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Organic electroluminescent device having non-continuous metal auxiliary electrodes

US6900590B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 15, 2001
Grant dateMay 31, 2005
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Expiry dateMay 3, 2022

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH10K59/8722
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An organic electroluminescent device according to the invention is provided with a transparent substrate, a transparent electrode formed on the transparent substrate, an organic thin film layer formed on the transparent electrode to be a front electrode in a display area, a back electrode formed opposite to the front electrode on the organic thin film layer, a metal auxiliary electrode to be leading wiring laminated on the transparent electrode outside the display area and a sealing member bonded and fixed to the transparent substrate so that it encircles the display area and is characterized in that one or plural locations which crosses/cross the metal auxiliary electrode and is/are non-continuous in the longitudinal direction of the metal auxiliary electrode is/are formed in the metal auxiliary electrode located in a bonded part of the transparent substrate and the sealing member.

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