Patent ID: 8614545

Claim:
An organic EL apparatus comprising: a base; a plurality of first electrodes that are disposed on a first face of the base; a bank that is disposed on the first face; one first electrode of the plurality of first electrodes that has a first side edge and a second side edge that is opposite to the first side edge along a first direction; and another first electrode of the plurality of first electrodes that has a third side edge and a fourth side edge that is opposite to the third side edge along the first direction, wherein: the bank overlaps the first side edge, the second side edge, the third side edge and the fourth side edge; the one first electrode has a second face that is positioned between the first side edge and the second side edge and that is not overlapped by the bank; the another first electrode has a third face that is positioned between the third side edge and the fourth side edge and that is not overlapped by the bank; the second face and the third face are arranged along the first direction; a first distance between the first side edge and the second side edge is greater than a second distance between the second side edge and the third side edge; the bank continuously contacts the one first electrode and the another first electrode from a location proximate to the third side edge to a location proximate to the second side edge; and the bank includes an organic material selected from a group consisting of acrylic resin, epoxy resin and photosensitive polyimide.