.sup.th row of the first transistors, located between the x.sup.th data line and the (x+2).sup.th data line, wherein the (m+3).sup.th column and n.sup.th row of the first transistors is coupled to the x.sup.th data line by using the m.sup.th column and n.sup.th row of the first transistors; and an (m+2).sup.th column and nth row of the second transistors and an (m+5).sup.th column and n.sup.th row of the second transistors, located between the (x+1).sup.th data line and the (x+3).sup.th data line, wherein the (m+5).sup.th column and n.sup.th row of the second transistors is coupled to the (x+1).sup.th data line by using the (m+2).sup.th column and n.sup.th row of the second transistors, wherein x, m, and n are positive integers.
8. The display panel according to claim 1, wherein each of the pixel groups comprises: an x.sup.th data line, an (x+1).sup.th data line, an (x+2).sup.th data line, and an (x+3).sup.th data line disposed sequentially along a first direction, wherein extension directions of the x.sup.th data line, the (x+1).sup.th data line, the (x+2).sup.th data line, and the (x+3).sup.th data line are partially parallel to the first direction, and partially parallel to a second direction approximately perpendicular to the first direction; an (m+5).sup.th column and (n+1).sup.th row of the first transistors located between the (x+1).sup.th data line and the (x+2).sup.th data line, and an (m+4).sup.th column and (n+2).sup.th row of the first transistors and an (m+6).sup.th column and n.sup.th row of the first transistors located between the (x+2).sup.th data line and the (x+3).sup.th data line, wherein the (m+6).sup.th column and nth row of the first transistors is coupled to the (x+2).sup.th data line by using the (m+4).sup.th column and (n+2).sup.th row of the first transistors and the (m+5).sup.th column and (n+1).sup.th row of the first transistors; an (m+2).sup.th column and (n+l).sup.th row of the second transistors located between the x.sup.th data line and the (x+1).sup.th data line, and an (m+1).sup.th column and (n+2).sup.th row of the second transistors and an (m+3).sup.th column and nth row of the second transistors located between the (x+1).sup.th data line and the (x+2).sup.th data line, wherein the (m+3).sup.th column and n.sup.th row of the second transistors is coupled to the (x+1).sup.th data line by using the (m+1).sup.th column and (n+2).sup.th row of the second transistors and the (m+2).sup.th column and (n+1).sup.th row of the second transistors, wherein x, m, and n are positive integers.
9. The display panel according to claim 1, further comprising: a reflective layer, located on the reflective region; a first pixel electrode, located on the reflective region and coupled to the first transistor; and a second pixel electrode, located on the transmissible region and coupled to the second transistor.
10. The display panel according to claim 1, wherein each of the data lines are disposed sequentially along a first direction, have a winding shape, and extend in both the first direction and a second direction orthogonal to the first direction.
11. The display panel according to claim 10, wherein each of the data lines are coupled to the first transistors or the second transistors of pixels in three successive different rows.
12. The display panel according to claim 1, wherein the respective first or second transistors of each set of serially connected first or second transistors are arranged in different rows and columns of the matrix.
13. The display panel according to claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of pixel groups contain a red pixel, a green pixel, and a blue pixel.
Description
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
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(12) The present disclosure relates to a display panel. The display panel of the present disclosure includes a reflective region and a transmissible region, and different types of first transistors and second transistors are selected for the reflective region and the transmissible region. Because materials used by the first transistors can reduce the current leakage of the display panel, and material used by the second transistors can improve the frame rate of the display panel, effects of both saving power and promoting image quality can be achieved.
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(17) Compared with an oxide semiconductor transistor and an amorphous silicon transistor, a polysilicon transistor has a higher charging rate, can provide a better frame rate of the display panel and improve the phenomenon of motion blur, and has excellent pixel quality when rendering dynamic images. Compared with a polysilicon semiconductor transistor and an amorphous silicon transistor, an oxide semiconductor transistor has a lower current leakage, and can still maintain static images under an operation of reducing the frame rate, and achieve the objective of reducing power consumption of the display panel. In the present disclosure, an oxide semiconductor transistor is selected for a first transistor I corresponding to the reflective region, and a polysilicon transistor is selected for a second transistor L corresponding to the transmissible region, so that by means of the feature of its low current leakage, the oxide semiconductor transistor can maintain an operation of a low frame rate when static images need to be rendered, to achieve a power-saving requirement, and by means of the feature of its high charging capability, the polysilicon transistor can execute an operation of a high frame rate when dynamic images need to be rendered, to achieve the objective of improving image quality of a video. Therefore, a display panel having excellent image quality and power-saving effects can be provided.
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(19) In the present disclosure, the data lines D1, D2, D3, D4 . . . may be in a sequence relationship. For example, in an embodiment, the data line D1 may represent an x.sup.th data line, the data line D2 may represent an (x+1).sup.th data line, the data line D3 may represent an (x+2).sup.th data line, the data line D4 may represent an (x+3).sup.th data line, and so on. In another embodiment, the data line D1 may represent an (x−1).sup.d′ data line, the data line D2 may represent an x.sup.th data line, the data line D3 may represent an (x+1).sup.th data line, the data line D4 may represent an (x+2).sup.th data line, and so on. However, the present disclosure is not limited thereto. x may be any positive integer.
(20) In this embodiment, the first transistor I.sub.2,1 is located between the data line D2 and the data line D3 and coupled to the data line D2. The second transistor L.sub.3,1 is located between the data line D3 and the data line D4 and coupled to the data line D3. In addition, both the first transistor I.sub.2,1 and the second transistor L.sub.3,1 are coupled to the scanning line G1.
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(23) In this embodiment, each of the scanning lines G1, G2, G3 . . . may be coupled to the first transistor and the second transistor. For example, the scanning line G1 is coupled to the first transistors I.sub.1,1, I.sub.3,1, I.sub.5,1 . . . and the second transistors L.sub.2,1, L.sub.4,1, L.sub.6,1 . . . .
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(26) In an embodiment, each of the scanning lines G1, G2, G3 . . . may be coupled to the first transistor and the second transistor. For example, the scanning line G1 is coupled to the first transistor I.sub.4,1 . . . and the second transistor L.sub.2,1 . . . . A pixel may exist between the first transistor I.sub.4,1 and the second transistor L.sub.2,1 The scanning line G2 is coupled to the first transistors I.sub.1,2, I.sub.3,1 . . . and the second transistors L.sub.1,1, L.sub.3,2 . . . . The scanning line G2 is located between the second transistor L.sub.1,1 and the first transistor I.sub.1,2 and located between the first transistor I.sub.3,1 and the second transistor L.sub.3,2.
(27) The display panel 30 of this embodiment uses a half source line driving (HSD) pixel layout, which includes fewer data lines compared with the embodiments of the display panels 10 and 20, so that the amounts of pins and pads of an integrated circuit can be reduced, the area of a frame of the display panel can be smaller, and more costs can be reduced.
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(30) In this embodiment, each of the scanning lines G1, G2, G3 . . . may be coupled to the first transistor and the second transistor. For example, the scanning line G1 is coupled to the first transistors I.sub.1,1, I.sub.3,1, I.sub.5,1 . . . and the second transistors L.sub.2,1, L.sub.4,1, L.sub.6,1 . . . . The scanning line G2 is coupled to the N.sub.2.sup.nd row of first transistors I.sub.2,2, I.sub.4,2 . . . and second transistors L.sub.1,2, L.sub.3,2 . . . , and is coupled to the N.sub.3.sup.rd row of first transistor I.sub.2,3 . . . and second transistor L.sub.1,3.
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(33) In an embodiment, each of the scanning lines G1, G2, G3 . . . may be coupled to the first transistor and the second transistor. For example, the scanning line G1 is coupled to the first transistors I.sub.2,1, I.sub.6,1 . . . and the second transistors L.sub.4,1, L.sub.8,1 . . . . The scanning line G2 is coupled to the N.sub.1.sup.st row of first transistors I.sub.3,1, I.sub.7,1 . . . and second transistors L.sub.1,1, L.sub.5,1 . . . , and coupled to the N.sub.2.sup.nd row of first transistor I.sub.3,2 . . . and second transistor L.sub.1,2.
(34) Because the display panel 50 of this embodiment has both the reflective region Rr and the transmissible region Tr in one pixel, the display panel 50 has better resolution compared with the embodiments of the display panels 10, 20, and 30 in which one pixel region has only the reflective region Rr or only the transmissible region Tr.
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(37) In an embodiment, each of the scanning lines G1, G2, G3 . . . may be coupled to the first transistor and the second transistor. For example, the scanning line G2 is coupled to the first transistors I.sub.1,1, I.sub.3,1, I.sub.5,1 . . . and the second transistors L.sub.2,1, L.sub.4,1, L.sub.6,1 . . . .
(38) The display panel 60 of this embodiment uses a one third source line driving (OTSD) pixel layout, which has fewer data lines compared with the embodiments of the display panels 10, 20, and 30, so that the consumption of pins and pads of an integrated circuit can be reduced, the area of a frame of the display panel can be smaller, and more costs can be reduced.
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(41) The first transistor I.sub.141 includes a first active layer I.sub.411, a first source 1412, a first drain 1413, and a first gate 1414. The first gate 1414 is located on a lower side of the first active layer I.sub.411. The first transistor I.sub.141 is also referred to as a bottom gate transistor. The second transistor L.sub.142 includes a second active layer 1421, a second source 1422, a second drain 1423, and a second gate 1424. The second gate 1424 is located on an upper side of the second active layer 1421. The second transistor L.sub.142 is also referred to as a top gate transistor. The first pixel electrode 181 and the second pixel electrode 182 are respectively coupled to the first drain 1413 and the second drain 1423 by using through holes 191 and 192.
(42) A material of the first active layer 1411 includes an oxide semiconductor, and the oxide semiconductor may be a mixture of oxides of group 2 to 4 elements in the periodic table of elements, such as IGZO, IZTO, IGTO, IZO, IGO, ZTO, and SnO. The material of the second active layer 1421 includes polysilicon. Therefore, the display panel 70 of this embodiment uses an oxide semiconductor transistor of a bottom gate in the visible region AA to match a polysilicon transistor of a top gate.
(43) In this embodiment, the substrate 101 may be made of glass. The buffer layer 110 may be made of an inorganic dielectric material. The first insulating layer 120 may be made of oxides, such as SiO. The first source 1412, the first drain 1413, the first gate 1414, the second source 1422, the second drain 1423, and the second gate 1424 may be made of metal.
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(46) A substrate 201, a buffer layer 210, a first insulating layer 220, a second insulating layer 230, a first protective layer 250, a second protective layer 260, a reflective layer 270, a first pixel electrode 281, and a second pixel electrode 282 in
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(49) A substrate 301, a buffer layer 310, a first insulating layer 320, a second insulating layer 330, a first protective layer 350, a second protective layer 360, a reflective layer 370, a first pixel electrode 381, and a second pixel electrode 382 in
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(52) A substrate 401, a buffer layer 410, a first insulating layer 420, a second insulating layer 430, a first protective layer 450, a second protective layer 460, a reflective layer 470, a first pixel electrode 481, and a second pixel electrode 482 in
(53) The present disclosure provides a display panel. Because the display panel of the present disclosure includes a reflective region and a transmissible region, an oxide semiconductor transistor is selected for a first transistor I corresponding to the reflective region, and a polysilicon transistor is selected for a second transistor L corresponding to the transmissible region, so that by means of the feature of its low current leakage, the oxide semiconductor transistor can maintain an operation of a low frame rate when static images need to be rendered, to achieve a power-saving requirement, and by means of the feature of its high charging capability, the polysilicon transistor can execute an operation of a high frame rate when dynamic images need to be rendered, to achieve the objective of improving image quality of a video. Therefore, a display panel having excellent image quality and power-saving effects can be provided.
(54) In conclusion, although the present invention has been disclosed in foregoing embodiments, they are not used to limit the present invention. A person of ordinary skill in the art can make various variations and modifications without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. Therefore, the protection scope of the present invention shall be subject to the appended claims.