Organic EL device and electronic apparatus
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorTadashi Yamada
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Abstract
To provide an organic EL device capable of making uniform a dry speed of a liquid material coated in a display area. There is provided an organic EL device in which a plurality of pixels XR, XG, XB is arranged in an effective display area of a substrate and each of the pixels XR, XG, XB is provided with a first organic EL element having a functional film formed by a liquid phase method, wherein a dummy area D having a plurality of dummy pixels D1R, D1G, D1B, D2R, D2G, D2B for inspection of characteristics is provided around the effective display area and each dummy pixel is provided with a second organic EL element having a functional film formed using the same process as the functional film of the first organic EL element.
Claims7
An organic EL device, comprising:
- a plurality of pixels arranged in an effective display area of a substrate, each pixel being provided with a first organic EL element having a functional film formed by a liquid phase method;
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- a dummy area having a plurality of dummy pixels for inspection of characteristics provided around the effective display area, each dummy pixel being provided with a second organic EL element having a functional film formed using the same process as the functional film of the first organic EL element, the dummy pixels not including switching structures;
- each second organic EL element being equally illuminable as each first organic EL element by current supplied from respective power source lines.
An organic EL device, comprising:
- a plurality of pixels arranged in an effective display area of a substrate, each pixel being provided with a first organic EL element having a functional film formed by a liquid phase method;
- and
- a dummy area having a plurality of dummy pixels for inspection of characteristics provided around the effective display area, each dummy pixel being provided with a second organic EL element having a functional film formed using the same process as the functional film of the first organic EL element;
- each second organic EL element being equally illuminable by current supplied from respective power source lines, and
- each of the plurality of dummy pixels of the dummy area emitting one of at least three colors and each of the dummy pixels that emits a same color being connected in series to each other.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.