Display Panel Asymmetric Electrode Design for Stripe Elimination

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Problem

Liquid crystal display panels face issues with color cast and bright/dark horizontal/vertical stripes due to differing liquid crystal deflection angles between odd and even pixel rows, leading to uneven light efficiency and image quality.

Innovation Solution

A display panel design featuring first, second, and third color pixels with sub-electrodes extending in distinct directions, with specific transmittance and thickness adjustments for resist layers to compensate for light efficiency differences, ensuring mirror-symmetrical angles and avoiding parallel orientations to the pixel row direction.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of manufacture

If electrodes in odd and even pixel rows are arranged in the same direction, then manufacturing is simplified, but color cast and stripe phenomena occur due to differing liquid crystal deflection angles

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveelectrode arrangement simplicityVSAvoidimage quality uniformity
Core Design Contradiction:
Ease of manufactureVSManufacturing precision

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies asymmetry by arranging electrodes in odd pixel rows at a first angle (e.g., 60 degrees) and electrodes in even pixel rows at a second angle (e.g., 120 degrees) relative to the pixel row direction. This asymmetric arrangement ensures that liquid crystal molecules in adjacent rows deflect at different angles, preventing the formation of uniform stripe patterns and color cast while maintaining manufacturing feasibility through a systematic angular differentiation approach.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #4Asymmetry

2Device complexity

If all pixels use the same electrode orientation, then device complexity is reduced, but light efficiency becomes uneven across pixel rows

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveelectrode configuration uniformityVSAvoidlight efficiency uniformity
Core Design Contradiction:
Device complexityVSIllumination intensity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements local quality by assigning different electrode orientations to different spatial locations - specifically, odd pixel rows use one orientation while even pixel rows use another. This localized differentiation ensures that each region of the display optimizes its light efficiency independently, preventing the uneven illumination and stripe effects that would result from a uniform electrode configuration across the entire display.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

3Manufacturing precision

If electrode directions are adjusted to prevent stripes, then image quality improves, but manufacturing precision requirements increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveimage quality uniformityVSAvoidelectrode alignment complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Manufacturing precisionVSEase of manufacture

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies periodic action by creating a repeating pattern of alternating electrode orientations across pixel rows. Instead of using unique orientations for each row, the design cycles through two specific angles (e.g., 60 degrees for odd rows, 120 degrees for even rows) in a periodic manner. This approach maintains manufacturing simplicity by limiting the number of unique alignment configurations while still achieving the goal of preventing stripe phenomena and ensuring uniform image quality.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #19Periodic action

Applied Scientific Principles

This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.

Function Achieved in This Case

This design prevents color cast and stripe phenomena, achieving balanced light efficiency across pixels and enhancing image quality by adjusting resist transmittance and thickness to match theoretical brightness levels.

Implementation Method 1

differing liquid crystal deflection angles between odd and even pixel rows, leading to uneven light efficiency

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectLiquid crystal deflection: Liquid Crystals

Implementation Method 2

configured to extend in a first direction; and a second sub-electrode disposed in a second region of the first color pixel and configured to extend in a second direction

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectLight modulation:

Implementation Method 3

a transmittance of the second color resist and a transmittance of the third color resist are both smaller than a transmittance of the first color resist

Methodology Applied
Scientific EffectLight transmittance filtering: Absorption (EM radiation)

Data Source

PatentUS10921636B2Display panel and display device
Publication Date: 2021.02.16 CHONGQING BOE OPTOELECTRONICS
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AI summary

A display panel and a display device are disclosed. The display panel includes: a first color pixel including: a first sub-electrode disposed in a first region of the first color pixel and configured to extend in a first direction; and a second sub-electrode disposed in a second region of the first color pixel and configured to extend in a second direction, a second color pixel including a second electrode configured to extend in a third direction; and a third color pixel including a third electrode configured to extend in a fourth direction.