Patent ID: 7309957

Claim:
An organic electroluminescent display device, comprising: first and second substrates bonded together, the first and second substrates having a plurality of pixel regions; a plurality of driving elements on an inner surface of the first substrate within each of the plurality of pixel regions; a passivation layer on the plurality of driving elements; a plurality of connection electrodes contacting the driving elements; a black matrix on an inner surface of the second substrate at a boundary of each of the plurality of pixel regions; a color filter layer including red, green, and blue color filters on the inner surface of the second substrate, each of the red, green, and blue color filters corresponding to each of the plurality of pixel regions; a planarization layer surrounding end portions of the color filter layer and the black matrix; a first electrode on an entire surface of the planarization layer; an organic electroluminescent layer having a uniform thickness extending on the first electrode; and at least one second electrode on the organic electroluminescent layer in at least one of the plurality of pixel regions, wherein the at least one second electrode contacts the connection electrodes, wherein the passivation layer and the at least one second electrode are spaced apart from each other to define a space, and wherein the plurality of connection electrodes are disposed in the space between the first and second substrates.