Organic electroluminescent device and fabricating method thereof
View Patent ↗An organic electroluminescent device includes a substrate, a plurality of gate lines on the substrate, a plurality of data lines on the substrate, each of the plurality of data lines crossing the gate lines, a plurality of switching elements and driving elements interconnected on the substrate, and a power line disposed in parallel to the data lines on the substrate, wherein the power line is electrically connected to at least two of the plurality of driving elements.
1. An organic electroluminescent device, comprising:
a substrate;
a plurality of gate lines on the substrate;
a plurality of data lines on the substrate, each of the plurality of data lines crossing the gate lines;
a plurality of switching elements and driving elements interconnected on the substrate; and
a power line disposed in parallel to the data lines on the substrate,
wherein the power line is electrically connected to at least two of the plurality of driving elements and active patterns of at least two of the plurality of switching elements extend parallel along a lengthwise direction of the power line and each active pattern overlaps only one side of the power line.
2. The device according to claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of driving elements includes a thin film transistor having a gate electrode, an active layer, a source electrode, and a drain electrode.
3. The device according to claim 2 , wherein the power line is connected to the source electrodes of the at least two of the plurality of driving elements.
4. The device according to claim 2 , further comprising:
a plurality of first driving electrodes, each of the plurality of first driving electrodes connected to one of the plurality of driving elements;
an organic electroluminescent layer on the plurality of first driving electrodes; and
a plurality of second electrodes on the organic electroluminescent layer.
5. The device according to claim 4 , wherein the plurality of first driving electrodes are connected to the drain electrodes of the plurality of driving elements.
6. The device according to claim 4 , wherein each of the plurality of first driving electrodes is an anode that injects holes into the organic electroluminescent layer and each of the plurality of second electrodes is a cathode that injects electrons into the organic electroluminescent layer.
7. The device according to claim 6 , wherein each of the plurality of first driving electrodes includes at least one of indium-tin-oxide (ITO) and indium-zinc-oxide(IZO).
8. The device according to claim 6 , wherein each of the plurality of second electrodes includes at least one of calcium (Ca), aluminum (Al), and magnesium (Mg).
9. The device according to claim 4 , wherein the plurality of switching elements are connected to the plurality of gate lines and data lines.
10. The device according to claim 9 , wherein the plurality of driving elements are connected to the plurality of switching elements.
11. The device according to claim 1 , wherein each of the active patterns include a first portion extending between adjacent pixel regions in parallel to the data lines and a second portion extending parallel to the gate lines.
12. The device according to claim 11 , wherein the power line overlaps the first portion of the active patterns.
13. The device according to claim 11 , wherein the power line overlaps the first and second portions of the active patterns.
14. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the power line overlaps the active patterns.
15. The device according to claim 1 , wherein at least two of the plurality of driving elements are symmetrically disposed with respect to the power line.
16. An organic electroluminescent device, comprising:
a first substrate;
a second substrate facing and spaced apart from the first substrate;
a plurality of gate lines on an inner surface of the first substrate;
a plurality of data lines on an inner surface of the first substrate, each of the plurality of data lines crossing the gate lines;
a plurality of switching elements and driving elements interconnected on the first substrate;
a power line disposed in parallel to the data lines on the substrate and electrically connected to at least two of the plurality of driving elements;
a plurality of connection electrodes connected to the plurality of driving elements;
a plurality of first electrodes on an inner surface of the second substrate;
an organic electroluminescent layer on the plurality of first electrodes; and
a plurality of second electrodes on the organic electroluminescent layer, each of the plurality of second electrodes contacting one of the plurality of connection electrodes.
17. The device according to claim 16 , wherein each of the plurality of driving elements includes a thin film transistor having a gate electrode, an active layer, a source electrode, and a drain electrode.
18. The device according to claim 17 , wherein the power line is connected to the source electrodes of at least two of the plurality of driving elements.
19. The device according to claim 17 , wherein the plurality of connection electrodes contact the drain electrodes of the plurality of driving elements.
20. The device according to claim 16 , wherein each of the plurality of first electrodes is a cathode that injects electrons into the organic electroluminescent layer and each of the plurality of second electrodes is an anode that injects holes into the organic electroluminescent layer.
21. The device according to claim 20 , wherein each of the plurality of first electrodes includes at least one of calcium (Ca), aluminum (Al) and magnesium (Mg).
22. The device according to claim 20 , wherein each of the plurality of second electrodes includes at least one of indium-tin-oxide (ITO) and indium-zinc-oxide (IZO).
23. The device according to claim 16 , wherein the plurality of switching elements are connected to the plurality of gate lines and data lines.
24. The device according to claim 16 , further comprising a plurality of active patterns extending from at least two of the plurality of switching elements.
25. The device according to claim 24 , wherein the power line overlaps the plurality of active patterns.
26. The device according to claim 16 , wherein at least two of the plurality of driving elements are symmetrically disposed with respect to the power line.
27. The device according to claim 16 , wherein active patterns of at least two of the plurality of switching elements extend parallel along a lengthwise direction of the power line.