Electroluminescent device
AssigneeSharp Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsTohru SENOO, Takeshi HIRASE, Tetsuya OKAMOTO, Tohru SONODA
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Abstract
An organic EL display device (electroluminescent device) equipped with an organic EL element (electroluminescent element) includes an opposing substrate that is provided on an organic EL element side and that opposes a TFT substrate (substrate), a desiccant that is provided between the TFT substrate and the opposing substrate in such a manner as to cover the organic EL element, a frame-shaped seal material that seals the organic EL element between the TFT substrate and the opposing substrate, and a holding member for holding the desiccant, the holding member being provided on the opposing substrate side inside the seal material.
Claims7
1:
- An electroluminescent device having a substrate and an electroluminescent element provided on the substrate, the electroluminescent device comprising:
- an opposing substrate that is provided on the electroluminescent element side and that opposes the substrate;
- a desiccant that is provided between the substrate and the opposing substrate such that the desiccant covers the electroluminescent element;
- a frame-shaped seal material that seals the electroluminescent element between the substrate and the opposing substrate;
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- a holding member for holding the desiccant, the holding member being provided on the opposing substrate side inside the seal material.
2:
- The electroluminescent device according to claim 1, wherein the holding member is provided inside the seal material such that the holding member partitions the inside of the seal material on the opposing substrate and forms a plurality of filling regions each filled with the desiccant.
3:
- The electroluminescent device according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of filling regions are provided such that areas of the filling regions on the opposing substrate become smaller along a direction of gravity during use of the electroluminescent device.
4:
- The electroluminescent device according to claim 1, wherein the holding member is provided with a perpendicular portion that extends in a direction perpendicular to the direction of gravity during use of the electroluminescent device.
5:
- The electroluminescent device according to claim 1, wherein the holding member is integrated with the opposing substrate.
6:
- The electroluminescent device according to claim 1, wherein the holding member is integrated with the seal material.
7:
- The electroluminescent device according to claim 1, wherein the desiccant includes a viscous fluid.