Provided is a homogeneous organic EL device having a low driving voltage, high luminous efficiency, and a long lifetime. The device is an organic electroluminescent device including a light-emitting layer between an anode and a cathode opposite to each other, in which: the light-emitting layer contains a host material and a light-emitting dopant material; the host material is a material obtained by preliminarily mixing two or more kinds of compounds selected from compounds each having a structure in which two nitrogen atoms of an indolocarbazole ring are each substituted with an aromatic hydrocarbon group or an aromatic heterocyclic group; and the light-emitting layer is formed by co-depositing the preliminarily mixed host material and the light-emitting dopant material in a vacuum.

An EL panel including: a light-transmissive substrate; an EL element including a light-emitting medium layer interposed between a cathode and an anode, the EL element being provided on one surface of the light-transmissive substrate; and a protection sheet on the other surface of the light-transmissive substrate of the EL element. The protection sheet has a surface opposite to the light-transmissive substrate, the shape of the surface includes rounded convex shapes and prism shapes. Each of the rounded shapes has an apex that is a center point of a cross-section farthest from a bottom surface where the cross-section is parallel to the bottom surface of the unit convex shape and the area becomes smaller in a direction from the bottom surface of the rounded convex shape to a top portion thereof.

An EL panel including: a light-transmissive substrate; an EL element including a light-emitting medium layer interposed between a cathode and an anode, the EL element being provided on one surface of the light-transmissive substrate; and a protection sheet on the other surface of the light-transmissive substrate of the EL element. The protection sheet has a surface opposite to the light-transmissive substrate, the shape of the surface includes rounded convex shapes and prism shapes. Each of the rounded shapes has an apex that is a center point of a cross-section farthest from a bottom surface where the cross-section is parallel to the bottom surface of the unit convex shape and the area becomes smaller in a direction from the bottom surface of the rounded convex shape to a top portion thereof.

An inkjet printhead, and an apparatus and method for manufacturing an organic luminescence display using the inkjet printhead. An apparatus for manufacturing an organic luminescence display including an inkjet printhead placeable over a substrate and including a plurality of nozzles; and a moving unit configured to move at least one of the inkjet printhead or the substrate relative to the other, and the plurality of nozzles includes one or more ink ejecting nozzles ejecting an organic light-emitting ink; and one or more solvent ejecting nozzles ejecting a first solvent.

An inkjet printhead, and an apparatus and method for manufacturing an organic luminescence display using the inkjet printhead. An apparatus for manufacturing an organic luminescence display including an inkjet printhead placeable over a substrate and including a plurality of nozzles; and a moving unit configured to move at least one of the inkjet printhead or the substrate relative to the other, and the plurality of nozzles includes one or more ink ejecting nozzles ejecting an organic light-emitting ink; and one or more solvent ejecting nozzles ejecting a first solvent.

A display device including: a substrate; a first thin film transistor of polysilicon semiconductor, a second thin film transistor of oxide semiconductor; a first light shading film opposing to the polysilicon semiconductor, and a second light shading film opposing to the oxide semiconductor; a first insulating film, a second insulating film which is constituted from plural insulating films, and a third insulating film superposed in this order; a first through hole penetrating the second insulating film and not penetrating the first insulating film and the third insulating film; a second through hole penetrating the first insulating film and the third insulating film; the first light shading film connects with a first conductive component, a part of the first conductive component exists on the third insulating film, through the second through hole.

A method includes: preparing a metal sheet and a glass substrate in which an absolute value of a difference in linear expansion coefficient between the glass substrate and the metal sheet is less than or equal to 1.3×10.sup.−6/° C. in a temperature range between 25° C. and 100° C. inclusive; joining the glass substrate to the metal sheet with a plastic layer in between; forming a mask plate from the metal sheet by forming mask holes in the metal sheet joined to the glass substrate; joining, to a mask frame, a surface of the mask plate that is opposite to a surface in contact with the plastic layer, the mask frame having a higher rigidity than the mask plate and having a shape that surrounds the entire mask holes; and removing the plastic layer and the glass substrate from the mask plate joined to the mask frame.

The present disclosure provides a curved surface coating device. The curved surface coating device includes a bracket having a first and second ends. The curved surface coating device includes a glue coating portion connected with the first end of the bracket. The curved surface coating device includes a transmission member connected between the first and second ends of the bracket and its distance from the first end of the bracket is adjustable. The curved surface coating device includes a first driving mechanism connected with the transmission member for driving the bracket to rotate about the transmission member as a center of rotation. The curved surface coating device includes a second driving mechanism connected with the bracket for driving the bracket to move on a line where the first end and the second end are located.

A vapor deposition mask device includes a vapor deposition mask having an effective region in which a plurality of first through holes is disposed, and a frame attached to the vapor deposition mask. The vapor deposition mask device includes a plurality of joint portions that joins the vapor deposition mask and the frame to each other. The plurality of joint portions is arranged along the outer edge of the vapor deposition mask. A notch is formed at a position corresponding to between two adjacent joint portions in the outer edge of the vapor deposition mask.

A display device of the present disclosure includes: an organic EL layer deposited on a circuit unit formed on a substrate via an insulating film; a cathode electrode deposited on the organic EL layer; a groove formed along a direction of arrangement of pixels between the pixels in the insulating film; and a contact electrode that is provided at a bottom of the groove and receives a predetermined potential. Moreover, the cathode electrode is electrically connected to the contact electrode in the groove.