Top emission type organic electroluminescent display device and method of fabricating the same

A method of fabricating a top emission type organic electroluminescent display device, comprising:

• forming a switching thin film transistor and a driving thin film transistor in a pixel region on a first substrate;
• forming a passivation layer over the switching thin film transistor and the driving thin film transistor, the passivation layer having a drain contact hole exposing a drain electrode of the driving thin film transistor;
• forming a connection electrode in the pixel region on the passivation layer, the connection electrode contacting the drain electrode of the driving thin film transistor through the drain contact hole;
• forming a partition wall on the connection electrode and corresponding to a border between adjacent pixel regions, the partition wall overlapping an edge portion of the connection electrode having a width of a top surface wider than a width of a bottom surface;
• forming an x-ray shield layer on the connection electrode and automatically separated in the pixel region due to the partition wall by depositing tungsten over a substantially entire surface of the first substrate;
• forming a first electrode on the x-ray shield layer and automatically separated in the pixel region due to the partition wall;
• forming a bank of an inorganic insulating material, the bank covering the partition wall and contacting an edge portion of the first electrode;
• forming an organic emission layer on the first electrode between adjacent banks;
• forming a second electrode on the organic emission layer by an electron beam deposition method;
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• attaching the first substrate and a second substrate such that a seal pattern is formed between the first and second substrates along peripheries of the first and second substrates.