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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 09, 1999
Filed:
Mar. 25, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
TDK Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
428690 ; 428691 ; 428917 ; 313504 ;
Abstract
An organic EL device of the invention includes an inorganic material layer with a resistivity of less than 20 .OMEGA.-cm disposed between an electrode and a light emitting layer. The inorganic material layer contains at least one of indium oxide, tin oxide, and zinc oxide as a primary component, which is the same material as an anode, and at least one of silicon and germanium as an auxiliary component. This improves physical properties at the electrode-organic layer interface and restrains generation of dark spots, establishing an organic EL device featuring a long life, high efficiency and low cost.