Patent ID: 7446473

Claim:
An organic electroluminescent display device comprising: a laminated material which is composed of a lamination of a plurality of layers having different conductivities, on which a circuit including a plurality of light-emitting elements each having a light-emitting layer and a pair of electrodes opposing in a direction of the lamination across the light-emitting layer is formed, and whose main surface has a pixel array having the plurality of light-emitting elements arranged two-dimensionally; and a first flexible substrate and a second flexible substrate opposing to each other across said pixel array and joined to both sides of said laminated material, one for each side; wherein one of said first flexible substrate and said second flexible substrate comprises at least one metal foil having main surfaces extending along said pixel array of said laminated material and a plurality of desiccant islands arranged two-dimensionally on one of the main surfaces of said at least one metal foil; and wherein said plurality of desiccant islands are separated from each other on said one main surface of said at least one metal foil.