Display Pixel Layout for Parasitic Capacitance Reduction

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Solution Overview

Problem

In display apparatuses, the load related to scanning lines and common electrodes increases with higher pixel resolution and larger display sizes, leading to parasitic capacitance and wiring resistance issues, which affect image quality and aperture ratio.

Innovation Solution

The display apparatus incorporates a unique layout with separate first and second pixel regions, conductive wiring, and a light shielding film configuration that reduces parasitic capacitance and wiring resistance without decreasing the aperture ratio, by optimizing the distance and overlap of conductive electrodes with scanning lines and the light shielding film.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If the pixel resolution is increased or the display region size is increased, then the image quality and display capability are improved, but the parasitic capacitance and wiring resistance related to scanning lines and common electrodes increase, leading to larger load

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvepixel resolutionVSAvoidparasitic capacitance and wiring resistance
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces a new spatial dimension by placing conductive electrodes at different positions relative to scanning lines (first position for first pixels, second position for second pixels). This dimensional arrangement optimizes the overlap area between conductive electrodes and scanning lines, thereby reducing parasitic capacitance without compromising pixel resolution or display quality.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #17Another dimension (Dimensionality change)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent applies different structural configurations to different pixel types (first pixels versus second pixels). Specifically, first pixels have conductive electrodes at a first position with a first overlap area, while second pixels have conductive electrodes at a second position with a second overlap area. This localized differentiation allows optimization of parasitic capacitance reduction in specific regions while maintaining overall display performance.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

2Reliability

If the pedestal electrode is covered with a light shielding film, then the parasitic capacitance is reduced, but the aperture ratio of each pixel decreases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveparasitic capacitance reductionVSAvoidaperture ratio
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSArea of stationary object

Solution Approach 1:

The light shielding film is selectively applied only to specific regions where conductive electrodes overlap with scanning lines or common electrodes, rather than covering the entire pixel area. This localized shielding approach reduces parasitic capacitance in critical areas while preserving the aperture ratio in light-emitting regions, thus resolving the contradiction between capacitance reduction and maintaining display brightness.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

Solution Approach 2:

The pixel structure is segmented into different functional zones: regions with light shielding film for parasitic capacitance reduction and regions without shielding for light emission. This segmentation allows the light shielding film to be positioned strategically to reduce capacitance without compromising the aperture ratio in the light-emitting areas.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Data Source

PatentUS10453869B2Display apparatus
Publication Date: 2019.10.22 MAGNOLIA WHITE CORP
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AI summary

A load related to a scanning line is decreased and a load related to a common electrode is decreased without decrease in an aperture ratio of each pixel. A display apparatus has a red sub-pixel and a green sub-pixel. A distance in the Y-axis direction between a pedestal electrode and a scanning line that drives a transistor in a plan view in the red sub-pixel is longer than a distance in the Y-axis direction between a pedestal electrode and a scanning line that drives a transistor in a plan view in the green sub-pixel. Furthermore, a superposed width of a light shielding film with a red pixel region in the Y-axis direction is larger than a superposed width of the light shielding film with a green pixel region in the Y-axis direction.