Electroluminescent display apparatus

An electroluminescent display apparatus, comprising:

• a substrate including an active area in which a pixel is disposed and a non-active area enclosing an outer periphery of an edge of the active area;
• a thin film transistor disposed on the active area of the substrate;
• a planarization layer disposed on the thin film transistor;
• a light emitting element disposed on the planarization layer and including an anode, an organic light emitting layer, and a cathode;
• and
• an encapsulating unit disposed on the light emitting element,
• wherein the encapsulating unit includes a first encapsulating layer, a second encapsulating layer, and a third encapsulating layer,
• wherein the second encapsulating layer is engulfed in between the first encapsulating layer and the third encapsulating layer to prevent the second encapsulating layer from being connected to a corresponding second encapsulating layer of an adjacent light emitting element,
• wherein the first encapsulating layer has a plurality of patterns which are separated apart from the first encapsulating layer, the second encapsulating layer and the third encapsulating layer of adjacent encapsulating units,
• wherein the first encapsulating layer and the third encapsulating layer include silicon oxide SiOx or silicon nitride SiNx, wherein the second encapsulating layer includes one of silicon oxycarbide (SiOCz), acryl, epoxy based resin, silicon oxide SiOx or silicon nitride SiNx,
• wherein a barrier film configured as a film having translucency and both-sided adhesiveness, is further disposed on the third encapsulating layer,
• wherein the encapsulating unit is disposed on the cathode without engulfing the cathode, and
• wherein the active area is configured to emit light through the thin film transistor and the light emitting element.