Organic light-emitting display device and method of manufacturing the same

1. An organic light-emitting display device, comprising:

a first substrate;

a second substrate facing the first substrate;

an organic light-emitting unit formed by laser-induced thermal imaging, the organic light emitting unit being on the first substrate;

a coupling member coupling the first substrate and the second substrate; and

a supporting element on the first substrate, the supporting element having a height greater than a height of a thickest portion of the organic light-emitting unit and less than a height of the coupling member;

wherein the organic light-emitting unit includes:

a pixel circuit unit on the first substrate;

an insulating portion covering the pixel circuit unit;

a pixel electrode on the insulating portion, the pixel electrode being connected to the pixel circuit unit;

a pixel defining layer on the insulating portion, the pixel defining layer having an opening exposing the pixel electrode;

an intermediate layer on the pixel electrode, the intermediate layer being configured to generate light; and

an opposite electrode on the intermediate layer,

wherein the intermediate layer is formed by laser-induced thermal imaging; and

wherein a height from a top surface of the first substrate to a top surface of the pixel electrode is greater than a height from the top surface of the first substrate to a top surface of the pixel defining layer.

2. The organic light-emitting display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the supporting element is separated from the organic light-emitting unit by a first distance, the coupling member is separated from the organic light emitting unit by a second distance, and the first distance is shorter than the second distance, whereby the supporting element is located nearer the organic light-emitting unit than the coupling member.

3. The organic light-emitting display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the pixel circuit unit corresponds to the pixel electrode on the first substrate.

4. The organic light-emitting display device as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the pixel circuit unit includes a thin-film transistor or interconnection lines.

5. The organic light-emitting display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a height of the supporting element is greater than the height from the top surface of the first substrate to the top surface of the pixel electrode.

6. The organic light-emitting display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein:

the intermediate layer is formed by laser-induced thermal imaging, and

the supporting element is configured to support a donor film and to prevent premature attachment of the donor film onto the pixel electrode when the first substrate is laminated with the donor film.

7. The organic light-emitting display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the intermediate layer includes a low molecular weight material.