Thin-film-transistor organic electroluminescent device
AssigneeRiTdisplay Corporation
InventorTien-Rong Lu
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Abstract
A thin-film-transistor organic electroluminescent device comprises: a substrate; a plurality of stripes of first conductive lines; a plurality of stripes of second conductive lines, intersecting the first conductive lines; a plurality of functional elements located at the intersections of the first conductive lines and the second conductive lines, including a transistor having a drain, a source and a gate; a cathode mounted on the surface of the substrate and connected to the drain; an anode mounted on the cathode; and at least one organic electroluminescent medium sandwiched between the cathode and the anode; wherein the cathode and the first conductive lines are made of the same material.
Claims17
A thin-film-transistor organic electroluminescent device, comprising:
- a substrate;
- a plurality of stripes of first conductive lines mounted on the surface of said substrate;
- a plurality of stripes of second conductive lines mounted on the surface of said substrate, intersecting said first conductive lines;
- a plurality of functional elements located at the intersections of said first conductive lines and said second conductive lines, including a transistor having a drain, a source and a gate;
- a cathode mounted on the surface of said substrate and connected to said drain;
- an anode mounted over said cathode;
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- at least one organic electroluminescent medium sandwiched between said cathode and said anode;
- wherein said cathode and said first conductive lines are made of the same material;
- said first conductive lines and said second conductive lines are not directly electrically contacted at the intersections thereof;
- said source is connected to said first conductive lines;
- said gate is connected to said second conductive lines;
- said drain corresponding to said source is electrically connected to said source when an electric current flows through said gate;
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- said source, said gate and said drain are not directly electrically contacted at the intersection thereof.
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