US 12,105,389 B1
Display panel
Masakatsu Tominaga, Kameyama (JP)
Assigned to Sharp Display Technology Corporation, Kameyama (JP)
Filed by Sharp Display Technology Corporation, Kameyama (JP)
Filed on Mar. 4, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/594,182.
Claims priority of application No. 2023-066510 (JP), filed on Apr. 14, 2023.
Int. Cl. G02F 1/1362 (2006.01); G02F 1/1343 (2006.01); G02F 1/1368 (2006.01); G09G 3/36 (2006.01)
CPC G02F 1/136286 (2013.01) [G02F 1/13624 (2013.01); G02F 1/1368 (2013.01); G09G 3/3677 (2013.01); G02F 1/134372 (2021.01); G09G 2320/0257 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A display panel comprising:
a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix in a longitudinal direction and a lateral direction;
a plurality of pixel electrodes provided respectively corresponding to the plurality of pixels;
a common electrode configured to generate an electrical field between the common electrode and each of the plurality of pixel electrodes;
a first gate line, a second gate line, a third gate line, and a fourth gate line, all of which extend in the lateral direction; and
a first data line, a second data line, and a common line, all of which extend in the longitudinal direction,
wherein the plurality of pixels include a first pixel and a second pixel adjacent to the first pixel in the lateral direction,
the plurality of pixel electrodes include a first pixel electrode corresponding to the first pixel and a second pixel electrode corresponding to the second pixel,
the first gate line and the fourth gate line are arranged on one side of the first pixel electrode in the longitudinal direction,
the second gate line is arranged on an other side of the first pixel electrode in the longitudinal direction,
the third gate line is arranged to overlap the first pixel electrode and the second pixel electrode between the first gate line and the second gate line,
the common line is arranged between the first pixel electrode and the second pixel electrode,
the first data line is arranged between the first pixel electrode and a pixel electrode, among the plurality of pixel electrodes, adjacent on a side opposite to the second pixel electrode with respect to the first pixel electrode in the lateral direction,
the second data line is arranged between the second pixel electrode and a pixel electrode, among the plurality of pixel electrodes, adjacent on a side opposite to the first pixel electrode with respect to the second pixel electrode in the lateral direction, and
the display panel further includes
a first switching element connected to the first pixel electrode, the common line, and the third gate line, and
a second switching element connected to the second pixel electrode, the common line, and the third gate line.