Organic electroluminescent display device and method for producing the same
View Patent ↗An organic electroluminescent display device includes a substrate, lower electrodes arranged in stripes on the substrate, an insulating layer arranged on the lower electrodes, upper transparent electrodes arranged in stripes in a direction intersecting with the lower electrodes, an organic electroluminescent layer arranged between the lower electrodes and the upper transparent electrodes, electrodes auxiliary to the upper electrodes arranged on the insulating layer and connected with the upper transparent electrodes, and insulating barrier walls arranged on the insulating layer or the electrodes auxiliary to the upper electrodes, the widths of which are broadened in the upper portions, wherein the upper electrodes are connected to the electrodes auxiliary to the upper electrodes at a position between the insulating layer and a region where the width of the insulating barrier wall is broadest, and are connected within a region corresponding to the broadest width of the insulating barrier wall; and a method for producing the device.
1. An organic electroluminescent display device comprising:
a substrate;
lower electrodes arranged in stripes on the substrate;
an insulating layer arranged on the lower electrodes;
upper transparent electrodes arranged in stripes in a direction intersecting with the lower electrodes;
an organic electroluminescent layer arranged between the lower electrodes and the upper transparent electrodes;
electrodes auxiliary to the upper electrodes arranged on the insulating layer and connected with the upper transparent electrodes; and
insulating barrier walls arranged on the insulating layer or the electrodes auxiliary to the upper electrodes, the widths of the insulating barrier walls being broadened toward upper portions thereof;
wherein the upper electrodes are connected to the electrodes auxiliary to the upper electrodes at a position between the insulating layer and a region where the widths of the insulating barrier walls are broadest, and are connected within the region corresponding to the broadest width of the insulating barrier wall.
2. The organic electroluminescent display device according to claim 1 , wherein the electrodes auxiliary to the upper electrodes are formed so as to be separated by the insulating barrier walls.
3. The organic electroluminescent display device according to claim 1 , comprising extraction electrodes that transmit a signal from an external driving circuit to the lower electrodes and the upper transparent electrodes, wherein the extraction electrodes comprise the same material as the electrodes auxiliary to the upper electrodes.
4. The organic electroluminescent display device according to claim 1 , comprising electrodes auxiliary to the lower electrodes that are connected to the lower electrodes, wherein the electrodes auxiliary to the lower electrodes comprise the same material as the electrodes auxiliary to the upper electrodes.
5. The organic electroluminescent display device according to claim 1 , wherein the upper transparent electrodes comprise ITO (Indium Tin Oxide).
6. The organic electroluminescent display device according to claim 5 , wherein the auxiliary electrodes to the upper electrodes comprise at least one selected from the group consisting of Mo, Cr and Ti.
7. The organic electroluminescent display device according to claim 1 , wherein the lower electrodes are transparent electrodes.