Patent ID: 8097882

Claim:
An organic electroluminescent device, comprising: first and second substrates facing and spaced apart from each other; a gate line on the first substrate; a data line intersecting the gate line to define a pixel region; a switching element connected to the gate line and the data line; an organic electroluminescent diode on the second substrate; a driving element connected to the switching element and the organic electroluminescent diode, the driving element including a plurality of driving negative-type polycrystalline silicon thin film transistors connected to the organic electroluminescent diode in parallel, the driving element including a driving drain electrode; at least one passivation layer on the driving element, the at least one passivation element including a drain contact hole exposing the drain electrode; an organic material pattern on the driving element, the organic material pattern disposed directly within the drain contact hole; and a connection electrode on the organic material pattern, the connection electrode connecting the driving element and the organic electroluminescent diode, wherein the connection electrode wraps the organic material pattern such that the connection electrode contacts a portion of the driving drain electrode exposed outside a boundary portion of the organic material pattern, and wherein the organic material pattern is disposed between the drain electrode and the connection electrode.