Patent ID: 6936964

Claim:
An OLED lamp, comprising: a) a substrate; b) a non-pixellated OLED formed on the substrate, the OLED including i) a first electrode formed on the substrate and extending from a first edge of the substrate toward a second opposite edge of the substrate, ii) an OLED light emitting structure formed on top of the first electrode, leaving exposed a portion of the first electrode near the first edge of the substrate, and iii) a second electrode formed over the OLED light emitting structure and extending to the second edge of the substrate; wherein the first and second electrodes and OLED light emitting structure extend along the substrate in the direction of the first and second edges; and c) an encapsulating cover located over the non-pixellated OLED, leaving exposed portions of the first electrode and the second electrode for making electrical contact to the lamp.