Patent ID: 7666707

Claim:
A method for manufacturing a display device comprising: forming on a substrate a plurality of organic electroluminescent elements, each organic electroluminescent element including an organic layer held between a lower electrode and an upper electrode; forming a plurality of the lower electrodes by patterning a plurality of pixels on the substrate; forming an auxiliary wiring between individual pixels on the substrate, the auxiliary wiring including an electrically conductive layer composed of a same material as the lower electrodes, and a light absorption layer formed on the electrically conductive layer and composed of an electrically conductive material different from the material of the lower electrodes and having a light absorption coefficient higher than a light absorption coefficient of the lower electrode; forming the organic layer on the substrate including the lower electrodes and the auxiliary wiring, while the organic layer covers at least the lower electrodes; conducting laser irradiation above the organic layer, converting the laser irradiation to heat in the light absorption layer exposed at a portion under the organic layer, and selectively removing a portion of the organic layer above the light absorption layer; and forming the upper electrode on the substrate by holding the organic layer between the lower electrodes and the upper electrode and connecting the upper electrode to a portion of the light absorption layer of the auxiliary wiring from which the organic layer has been removed.