Patent Publication Number: US-7723735-B2

Title: Display device and a method of manufacturing the same

Description:
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS 
     The present invention contains subject matter related to Japanese Patent Application JP 2005-119156 filed in the Japanese Patent Office on Apr. 18, 2005, the entire contents of which being incorporated herein by reference. 
     BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     1. Field of the Invention 
     The present invention concerns a display device and a manufacturing method thereof and, more specifically, it relates to a display device capable of color display using an organic electroluminescence device and a manufacturing method thereof. 
     2. Description of the Related Art 
     In organic electroluminescence devices, organic layers such as a hole transporting layer and a light emitting layer are provided between a lower electrode and an upper electrode. 
     In full color display devices using the organic electroluminescence devices (hereinafter simply referred to as light emitting device), light emitting devices that emit respectively R (ref), G (green), or B (blue) are arranged on a substrate. In manufacturing such devices, it is necessary to provide a light emitting layer comprising an organic light emitting material that emits each color for each light emitting device. Each light emitting layer is provided, for example, by a shadow masking method in which a light emitting material is deposited or coated through a mask provided with a plurality of apertures, or by an ink jet method. 
     However, it is difficult to further refine or highly integrate the light emitting devices when using the shadow masking method because of the difficulty of refinement of the apertures of the mask due to the distortion of the mask, etc. 
     Further, patterning with high accuracy is difficult also in the ink jet method. 
     Then, as a new pattern forming method, a transfer method using an energy source (heat source) (that is, thermal transfer method) has been proposed. A display device is manufactured by the thermal transfer method, for example, as described below. At first, a lower electrode is formed on a substrate of a display device (hereinafter referred to as a device substrate). On the other hand, a light emitting layer is formed by way of a light absorption layer on another substrate (hereinafter referred as a transfer substrate). Then, the device substrate and the transfer substrate are placed in a state of opposing the light emitting layer and the lower electrode and a laser light is irradiated on the side of the transfer substrate thereby thermally transferring the light emitting layer on the lower electrode of the device substrate. In this case, by scanning a laser irradiated spotwise, the light emitting layer is thermally transferred with a good positional accuracy only to a predetermined region on the lower electrode (refer to JP-A No. 2002-110350). 
     SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     However, the light emission device obtained by using the thermal transfer method described above has relatively lower light emission efficiency and shorter luminance life compared with the light emission device manufactured by the shadow masking method. This problem is serious particularly in a blue light emitting organic electroluminescence device which has the shortest luminance life among R (red), G (green), and B (blue) light emitting devices. 
     In view of the above, there is provided a display device using organic electroluminescence devices capable of patterning each of light emitting layers with good positional accuracy, and capable of maintaining high light emission efficiency and luminance life thereby enabling further fine display. 
     According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, a display device having a plurality of organic electroluminescence devices arranged on a substrate, each of the devices including a lower electrode, an organic layer at least containing a light emitting layer, and an upper electrode in this order, the light emitting layer of at least some of the organic electroluminescence devices has a first light emitting layer formed by vapor deposition and a second light emitting layer formed by thermal transfer, and the first light emitting layer emits light whose wavelength is equal to or shorter than that of blue light. 
     According to the preferred embodiment of the invention, each of the light emitting layers can be patterned with good positional accuracy by the thermal transfer method, and high light emission efficiency and long luminance life of the organic electroluminescence device can be obtained. Particularly, the life and the emission efficiency of the blue light emitting device which hindered longer life and higher light emission efficiency can be improved. As a result, further refinement is possible for the color display device in which the organic electroluminescence devices are arranged on the substrate. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
         FIG. 1  is a cross sectional view showing the structure of a display device in accordance with a first embodiment; 
         FIG. 2  is a cross sectional step charts showing a method of manufacturing a display device of the first embodiment; and 
         FIG. 3  is a cross sectional view showing the structure of a display device in accordance with a second embodiment. 
     
    
    
     DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS 
     Preferred embodiments of the invention are to be described with reference to the drawings. 
     First Embodiment 
       FIG. 1  is a cross sectional view for main portion of a display device of a preferred embodiment as an example according to the invention. A display device  1  shown in the drawing is a flat panel display of full color indication in which a plurality of organic electroluminescence devices  5  ( 5   r ,  5   g , and  5   b ) that emit respectively red (R), green (G), or blue (B) light are arranged above a substrate  3 . Hereinafter, an organic electroluminescence device  5  that emits a red light is referred to as a red light emitting device  5   r , an organic electroluminescence device  5  that emits a green light is referred to as a green light emitting device  5   b , and an organic electroluminescence device  5  that emits a blue light is referred as the blue light emitting device  5   b.    
     In each of the organic electroluminescence devices  5  ( 5   r ,  5   g , and  5   b ), patterned lower electrode  11 , hole injecting layer  12 , hole transporting layer  13 , first light emitting layer  14 , second light emitting layers  15  ( 15   r ,  15   g ,  15   b ), an electron transporting layer  16 , an electron injecting layer  17 , and an upper electrode  18  are laminated from the side of the substrate  3 . In the drawing, the hole injecting layer  12  and the hole transporting layer  13  are shown as one identical layer. 
     In the organic electroluminescence device  5 , an organic layer  19  consisting of organic materials includes layers from the hole injecting layer  12  to the electron transporting layer  16  for example. Further, the organic electroluminescence devices  5  are separated from each other by an insulating film  20  formed between the lower electrodes  11 . 
     In this embodiment the light emitting layer of the organic electroluminescence device  5  has a first light emitting layer  14  provided to cover substantially the whole area of the substrate  3  and a second light emitting layers  15  ( 15   r ,  15   g , and  15   b ) provided respectively on each of the organic electroluminescence devices  5  ( 5   r ,  5   g , and  5   b ). 
     The detailed structure of the display device  1  is to be described at first for the substrate  3 , the lower electrode  11 , and the upper electrode  18  and then the constitution of the organic layer  19  is to be described. 
     The substrate  3  includes, for example, a glass, silicon or plastic substrate and, further, a TFT substrate formed with TFT (Thin Film Transistor). Particularly when the light emission is taken out from the side of the substrate  3 , the substrate  3  is made of a light transmitting material. 
     The lower electrode  11  provided on the substrate  3  is used as an anode or a cathode. In such a device as described above, the lower electrode  11  is typically the anode. 
     The lower electrode  11  is suitably patterned for the driving system of the display device  1 . For example, when the driving system of the display device  1  is a simple matrix type, the lower electrode  11  is formed in stripes for example. Further, when the driving system of the display device  1  is an active matrix type having TFT on every pixel, the lower electrode  11  is formed by patterning so that each electrode corresponds to each of the pixels arranged. The lower electrode  11  is connected to TFT via a contact hole (not illustrated) formed in an interlayer insulating film that covers the TFT. 
     An insulating film  20  is provided to cover the peripheral portion of the lower electrodes  11 . The insulating film  20  comprises, for example, an organic insulating material such as polyimide or photoresist, or an inorganic insulating material such as silicon oxide. 
     On the other hand, the upper electrode  18  provided above the lower electrode  11  is used as a cathode. When the lower electrode  11  is used as a cathode, the upper electrode is used as an anode. 
     When a display device  1  is a simple matrix type one, the upper electrode  18  is formed in stripes to cross the stripes of the lower electrode  11 . Crossed portions of the lower electrode  11  and the upper electrode  18  constitute organic electroluminescence devices  5 . Further, when the display device  1  is an active matrix type one, the upper electrode  18  is formed to cover substantially entire area of the substrate  3  and used as a common electrode for the pixels. For the display device  1  of active matrix type, a top emission type in which the light is taken out from the upper electrode  18  side is preferred because of high aperture of the organic electroluminescence device  5 . In such a case, an auxiliary electrode (not illustrated) can be provided on the same level of the lower electrode  11  to prevent the voltage drop of the upper electrode  18 . 
     As the anode material for the lower electrode  11  (or upper electrode  18 ), materials with high work function and high reflectance are preferred and they include, for example, nickel (Ni), silver (Ag), gold (Au), platinum (Pt), palladium (Pd), selenium (Se), rhodium (Rh), ruthenium (Ru), iridium (Ir), rhenium (Re), tungsten (W), molybdenum (Mo), chromium (Cr), tantalum (Ta), niobium (Nb), aluminum (Al), iron (Fe), cobalt (Co), copper (Cu), and alloys and oxides thereof, or tin oxide, ITO, zinc oxide, titanium oxide, etc. 
     On the other hand, as the cathode material for the upper electrode  18  (or lower electrode  11 ), materials with low work function are preferred and they include, magnesium (Mg), calcium (Ca), indium (In), lithium (Li), aluminum (Al), silver (Ag) or alloys, oxides or fluorides thereof and, for example, magnesium (Mg)-silver (Ag) alloy, lithium (Li)-fluorine (F) compound, lithium (Li)-oxygen (O) compound, etc. 
     For the electrode on the side of taking out light emission generated in the organic electroluminescence device  5 , light transmitting materials are used among the materials described above. 
     For example, when the light emission is taken from the substrate  3  side, the lower electrode  11  is made of the material with high light transmittance such as ITO (Indium-Tin-Oxide) or IZO (Indium-Zinc-Oxide) and used for as the anode. And, the upper electrode  18  is made of the material with good reflectance such as aluminum. 
     On the other hand, when the light emission is taken from the upper electrode  18  side, the lower electrode  11  is made of the material such as chromium or silver alloy. And, the upper electrode  18  is made of the material with light transmittance such as an alloy of magnesium and silver (MgAg). 
     In the mean time, it is preferable that the organic electroluminescence device  5  constitutes a resonator structure in which the intensity of the light emission is increased. In this case, the upper electrode  18  is provided as a semi-transparent layer. 
     The structure of the organic layer  19  is to be described. 
     At first, the hole injecting layer  12  on the lower electrode  11  is provided as a common layer covering substantially whole area of the substrate  3 . The hole injecting layer  12  comprising a usual hole injecting material, for example m-MTDATA [4,4,4-tris(3-methylphenyl phenylamino)triphenylamine], is vapor deposited with the thickness of 25 nm. 
     The hole transporting layer  13  is provided on the hole injecting layer  12  as a common layer covering substantially whole area of the substrate  3 . The hole transporting layer  13  comprising a usual hole transporting material, for example α-NPD [4,4-bis(N-1-naphthyl-N-phenylamino) biphenyl], is vapor deposited with the thickness of 30 nm. Other materials for the hole transporting layer  13  include benzidine derivatives, styrylamino derivatives, triphenylmethane derivatives, hydrazone derivatives, etc. 
     Each of the hole injecting layer  12  and the hole transporting layer  13  may be of a laminate structure having plural layers. 
     A first light emitting layer  14  is provided on the hole transporting layer  13  as a common layer covering substantially whole area of the substrate  3 . Such a first light emitting layer  14  emits light whose wavelength is equal to or shorter than that of blue light. The blue light means an emission color used as blue light in a final product of a display device. The first light emitting layer  14  comprises a host material and a light emitting dopant. For example, 4,4′-bis[2-[4-(N,N-diphenylamino) phenyl]vinyl] biphenyl (DPAVBi) as the blue light emitting dopant is mixed 2.5% by weight with AND (anthracene dinaphthyl). 
     The first light emitting layer  14  is provided by a vapor deposition method. The first light emitting layer  14  that emits light whose wavelength is shorter than that of blue light includes, for example, a simple AND or a combination of AND as a host material and BD-052X (manufactured by Idemitsu Kosan) as a dopant material (about 5% by weight) . In both cases, emitted light is usually recognized as blue light. 
     A second light emitting layer  15  is provided on the first light emitting layer  14  for each of the organic electroluminescence devices  5  ( 5   r ,  5   g , and  5   b ) . That is, a red light emitting layer  15   r  emitting red light is provided as the second light emitting layer  15  in the red light emitting device  5   r . A green light emitting layer  15   g  emitting a green light is provided as the second light emitting layer  15  in the green light emitting device  5   g . A blue light emitting layer  15   b  emitting a blue light is provided as the second light emitting layer  15  in the blue light emitting device  5   b.    
     The red light emitting layer  15   r  comprises, for example, a mixture of a host material and a red light emitting material. The red light emitting material may be either fluorescent or phosphorescent. In this embodiment, the red light emitting layer  15   r  includes AND and 2,6-bis [(4′-methoxydiphenylamino)styryl]-1,5-dicyano naphthalene (BSN) (30% by weight). The thickness of the red light emitting layer  15   r  is about 30 nm. 
     The green light emitting layer  15   g  comprises, for example, a mixture of a host material and a green light emitting material. The green light emitting material may be either fluorescent or phosphorescent. In this embodiment, the green light emitting layer  15   g  includes AND and coumarin  6  (5% by weight) . The thickness of the red light emitting layer  15   g  is about 30 nm. 
     The blue light emitting layer  15   b  comprises, for example, a mixture of a host material and a blue light emitting material. The blue light emitting material may be either fluorescent or phosphorescent. In this embodiment, the blue light emitting layer  15   b  includes AND and 4,4′-bis[2-[4-(N,N-diphenylamino)phenyl]vinyl]biphenyl (DPAVBi) (2.5% by weight). The thickness of the red light emitting layer  15   b  is about 30 nm. 
     The second light emitting layers  15  ( 15   r ,  15   g , and  15   b ) are provided with good positional accuracy by a thermal transfer method. 
     The electron transporting layer  16  is provided as a common layer on the second light emitting layer  15  to cover substantially whole area of the substrate  3 . The electron transporting layer  16  including a general electron transporting material, for example 8-hydroxyquinoline aluminum (Alq3), is vapor deposited with thickness of about 20 nm. 
     The electron injecting layer  17  is provided as a common layer on the electron transporting layer  16  to cover substantially whole area of the substrate  3 . The electron injecting layer  17  including a general electron injecting material, for example LiF, is vapor deposited with thickness of about 0.3 nm (vapor deposition rate: 0.01 nm/sec). 
     The upper electrode  18  is disposed on the electron injecting layer  17 . The upper electrode  18  is provided as a common electrode. For example, MgAg is used as the upper electrode  18  and vapor deposited with thickness of 10 nm. 
     Then, a protective film  22  is provided on the upper electrode  18  to cover substantially whole area of the substrate  3 . The protective film  22  is provided to prevent moisture from reaching the organic layer  19  with sufficient thickness using a low water-absorption material or a low water-permeable material. Further, when the display device is a top emission type, the protective film  22  is made of a material with good light transmissivity. 
     The material used for the protective film  22  may be either insulating or conductive. When using the insulating material, inorganic amorphous material, for examples, amorphous silicon (α-Si), amorphous silicon carbide (α-SiC), amorphous silicon nitride (α-Si 1−x N x ), amorphous carbon (α-C), etc. are preferably used. Since such inorganic amorphous materials do not form grains, and makes a good protective film with low water permeability. 
     For example, the protective film  22  comprising amorphous silicon nitride is provided by a CVD method with thickness of 2 to 3 μm. 
     Further, when the display device  1  is the active matrix type, the protective layer  22  may be formed with a conductive material such as ITO and IXO. 
     A protective substrate  24  is provided on the protective film  22  via a resin material for adhesion (not illustrated). As the resin material for adhesion, UV-ray curable resin is used for example. As the protective substrate  24 , a glass substrate is used for instance. When the display device  1  is a top light emission type, the resin material for adhesion and the protective substrate  24  are made of a light transmitting material. 
     Furthermore, a color filter is additionally provided in a display device  1 . For example, a color filter is disposed for each of the organic electroluminescence devices  5   r ,  5   g , and  5   b  on the side from which light is taken out. 
     Then, a method of manufacturing the display device  1  is to be described with reference to a cross sectional step chart in  FIG. 2 . 
     At first, as shown in FIG.  2 ( 1 ), a lower electrode  11  is provided on the substrate  3 . An auxiliary electrode (not illustrated) may be optionally provided at the same time. Then, an insulating film  20  is provided to cover the peripheral portions of the lower electrode  11 . Then, the hole injecting layer  12 , the hole transporting layer  13 , and the first light emitting layer  14  are provided successively to cover substantially whole area of the substrate  11  by a vapor deposition method. Each of the layers  12  to  14  is provided as a film without using a mask. 
     Then, as shown in FIG.  2 ( 2 ), a transfer substrate  30   r  is prepared. In the transfer substrate  30   r , a red light emitting layer  15   r  is provided via a light absorption layer  33  to cover substantially whole area of the glass substrate  31 . 
     Then, the transfer substrate  30   r  is disposed being opposed to the substrate  3  having the first light emitting layer  14 . In this case, the transfer substrate  30   r  and the substrate  3  are disposed such that the red light emitting layer  15   r  and the first light emitting layer  14  are opposed to each other. The substrate  3  and the transfer substrate  30   r  may be disposed to contact with each other so that the first light emitting layer  14  on the substrate  3  and the red light emitting layer  15   r  on the transfer substrate  30   r  are in contact with each other. 
     Then, a laser light hr with a wavelength, for example, of 800 nm is irradiated from the side of the transfer substrate  30   r . In this case, the laser light hr is selectively irradiated spotwise to the region for the red light emitting device. The laser is absorbed by the light absorption layer  33  and the red light emitting layer  15   r  is thermally transferred selectively on the first light emitting layer  14  on the substrate  3 . 
     Then, a green light emitting layer and a blue light emitting layer are provided by repeating the above steps of the thermal transfer. 
     That is, as shown in FIG.  2 ( 3 ), a transfer substrate  30   g  with a light absorption layer  33  and a green light emitting layer  15   g  is prepared, and the green light emitting layer  15   g  is thermally and selectively transferred on the first light emitting layer  14  on the substrate  3 . 
     Further, as shown in FIG.  2 ( 4 ), a transfer substrate  30   b  with a light absorption layer  33  and a blue light emitting layer  15   b  is prepared, and a blue light emitting layer  15   b  is thermally and selectively transferred on the first light emitting layer  14  on the substrate  3 . 
     Each of the thermal transfer steps described with reference to FIG.  2 ( 2 ) to FIG.  2 ( 4 ) may be conducted in an optional order for the light emitting layers ( 15   r ,  15   g , and  15   b ). 
     Further, the thermal transfer steps is preferably conducted in vacuum while they can also be conducted in an atmospheric air. By conducting in vacuum, transfer is possible with lower energy of laser and thermal damages given to the light emitting layer to be transferred can be mitigated. Further, by conducting the thermal transfer step in vacuum, both substrates can be closely attached and the patterning accuracy is improved. In addition, by conducting all of the processes continuously in vacuum, degradation of the device can be prevented. 
     After forming the second light emitting layers  15   r ,  15   g  and  15   b , the electron transporting layer  16  and the electron injecting layer  17  are provided to cover substantially whole area of the substrate  3  by a vapor deposition method as shown in  FIG. 1 . Then, the upper electrode  18  and a protective film  22  are formed by a film forming method, for example, a vapor deposition method or a CVD (chemical vapor deposition) method. 
     Each of the layers  16  to  22  is formed as a film without using a mask. Further, each of the layers  16  to  22  is preferably formed continuously in one identical film forming apparatus with no exposure to atmospheric air. This can prevent degradation of the organic layer  19  caused by moisture in atmospheric air. 
     When the auxiliary electrode is provided, the organic layers formed as a film on the lower electrode  11  may be partially removed by a laser abrasion method or the like before forming the upper electrode  18 . This connects the upper electrode  18  directly to the lower electrode  11  to improve the state of contact. 
     Finally, a protective substrate  24  is provided to complete a display device  1 . 
     According to the first embodiment, there is provided a light emitting layer provided by the vapor deposition method, that is, a first light emitting layer  14  being free of damages by thermal transfer and having high re-combination probability between electrons and holes. 
     Then, in the organic electroluminescence devices  5  ( 5   r ,  5   g , and  5   b ), the second light emitting layers  15   r ,  15   g , and  15   b  are further provided. In the red light emitting device  5   r  and the green light emitting device  5   g  having the red light emitting layer  15   r  or the green light emitting layer  15   g  that emit light whose wavelength is longer than that of a first light emitting layer  14 , the re-combination energy of the first light emitting layer  14  rapidly moves to the second light emitting layer  15   r  or  15   g  and contributes to the emission of the red light or the green light. 
     On the other hand, in the blue light emitting device  5   b  having the blue light emitting layer  15   b  and the first light emitting layer  14 , since the first light emitting layer  14  formed by vapor deposition mainly acts as an emitting layer, the light emission efficiency and the luminance life are maintained at high levels. Also in case the first light emitting layer  14  emits light whose wavelength is shorter than that of blue light, light is emitted according to the same principle for the red light emitting device  5   r  and the green light emitting device  5   g  described above. That is, the re-combination energy at good efficiency generated in the first light emitting layer  14  rapidly moves to the blue light emitting layer  15   b  to emit blue light. 
     The second light emitting layers  15   r ,  15   g , and  15   b  are provided by thermal transfer. Accordingly, the light emitting layer of each of the organic electroluminescence devices  5   r ,  5   g , and  5   b  is formed with good positional accuracy. 
     As the result, the pattern formation is possible with good positional accuracy, and the blue light emitting device  5   b  is obtained with increased life and high light emission efficiency. 
     Second Embodiment 
       FIG. 3  is a cross sectional view for a main portion of a display device as a second embodiment according to the invention. A display device  1 ′ in  FIG. 3  is different from the display device  1  in  FIG. 1  in that a blue light emitting device  5   b ′ has no second light emitting layer. 
     That is, a light emitting layer of a blue light emitting device  5   b ′ has only the first light emitting layer  14 . In the display device  1 , the first light emitting layer  14  emits light whose wavelength is equal to or shorter than that of blue light. In the display device  1 ′, the first light emitting layer  14  emits blue light. 
     Also in this embodiment, the first light emitting layer  14  formed by vapor deposition emits blue light efficiently. Therefore, the same effect as the first embodiment can be obtained. 
     In addition, according to the second embodiment, since thermal transfer steps are necessary only twice, the manufacturing process can be simplified. 
     This invention is applicable to the embodiments in which the lower electrode  11  is used as the cathode and the upper electrode  18  is used as the anode. 
     This invention is also applicable to the embodiments in which the first light emitting layer is laminated on the second light emitting layer. 
     Furthermore, this invention is applicable to the embodiments in which the second light emitting layer is formed by other than thermal transfer, so long as the pattern can be formed with good accuracy. 
     Furthermore, this invention is applicable to a tandem organic EL device including plural units of organic layers each having a light emitting layer (light emitting units). 
     EXAMPLE 
     Specific examples of the invention and comparative examples are shown below. 
     Example 1 
     A red light emitting organic electroluminescence device  15   r  was prepared (refer to  FIG. 1 ).
     (1) At first, above a glass substrate as a device forming substrate, an APC (Ag—Pd—Cu) layer as a silver alloy layer (film thickness: 120 nm), and an ITO film as a transparent conductive layer (film thickness: 10 nm) were formed in this order to form a lower electrode  11  of a two-layered structure. Then, an insulating film  20  of silicon oxide was formed to a thickness of about 2 μm by a sputtering method in a state of covering the circumferential edge of the lower electrode  11 . Then, the lower electrode  11  was exposed by lithography, on which m-MTDATA was vapor deposited at a film thickness of 25 nm as the hole injecting layer  12 , and α-NPD was vapor deposited to a film thickness of 30 nm as the hole transporting layer  13 .   (2) As the first light emitting layer  14 , a host material AND mixed with 2.5% by weight of DPAVBi as a dopant material was vapor deposited to a film thickness of 5 nm.   (3) On the other hand, a transfer substrate was prepared. At first, a light absorption layer comprising chromium with thickness of 200 nm was formed on a glass substrate by a usual sputtering method. On the light absorption layer, AND as the host material mixed with 30% by weight of 2,6-bis[(4′-methoxydiphenylamino)styryl]-1,5-dicyano naphthalene (BSN) as a dopant material was formed to a film thickness of about 30 nm.   (4) Then, in the state where the formed films of organic layers are opposed to each other, the transfer substrate prepared in (3) was placed above the device preparing substrate  3  and adhered closely in vacuum. Both of the substrates were kept at a small distance of about 2 μm by the thickness of the insulating film  20 . In this state, by irradiating a laser light at a wavelength of 800 nm from the back of the transfer substrate in an arrangement opposing to the red light pixel region of the device forming substrate  3 , the red light emitting layer  15   r  was thermally transferred from the transfer substrate. The spot size for the laser light was controlled to 300 μm×10 μm. The laser light was scanned in the direction perpendicular to the longitudinal size of the light. The energy density was at 2.6 E-3 mJ/μm 2 .   (5) As the electron transporting layer  16 , 8-hydroxyquinoline aluminum (Alq3) was vapor deposited to a film thickness of about 20 nm. Successively, as the electron injecting layer  17 , LiF was vapor deposited to a film thickness of about 0.3 nm (vapor deposition rate: 0.01 nm/sec). Then, as the upper electrode  18 , MgAg was vapor deposit to a film thickness of 10 nm.   

     Example 2 
     A green light emitting organic electroluminescence device  15   g  was prepared. 
     The same procedures as those in Example 1(1), (2) were conducted. 
     In Example 1(3), AND as the host material mixed with 5% by weight of coumarin  6  was formed as a green emitting layer instead of the red light emitting layer to a film thickness of about 30 nm. 
     Then, the same procedures as those in Example 1(4), (5) were conducted by using the transfer substrate prepared as described above. 
     Example 3 
     A blue light emitting organic electroluminescence device  15   b  was prepared. 
     The same procedures as those in Example 1(1), (2) were conducted. 
     In Example 1(3), AND as the host material mixed with 2.5% by weight of DPAVBi as the dopant material was formed to a thickness of about 30 nm as the blue light emitting layer instead of the red light emitting layer. 
     Then, the same procedures as those in Example 1(4), (5) were conducted by using the transfer substrate prepared as described above. 
     Example 4 
     A blue light emitting organic electroluminescence device  15   b ′ was prepared. 
     In this case, only the procedures (1), (2), and (5) in Example 1 were conducted to prepare a blue light emitting device  15   b ′ in which the light emitting layer was constructed only with the blue light emitting first light emitting layer  14  (refer to  FIG. 3 ). 
     Comparative Example 1 
     The procedures in Example 1, procedures (1), (3), (4) and (5) were conducted successively while saving the procedure (2) to prepare an organic electroluminescence device in which the light emitting layer was constructed only with the red light emitting layer  15   r  without disposing the first light emitting layer  14 . 
     Comparative Example 2 
     The procedures in Example 2, procedures (1), (3), (4) and (5) were conducted successively while saving the procedure (2) to prepare an organic electroluminescence device in which the light emitting layer was constructed only with the green light emitting layer  15   g  without disposing the first light emitting layer  14 . 
     Comparative Example 3 
     In the procedures in Example 3, procedures (1), (3), (4) and (5) were conducted successively while saving the procedure (2) to prepare an organic electroluminescence device in which the light emitting layer was constructed only with the blue light emitting layer  15   b  without disposing the first light emitting layer  14 . 
     Result of Evaluation 
     For the organic electroluminescence devices prepared as described above, in a state of applying a constant current at a density of 10 mA/cm 2 , the light emission efficiency and the chromaticity were measured by using a spectral radiance meter. Further, a life test was conducted in a state of setting the current application such that devices using the identical dopant emitted light at an identical luminance and the rate of decrease in the relative luminance after lapse of 100 hrs was measured. The results are shown in the following Table 1. 
     
       
         
           
               
               
               
               
               
             
               
                   
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                 Light 
                 decrease 
               
               
                   
                   
                 CIE 
                 emission 
                 in 
               
               
                   
                 Device 
                 chromaticity 
                 efficiency 
                 luminance 
               
               
                   
                 constitution 
                 (x, y) 
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                 Example 1 
                 Red light emitting 
                 (0.64, 0.32) 
                 5.3 
                 15 
               
               
                   
                 device 5r 
               
               
                 (Comp. 
                 Red light emitting 
                 (0.63, 0.32) 
                 5.5 
                 17 
               
               
                 Example 1) 
                 device 
               
               
                 Example 2 
                 Green light emitting 
                 (0.22, 0.68) 
                 13 
                 15 
               
               
                   
                 device 5g 
               
               
                 (Comp. 
                 Green light emitting 
                 (0.22, 0.66) 
                 15 
                 14 
               
               
                 Example 2) 
                 device 
               
               
                 Example 3 
                 Blue light emitting 
                 (0.16, 0.21) 
                 6.2 
                 11 
               
               
                   
                 device 5b 
               
               
                 (Comp. 
                 Blue light emitting 
                 (0.16, 0.20) 
                 3.6 
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                 Example 4 
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                 3.3 
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     When comparing the result of evaluation between Example 1 and Comparative Example 1, it was confirmed that the chromaticity and the light emission efficiency were obtained about at the same extent and the rate of decrease in the luminance was also suppressed by about the same extent also for the red light emitting device  5   r  of Example 1 provided with the blue light emitting first emitting layer, as those for the red light emitting device of Comparative Example 1 not provided with the first light emitting layer. This was identical also in the comparison between the green light emitting devices of Example 2 and Comparative Example 2. 
     This is considered to be attributable to that the light was scarcely emitted in the first light emitting layer  14  since the light emission from the first light emitting layer  14  disposed in Examples 1, 2 was at a short wavelength of high energy and the re-combination energy in the first light emitting layer  14  conducted rapidly to the red light emitting layer  15   r  and the green light emitting layer  15   g.    
     On the other hand, when comparing the result of evaluation between Example 3 and Comparative Example 3, it was confirmed that the light emission efficiency increased twice or more and also the rate of decrease in the luminance was suppressed to 1/4  or less for the blue light emitting device  5   b  of Example 3 provided with the blue light emitting first light emitting layer compared with the blue light emitting device of Comparative Example 3 not provided with the first light emitting layer. Further, degradation of the chromaticity was not observed as well. 
     In view of the result described above, it was confirmed that the characteristics of the blue light emitting device  5   g  could be improved while maintaining the characteristics of the red light emitting device  5   r  and the green light emitting  5   b  in the display devices in which the organic electroluminescence devices  5   r ,  5   g  and  5   b  for each of the colors in Examples 1 to 3. This enables to favorably maintain the characteristics of the organic electroluminescence devices  5   r ,  5   g , and  5   b  emitting for each of the colors in full color display devices using the organic electroluminescence devices by forming the second light emitting layers  15   r ,  15   g , and  15   b  by the thermal transfer. 
     Further, when comparing the result of evaluation between Example 4 and Comparative Example 3, it was confirmed that the rate of decrease in the luminance was suppressed to about 1/2  in the blue light emitting device  5   b ′ of Example 3 in which the light emitting layer was constructed only with the blue light emitting first light emitting layer, compared with the blue light emitting device of Comparative Example 3 not provided with the first light emitting layer. Further, degradation of the chromaticity was not observed and it was confirmed that lowering of the light emission efficiency could also be restricted. 
     Accordingly, it was confirmed that the life of the blue light emitting device  5   b ′ could be increased by constructing the light emitting layer only with the first light emitting layer formed by vapor deposition. 
     It should be understood by those skilled in the art that various modifications, combinations, sub-combinations and alterations may occur depending on design requirements and other factors insofar as they are within the scope of the appended claims or the equivalents thereof.