Organic electroluminescent display device and method for fabricating the same
View Patent ↗A dual plate organic electroluminescent display (ELD) device includes a first substrate and a second substrate having a plurality of sub-pixels, a gate line and a data line disposed on a first substrate and crossing to define one of the plurality of sub-pixels, a driving thin film transistor formed in the one of the sub-pixels, a passivation layer formed on the driving thin film transistor, at least two contact spacers formed on the passivation layer, and a connection electrode formed on the at least two contact spacers and connected to a drain electrode of the driving thin film transistor.
1. An organic electroluminescent display (ELD) device comprising:
a first substrate and a second substrate facing each other and including a plurality of sub-pixels;
a gate line and a data line disposed on a first substrate and crossing to define one of the plurality of sub-pixels;
a driving thin film transistor formed in the one of the plurality of sub-pixels;
a passivation layer formed on the driving thin film transistor;
at least two contact spacers formed on the passivation layer in a single sub-pixel;
a connection electrode formed on the at least two contact spacers and connected to a drain electrode of the driving thin film transistor;
a first electrode and an organic luminescent layer sequentially laminated on the second substrate; and
a second electrode formed on the organic luminescent layers and contacting the connection electrode by means of the contact spacers.
2. The organic ELD device according to claim 1 , wherein the at least two contact spacers are arranged in a direction parallel to one of the gate line and the data line.
3. The organic ELD device according to claim 1 , wherein the driving thin film transistor is a top-gate type.
4. The organic ELD device according to claim 1 , further comprising a power line spaced apart from the data line by predetermined distance.
5. The organic ELD device according to claim 4 , wherein the driving thin film transistor includes a source electrode connected to the power line.
6. The organic ELD device according to claim 4 , wherein the power line is formed on the same layer as the data line.
7. The organic ELD device according to claim 4 , further comprising a storage electrode overlapped with the power line at a lower side of the power line to form a storage capacitor.
8. The organic ELD device according to claim 7 , wherein the storage electrode is formed on the same layer as an active layer of the driving thin film transistor.
9. The organic ELD device according to claim 4 , further comprising a switching thin film transistor formed where the gate line crosses the data line.
10. The organic ELD device according to claim 9 , wherein the switching thin film transistor is a top-gate type.
11. The organic ELD device according to claim 9 , wherein the switching thin film transistor includes a source electrode connected to the data line, and a drain electrode connected to a gate electrode of the driving thin film transistor.
12. The organic ELD device according to claim 1 , further comprising a separator dividing both of the organic luminescent layer and the second electrode so that they are formed in each of the plurality of sub-pixels.