Patent ID: 7990052

Claim:
An organic EL device including a first area having a plurality of display pixel areas arranged in a matrix and a second area that is not related to display disposed around a perimeter of the first area, the organic EL device comprising: a substrate; a first electrode disposed over the matrix of the display pixel areas; second electrodes formed in the first area, each of the second electrodes being disposed between the substrate and the first electrode; third electrodes arranged in the second area, a first organic EL material arranged between the first electrode and one of the second electrodes; and a second organic EL material formed in the second area and arranged between the substrate and the first electrode, the second organic EL material being arranged between one of the third electrodes and the first electrode, wherein, in the first area, a TFT is connected to one of the second electrodes, and in the second area, each of the third electrodes is provided in the absence of a TFT.