Patent ID: 7432885

Claim:
An organic electroluminescence display having active-matrix circuitry, the organic electroluminescence display comprising: a substrate; a device layer provided on the substrate, the device layer comprising a plurality of luminescent devices defining pixel units arrayed in a matrix, each luminescent device having an emitting area that emits independently of the emitting areas of the other luminescent devices; a circuitry layer provided between the substrate and the device layer, the circuitry layer comprising pixel circuits for driving the respective luminescent devices, the pixel circuits defining the pixel units; and contacts electrically connecting each of the luminescent devices with a corresponding pixel circuit, wherein the contacts are provided between adjacent emitting areas of the luminescent devices and between adjacent upper pixel electrodes that each cover a respective one of the emitting areas, wherein the contacts are arrayed in a single dimension for each row or column in the matrix, the contacts for the pixel units belonging to two adjacent rows or columns in the matrix are arrayed in a single dimension between the two adjacent rows or columns, and the contacts for two adjacent pixel units each belonging to a respective adjacent row or column are positioned directly between the two adjacent pixel units.