Organic electroluminescent display panel

1. An organic EL display panel comprising:

a substrate;

a plurality of pixel electrodes that is arrayed in a matrix above the substrate;

a plurality of first organic functional layers that is disposed above the pixel electrodes, each of the first organic functional layers overlapping each of the pixel electrodes in one-to-one correspondence, and each of the first organic functional layers being spaced apart from one another;

an absence region disposed between adjacent ones of the first organic functional layers;

a second organic functional layer that continuously covers the plurality of the first organic functional layers, and includes a portion that is disposed in the absence region and between the adjacent ones of the first organic functional layers; and

a counter electrode disposed to face towards the pixel electrodes and covers a portion of the second organic functional layer,

wherein

each of the first organic functional layers includes a hole injection layer,

the second organic functional layer has greater electric resistance than each of the first organic functional layers,

each of the first organic functional layers is a laminate including the hole injection layer and a hole transport layer,

the second organic functional layer is a laminate including organic light-emitting layers, an electron transport layer, and an electron injection layer, and

each of the organic light-emitting layers includes a portion extending into the absence region.

2. An organic EL display panel comprising:

a substrate;

a plurality of pixel electrodes that is arrayed in a matrix above the substrate;

a plurality of first organic functional layers that is disposed above the pixel electrodes, each of the first organic functional layers overlapping each of the pixel electrodes in one-to-one correspondence, and each of the first organic functional layers being spaced apart from one another;

a hole injection layer disposed between the pixel electrodes and the first organic functional layers;

an absence region disposed between adjacent ones of the first organic functional layers;

a second organic functional layer that continuously covers the plurality of the first organic functional layers, and includes a portion that is disposed in the absence region and between the adjacent ones of the first organic functional layers; and

a counter electrode disposed to face towards the pixel electrodes and covers a portion of the second organic functional layer,

wherein

each of the first organic functional layers includes a hole transport layer,

the second organic functional layer has greater electric resistance than each of the first organic functional layers,

the second organic functional layer is a laminate including organic light-emitting layers, an electron transport layer, and an electron injection layer, and

at least one of the organic light-emitting layers extends into the absence region.

3. An organic EL display panel comprising:

a substrate;

pixel electrodes that are arrayed in a matrix above the substrate;

first organic functional layers that are on or above the pixel electrodes in one-to-one correspondence with the pixel electrodes, the first organic functional layers spaced apart from one another;

a second organic functional layer that continuously covers the first organic functional layers; and

a counter electrode that opposes the pixel electrodes and covers the second organic functional layer, wherein

each of the first organic functional layers includes a hole injection layer,

the second organic functional layer has greater electric resistance than each of the first organic functional layers and has a portion extending into an absence region, the absence region being a space between adjacent ones of the first organic functional layers,

each of the first organic functional layers is a laminate including the hole injection layer and a hole transport layer,

the second organic functional layer is a laminate including organic light-emitting layers, an electron transport layer, and an electron injection layer, and

each of the organic light-emitting layers extends into the absence region.

4. An organic EL display panel comprising:

a substrate;

pixel electrodes that are arrayed in a matrix above the substrate;

first organic functional layers that are on or above the pixel electrodes in one-to-one correspondence with the pixel electrodes, the first organic functional layers spaced apart from one another;

a second organic functional layer that continuously covers the first organic functional layers;

a counter electrode that opposes the pixel electrodes and covers the second organic functional layer; and

a hole injection layer between the pixel electrodes and the first organic functional layers,

wherein

each of the first organic functional layers includes a hole transport layer,

the second organic functional layer has greater electric resistance than each of the first organic functional layers and has a portion extending into an absence region, the absence region being a space between adjacent ones of the first organic functional layers,

the second organic functional layer is a laminate including organic light-emitting layers, an electron transport layer, and an electron injection layer, and

at least one of the organic light-emitting layers extends into the absence region.