JPH02230693A - Thin film el display element - Google Patents
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Abstract
Description
【発明の詳細な説明】
く産業上の利用分野〉
この発明は、薄膜エレクトロルミネブセンス（以下、Ｅ
Ｌと略称する）表示素子に関する。[Detailed Description of the Invention] Industrial Application Fields This invention relates to thin film electroluminescence (hereinafter referred to as E
(abbreviated as L)).
く従来の技術〉
従来、薄膜ＥＬ表示素子としては、たとえば、第７図に
示すような構造のものがある。この薄膜ＥＬ表示素子は
、以下のように作成される。すなわち、透明基板７０」
二に、たとえばＩＴＯ（錫添加酸化インジウム）等の透
明導電膜より成る複数の帯状の透明電極７ｌを互いに平
行になるようにパターン形成したのち、たとえばＡ０．
ｔＯ ３， Ｓ ｉｏ ，ＴｉＯｚなどの酸化物あるい
はＳ１３Ｎ４等の窒化物質より成る第１誘電体層７２を
形成ｊ７、この第１誘電体層上にＺｎＳ，ＺｎＳｅなど
の母体材料にＭｎ等の活性物質がドーブされた発光層７
３を形成する。そｌ７て、上記発光層７３上に上記第１
誘電体層７２と同様の物質から成る第２誘電体層７４を
形成し、この第２誘電体層７４上に上記透明電極７ｌと
直交する方向にＡｆ２等から成る互いに平行な複数の帯
状の背面電極７５をパターン形成する。BACKGROUND ART Conventionally, a thin film EL display element has a structure as shown in FIG. 7, for example. This thin film EL display element is produced as follows. That is, the transparent substrate 70''
Second, after patterning a plurality of strip-shaped transparent electrodes 7l made of a transparent conductive film such as ITO (tin-doped indium oxide) so as to be parallel to each other, for example, A0.
A first dielectric layer 72 made of an oxide such as tO 3 , S io , TiOz or a nitride such as S13N4 is formedj7, and an active material such as Mn is formed on the first dielectric layer as a base material such as ZnS or ZnSe. A light emitting layer 7 doped with
form 3. Then, the first layer is placed on the light emitting layer 73.
A second dielectric layer 74 made of the same material as the dielectric layer 72 is formed, and a plurality of parallel strip-shaped back surfaces made of Af2 or the like are formed on the second dielectric layer 74 in a direction perpendicular to the transparent electrode 7l. Electrodes 75 are patterned.
このようにして作成された薄膜ＥＬ表示素子は、透明電
極７ｌおよび背面電極７５に選択的に電圧を印加するこ
とによって、発光層７３における発光部分を透明電極７
１および背面電極７５の組み合わせから成るドットごと
に選ぶことができ、このことにより所望のドブトマトリ
クス表示を行うことができる。The thin film EL display element thus created can be manufactured by selectively applying a voltage to the transparent electrode 7l and the back electrode 75, thereby changing the light emitting portion of the light emitting layer 73 to the transparent electrode 7l.
1 and the back electrode 75, and thereby a desired dot matrix display can be performed.
〈発明が解決しようとする課題〉
ところで、薄膜ＥＬ素子は、近年、表示面積の大型化あ
るいは大表示容量化の方向にある。このため、透明電極
の幅が細くなりあるいは長さが長くなることにより透明
電極のライン抵抗が高くなる傾向にある。一方、走査ラ
イン数が増加ずるため、ｌラインの駆動時間を短くする
必要がある。<Problems to be Solved by the Invention> Incidentally, in recent years, thin film EL elements have been trending toward larger display areas or larger display capacities. Therefore, as the width of the transparent electrode becomes narrower or the length thereof becomes longer, the line resistance of the transparent electrode tends to increase. On the other hand, since the number of scanning lines increases, it is necessary to shorten the driving time of the l line.
このＩラインの駆動時間は、絵素の発光か非発光かを決
定するだめの変調電圧の充電時間と薄膜ＥＬ素子を発光
させるための書き込み電圧の印加時間とからなり、それ
ぞれの時間は薄膜ＥＬ素子が容量性であるため、絵素容
量と透明電極の抵抗値により決まる。絵素容量は、薄膜
ＥＬ素子の発光特性に強く影響するため大きく変更する
ことは不可能であり、したがって１ラインの駆動時間を
短くするためには、透明電極の抵抗値を低く抑えること
が必要となってくる。The driving time of this I line consists of the charging time of the modulation voltage that determines whether the pixel emits light or not, and the time of applying the writing voltage to make the thin film EL element emit light. Since the element is capacitive, it is determined by the pixel capacitance and the resistance value of the transparent electrode. The pixel capacitance strongly affects the light emitting characteristics of thin-film EL elements, so it is impossible to change it significantly. Therefore, in order to shorten the driving time of one line, it is necessary to keep the resistance value of the transparent electrode low. It becomes.
また、大型ＥＬバネルの場合だ（』でなく、階調表示を
行う場合にも、絵素の階調度を決定する変！Ｉ１電圧を
短時間で充電する必要があり、透明電極の抵抗値の低減
が不可欠になっている。In addition, when performing gradation display (not the case with large EL panels), it is necessary to charge the I1 voltage that determines the gradation level of the picture element in a short time, and the resistance value of the transparent electrode Reduction has become essential.
一方、薄膜ＥＬ表示素子の消費電力は、透明電極の抵抗
値が低い方が少なくなり、この面からも透明電極の抵抗
値の低減が望まれている。On the other hand, the power consumption of a thin film EL display element decreases when the resistance value of the transparent electrode is low, and from this point of view as well, it is desired to reduce the resistance value of the transparent electrode.
ところが、透明電極の比抵抗には限界があり、また、薄
膜Ｅ Ｌ素子の絶縁耐圧は、透明電極の膜厚に強く依存
し、ある値以上厚く出来ないため、透明電極をＩＴＯ等
の透明導電膜のみで形成する従来の方法では、ライン抵
抗の十分低い透明電極を実現することは不可能であった
。However, there is a limit to the specific resistance of the transparent electrode, and the dielectric strength of the thin film EL element strongly depends on the thickness of the transparent electrode, and it cannot be made thicker than a certain value. With the conventional method of forming only a film, it has been impossible to realize a transparent electrode with sufficiently low line resistance.
この対策として、透明導電膜の上部又は下部に低抵抗の
金属導伝膜を形成ずる方法が提案されているが、ＥＬの
絵素内に透明導電膜と低抵抗金属導伝膜が重なった場合
、その重なった部分、特に重なった膜の端部で著しく絶
縁耐圧の低下が起こり絵素の破壊が生じることが多いこ
とや、薄膜Ｅ■，素子の製造過程には、透明電極形成後
、発光層あるいは誘電体層等の成膜のため及び熱処理の
ための高温度プロセスが有るため、透明導電膜と低抵抗
金属導電膜が反応し、黒化したり、あるいは抵抗値が著
しく上昇したりするため、この方法は薄膜ＥＬ素子に適
用することは不可能であった。As a countermeasure to this problem, a method has been proposed in which a low-resistance metal conductive film is formed above or below the transparent conductive film, but if the transparent conductive film and the low-resistance metal conductive film overlap within the EL picture element, , the dielectric strength drops significantly at the overlapping parts, especially at the edges of the overlapping films, often resulting in destruction of the picture elements. Because there is a high temperature process for forming layers or dielectric layers and for heat treatment, the transparent conductive film and the low resistance metal conductive film may react, resulting in blackening or a significant increase in resistance value. However, this method could not be applied to thin film EL devices.
そこで、この発明の目的は、絶縁耐圧の低下や絵素の黒
化、あるいは製造プロセスにおける透明電極の抵抗値の
上昇などを伴うことなく透明電極の抵抗値を低減するよ
うにした薄膜ＥＬ表示素子を提供することにある。SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a thin film EL display element in which the resistance value of a transparent electrode is reduced without causing a decrease in dielectric strength voltage, blackening of picture elements, or an increase in the resistance value of the transparent electrode during the manufacturing process. Our goal is to provide the following.
〈課題を解決するための手段〉
上記目的を達成するため、この発明は、基板上に、複数
本の帯状の互い仲平行な透明電極、第１誘電体層、ＥＬ
発光層、第２誘電体層および上記透明電極の配列方向と
直角な方向で互いに平行な複数本の帯状の背面電極を順
次形成してなる薄膜ＥＬ表示素子において、上記透明電
極が、上記背面電極との間で絵素を構成する帯状の透明
導電膜と、上記透明導電膜と平行に形成され、かつ、」
二記透明導電膜の絵素を構成ずる部分以外の部分と接続
される接続部を有する帯状の低抵抗金属導電膜からなる
ことを特徴としている。<Means for Solving the Problems> In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a substrate with a plurality of strip-shaped transparent electrodes parallel to each other, a first dielectric layer, and an EL layer.
In a thin film EL display element in which a plurality of strip-shaped back electrodes are sequentially formed in parallel to each other in a direction perpendicular to the arrangement direction of a light emitting layer, a second dielectric layer, and the transparent electrode, the transparent electrode is connected to the back electrode. a band-shaped transparent conductive film constituting a picture element between the transparent conductive film and the transparent conductive film formed parallel to the transparent conductive film;
It is characterized in that it is made of a band-shaped low resistance metal conductive film having a connecting portion that is connected to a portion of the transparent conductive film mentioned above other than the portion constituting the picture element.
く作用〉
」二記構成において、低抵抗金属導電膜の比抵抗が透明
導電膜の比抵抗よりも十分小さいため、その合成ライン
抵抗は透明導電膜のライン抵抗よりも十分小さくなる。In the configuration described in item 2, the specific resistance of the low-resistance metal conductive film is sufficiently lower than the specific resistance of the transparent conductive film, so that the combined line resistance thereof is sufficiently lower than the line resistance of the transparent conductive film.
また、上記抵抗金属導電膜と上記透明導電膜との絵素内
での重なりがないため、ＥＬ素子の絶縁耐圧の低下には
つながらない。また、透明電極形成後の高温度プロセス
により、透明導電膜と低抵抗金属導電膜とが反応し、黒
化、あるいは抵抗値の上昇が起こった場合でも絵素内に
は黒化の影響は表れず、表示品質上の低下は無く、抵抗
値の上昇も接続点のみであり、透明電極全体の抵抗値の
上昇は起こらない。Further, since the resistive metal conductive film and the transparent conductive film do not overlap within the picture element, the dielectric strength voltage of the EL element does not decrease. In addition, even if the transparent conductive film and the low-resistance metal conductive film react with each other during the high-temperature process after forming the transparent electrode, resulting in blackening or an increase in resistance, the blackening effect will not be visible within the pixel. Therefore, there is no deterioration in display quality, and the resistance value increases only at the connection point, and the resistance value of the entire transparent electrode does not increase.
く発明の実施例〉 以下、この発明を図示の実施例により詳細に説明する。Examples of the invention Hereinafter, the present invention will be explained in detail with reference to illustrated embodiments.
第１図はこの発明の一実施例の構成を示す平面図、第２
図は第１図の■〜■線断面図、第３図は第１図の■−■
線断面図である。FIG. 1 is a plan view showing the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG.
The figure is a sectional view from ■ to ■ in Figure 1, and Figure 3 is a cross-sectional view from ■ to ■ in Figure 1.
FIG.
この第１．２．３図に示すように、ガラス基板６上に、
ＩＴＯよりなる透明導電膜ｌとモリブデン（Ｍｏ）より
なる低抵抗金属導電Ｍ２を形成し、この透明導電膜１と
低抵抗金属導電膜２とにより透明電極を構成している。As shown in FIG. 1.2.3, on the glass substrate 6,
A transparent conductive film 1 made of ITO and a low-resistance metal conductor M2 made of molybdenum (Mo) are formed, and the transparent conductive film 1 and the low-resistance metal conductor film 2 constitute a transparent electrode.
上記低抵抗金属導電膜２と１２ではモリブデン（Ｍｏ）
以外にタンタル（Ｔａ），チタンータングステン合金（
Ｔｉ−Ｗ）等を使用することができる。The low resistance metal conductive films 2 and 12 are made of molybdenum (Mo).
In addition, tantalum (Ta), titanium-tungsten alloy (
Ti-W), etc. can be used.
次に、上記パターン化した透明電極−１二に、第１誘電
体層７、発光層８および第２誘電体層９をこの順に順次
積層し、更に、この第２誘電体層９上にＡρから成る背
面電極３を成模し、パターン化］２、２重絶縁構造を有
する薄膜ＥＬ素子を形成（７ている。Next, the first dielectric layer 7, the light emitting layer 8, and the second dielectric layer 9 are sequentially laminated in this order on the patterned transparent electrode-12, and furthermore, Aρ The back electrode 3 consisting of is patterned]2, and a thin film EL element having a double insulation structure is formed (7).
上記透明導電膜１と低抵抗金属導電膜２との接続は、上
記透明導電膜１の上記背面電極３との間で絵素を構成ず
る部分５以外の部分との接続部４で行なっている。The connection between the transparent conductive film 1 and the low-resistance metal conductive film 2 is made at a connection portion 4 between the transparent conductive film 1 and the back electrode 3 other than the portion 5 that constitutes a picture element. .
次に、第４図に基づいて、本実施例の薄膜ＥＬ表示素子
の製造工程ならびに膜の詳細構成を説明する。Next, based on FIG. 4, the manufacturing process of the thin film EL display element of this example and the detailed structure of the film will be explained.
透光性のガラス基板６の表面上にモリブデン等から成る
低抵抗金属導電膜をスパッタリング法により膜厚１００
０〜５０００人程度成膜し、フォトエッチングなどによ
ってパターン化し、補助電極と１７での低抵抗金属導電
模２を形成する。A low-resistance metal conductive film made of molybdenum or the like is deposited on the surface of a transparent glass substrate 6 to a thickness of 100 mm by sputtering.
Approximately 0 to 5,000 people deposit the film and pattern it by photo-etching or the like to form an auxiliary electrode and a low-resistance metal conductive pattern 2 at 17.
次に、その上にＩＴＯ等などの透明導電膜をスパッタリ
ング法で模厚１００（１〜ｓｏｕＡ程度に成膜し、その
後エッチング等によりパターン化し、主電極としての透
明導電膜１を形成する。この時、低抵抗金属導電膜２と
透明導電膜１は絵素の構成されない領域にある接続郎４
（第１図参照）のみで重なっており、その他の部分のガ
ラス基板上には、どちらか一方の膜が成模されているか
、膜がついていない状態となっている。Next, a transparent conductive film such as ITO is formed thereon by sputtering to a thickness of about 100 (1 to souA), and then patterned by etching or the like to form the transparent conductive film 1 as the main electrode. At this time, the low-resistance metal conductive film 2 and the transparent conductive film 1 are connected to a connecting hole 4 in an area where no picture element is formed.
(See FIG. 1), and on the other parts of the glass substrate, one of the films is imitated or no film is attached.
次に、Ｓｉｎ，をスパッタリング法によって成膜して膜
厚が２００〜８００人程度の膜７ａを形成し、さらにＳ
ｉＮをスパッタリング法で成膜して膜厚１０００〜３０
００人程度の膜７ｂを形成する。この膜７ａと膜７ｂと
の積層膜が第１誘導体層７を構成する。Next, a film 7a having a thickness of about 200 to 800 layers is formed by forming a film of Sin, by a sputtering method, and then
Form a film of iN by sputtering method to a film thickness of 1000 to 30
A film 7b of about 00 people is formed. The laminated film of this film 7a and film 7b constitutes the first dielectric layer 7.
次に、電子ビーム蒸着法によってＺｎＳ−Ｍｎずなわち
Ｍｎが０，５％程度にドーブされたＺｎＳを蒸着させて
発光層８を６０００〜９０００人程度の膜厚で形成する
。この後に真空アニールなどによってアニール処理を施
し、これによって硫化亜鉛（ＺｎＳ）中の亜鉛（Ｚｎ）
の位置に活性物質、たとえばマンガン（Ｍｎ）が置換さ
れる。Next, ZnS--Mn, that is, ZnS doped with about 0.5% Mn, is deposited by electron beam evaporation to form a light-emitting layer 8 with a thickness of about 6,000 to 9,000 layers. After this, an annealing treatment such as vacuum annealing is performed, whereby zinc (Zn) in zinc sulfide (ZnS)
An active substance, such as manganese (Mn), is substituted at the position.
この後ＳｉＮをスパッタリング法で成膜１，て膜厚Ｉ０
００〜３０００人程度の膜９ａを形成し、さらにＡク，
０，をスパッタリング法で成膜し、膜厚が２００〜６０
０人程度の膜９ｂを形成する。この膜９ａと膜９ｂとの
積層膜が第２誘電体層９を構成する。After this, SiN was formed into a film by sputtering method, and the film thickness was I0.
Form a film 9a of about 00 to 3000 people, and then
0, was formed into a film by sputtering method, and the film thickness was 200 to 60 mm.
A film 9b of about 0 people is formed. The laminated film of this film 9a and film 9b constitutes the second dielectric layer 9.
次に、Ａρを真空蒸着法で膜厚２０００〜６０００人程
度成膜し、その後、フォトエッチング等でパターンを形
成し背面電極３とする。Next, Aρ is deposited to a thickness of about 2,000 to 6,000 layers by vacuum evaporation, and then a pattern is formed by photo-etching or the like to form the back electrode 3.
このようにして作成された薄膜ＥＬ表示素子の両電極間
に交流電源１２を接続してこの薄膜ＥＬ表示素子を発光
させた場合、変調電圧の充電のための電流及び発光電流
は、主に低抵抗金属導電膜２を通り接続郎４を介して絵
素に流れることになる。したがって、透明導電膜ｔのみ
の場合と較べ十分にライン抵抗が低下する。When the AC power supply 12 is connected between both electrodes of the thin film EL display element created in this way to cause the thin film EL display element to emit light, the current for charging the modulation voltage and the light emitting current are mainly low. It passes through the resistive metal conductive film 2 and flows to the picture element via the connector 4. Therefore, the line resistance is sufficiently reduced compared to the case where only the transparent conductive film t is used.
第５図はこのことを具体的に説明した図であり、本実施
例の薄膜ＥＬ表示素子の場合の抵抗値と従来例の場合の
抵抗値とを比較したものである。この図から分かるよう
に、透明電極のライン抵抗は、低抵抗金属導電膜を用い
ない従来例の場合は５１００Ωであるのに対し、低抵抗
金属導電膜を用いた本実施例の場合は８６３Ωとなり大
幅に改善される。FIG. 5 is a diagram specifically explaining this, and compares the resistance value in the case of the thin film EL display element of this example with the resistance value in the case of the conventional example. As can be seen from this figure, the line resistance of the transparent electrode is 5100 Ω in the conventional example that does not use a low-resistance metal conductive film, whereas it is 863 Ω in this example using a low-resistance metal conductive film. Significantly improved.
尚、発光層８のうちの低抵抗金属導電膜２と背面電極３
とで挟まれた部会も発光するが、この低抵抗金属導電膜
２の幅を十分小さくし、この低抵抗金属導電膜２と透明
導電膜１との間を十分に狭くすることで、その発光レベ
ルをほとんど問題にならないレベルとすることができる
。また、第６図に示すように、１絵素を４分割すなわち
透明電極を２分割、背面電極を２分割（２た構造のＥＬ
素子に用いることで、より一層低抵抗金属導伝膜部の発
光を目立たなくすることが可能となる。Note that the low resistance metal conductive film 2 and the back electrode 3 of the light emitting layer 8
The section sandwiched between the two also emits light, but by making the width of the low-resistance metal conductive film 2 sufficiently small and the space between the low-resistance metal conductive film 2 and the transparent conductive film 1 sufficiently narrow, the light emission can be suppressed. The level can be set to a level where it hardly becomes a problem. In addition, as shown in Figure 6, one pixel is divided into four parts, that is, the transparent electrode is divided into two parts, and the back electrode is divided into two parts (an EL structure with two parts).
By using it in an element, it becomes possible to make the light emission from the low-resistance metal conductive film part even more inconspicuous.
本実施例においては、背面電極としてＡｌ２を用いノこ
場合について説明したが、背面電極にＩＴＯ等の透明電
極を用いた透過型薄膜ＥＬ素子につ０ても同様に前面透
明電極の抵抗値の低減は可能である。In this example, the case where Al2 is used as the back electrode is explained, but the resistance value of the front transparent electrode can be similarly applied to a transmission type thin film EL element using a transparent electrode such as ITO as the back electrode. Reduction is possible.
く発明の効果〉
以上より明らかなように、この発明の薄膜ＥＬ表示素子
は、透明電極が、背面電極との間で絵素を構成する帯状
の透明導電膜と、上記透明導電膜と平行に形成され、か
つ、」一記透明導電膜の絵素を構成する部分以外の部分
と接続される接続郎を有する帯状の低抵抗金属導電膜か
らなっているので、低抵抗金属導電膜の比抵抗が透明導
電膜の比抵抗よりも十分小さいため、その合成ライン抵
抗は透明導電膜のライン抵抗よりも十分小さくなり、ま
た、」二記抵抗金属導電膜と上記透明導電膜との絵素内
での重なりがないため、ＥＬ素子の絶縁耐圧が低下する
ことはなく、さらに、透明電極形成後の高温度プロセス
により、透明導電膜と低抵抗金属導電膜とが反応し、黒
化、ある０（よ抵抗値の上昇が起こった場合でら絵素内
には黒化の影響：よ表れず、表示品質五の低下は無く、
抵抗値の」二昇も接続部のみであり、透明電極全体の抵
抗値の」二昇は起こらない。Effects of the Invention> As is clear from the above, in the thin film EL display element of the present invention, the transparent electrode has a strip-shaped transparent conductive film that constitutes a picture element between it and the back electrode, and the transparent conductive film is parallel to the transparent conductive film. The specific resistance of the low-resistance metal conductive film is low because it is formed of a band-shaped low-resistance metal conductive film having a connecting hole that is formed and connected to parts other than the parts constituting picture elements of the transparent conductive film. is sufficiently smaller than the specific resistance of the transparent conductive film, so the combined line resistance is sufficiently smaller than the line resistance of the transparent conductive film. Because there is no overlap, the dielectric strength of the EL element does not decrease.Furthermore, the high temperature process after forming the transparent electrode causes the transparent conductive film and the low resistance metal conductive film to react, causing blackening and some 0( When the resistance value increases, the effect of blackening does not appear within the picture element, and there is no deterioration in display quality.
The increase in resistance value occurs only at the connection portion, and the resistance value does not increase in the entire transparent electrode.
第１図はこの発明の一実施例の構成を示す平面図、第２
図は第１図の■一汀線断面図、第３図は第１図の■一■
線断面図、第４図はＬ記実施例の製造工程と膜の詳細構
成を説明する図、第５図は上記実施例と従来例との透明
電極のライン抵抗値の比較を示す図、第６図は他の実施
例の構成を示す平面図、第７図は従来例の構成を示す斜
視図である。
！・・・透明導電膜、２・・低抵抗金属導電膜、３・・
・背面電極、４・・・接続部、５・・絵素郎分、６・・
・ガラス基板、７・・第１誘電体層、訃・・発光層、９
・・・第２誘電体層。
特 許 出 願 人 シャープ株式会社代 理 人
弁理士 青山 葆 はかｌ名第１図
第３図
第４図
第２図
第５図
第７図FIG. 1 is a plan view showing the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG.
The figure is ■1 shore line cross-sectional view of Figure 1, and Figure 3 is ■1■ of Figure 1.
4 is a diagram illustrating the manufacturing process and detailed structure of the film of the embodiment described in L. FIG. FIG. 6 is a plan view showing the structure of another embodiment, and FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing the structure of a conventional example. ! ...Transparent conductive film, 2..Low resistance metal conductive film, 3..
・Back electrode, 4...Connection part, 5...Esaro part, 6...
-Glass substrate, 7...first dielectric layer, -light emitting layer, 9
...Second dielectric layer. Patent applicant: Sharp Corporation Agent
Patent Attorney Aoyama Aoyama Name: Figure 1 Figure 3 Figure 4 Figure 2 Figure 5 Figure 7
Claims (1)
極、第１誘電体層、ＥＬ発光層、第２誘電体層および上
記透明電極の配列方向と直角な方向で互いに平行な複数
本の帯状の背面電極を順次形成してなる薄膜ＥＬ表示素
子において、 上記透明電極が、上記背面電極との間で絵素を構成す
る帯状の透明導電膜と、上記透明導電膜と平行に形成さ
れ、かつ、上記透明導電膜の絵素を構成する部分以外の
部分と接続される接続部を有する帯状の低抵抗金属導電
膜からなることを特徴とする薄膜ＥＬ表示素子。(1) On a substrate, a plurality of strip-shaped transparent electrodes parallel to each other, a first dielectric layer, an EL light emitting layer, a second dielectric layer, and a plurality of strips parallel to each other in a direction perpendicular to the arrangement direction of the transparent electrodes. In a thin film EL display element formed by successively forming a strip-shaped back electrode, the transparent electrode is formed parallel to a strip-shaped transparent conductive film that forms a picture element between the transparent electrode and the transparent conductive film. and a thin film EL display element comprising a band-shaped low resistance metal conductive film having a connecting portion connected to a portion of the transparent conductive film other than the portion constituting a picture element.
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