Organic based led display matrix

Claim 1

An electroluminescent display panel, comprising: I. a thin film light emitting diode matrix comprising row conductors and column conductors A) a transparent substrate; B) a series of thin film, transparent anode strips affixed to the transparent substrate and oriented in a first longitudinal direction; C) a series of thin film, low resistance conductor strips, the conductor strips oriented in the first longitudinal direction and in electrical contact with the anode strips; D) a luminescent film overlying the anodes and the conductors; E) a series of thin film cathode strips overlying and in electrical contact with the luminescent film, the cathode strips being oriented in a second longitudinal direction orthogonal to the first longitudinal direction; and II. a high amperage, low resistance, current device having: a nonconductive backing plate having attached thereto a series of low resistance, high amperage conductors, each conductor of sufficient length and cross section to carry an amount of current necessary to supply an entire cathode strip without incurring a brightness depleting voltage drop with a spacing equal to that of the cathode strips and oriented in the second longitudinal direction; and III. means for electrically connecting each of the high amperage conductors to one of the cathode strips at a plurality of points along the high amperage conductors without mechanically stressing the light emitting diode matrix so as to pair a plurality of the high amperage conductors to a plurality of the cathode strips without causing a disruption of the light emitting diode matrix.

Claim 9

A method of constructing an electroluminescent diode matrix display device, the method comprising: A) providing a first transparent substrate; B) affixing a series of transparent anodes in a first longitudinal direction onto said transparent substrate; C) overlaying the anodes with a light emitting diode film; D) covering the film with a series of cathode strips, the cathode strips being oriented in a second longitudinal direction orthogonal to the first longitudinal direction; E) providing a separate nonconductive mechanical support means; F) attaching to the support means a series of low resistance, high amperage conductors equal in number to the cathode strips and oriented in the second longitudinal direction; and G) connecting each of the low resistance, high amperage conductors to one of the cathode strips at a plurality of points without mechanically stressing the cathode strips so as to pair a plurality of the high amperage conductors to a plurality of the cathode strips.

Claim 10

A method of constructing an electroluminescent diode matrix display device, the method comprising: A) providing a first transparent substrate; B) affixing a series of transparent anodes in a first longitudinal direction onto said transparent substrate; C) overlaying the anodes with a light emitting diode film; D) covering the film with a series of cathode strips, the cathode strips being oriented in a second longitudinal direction orthogonal to the first longitudinal direction; E) providing a separate nonconductive mechanical support means; F) attaching to the support means a series of low resistance, high amperage conductors equal in number to the cathode strips and oriented in the second longitudinal direction; and G) connecting each of the low resistance, high amperage conductors to one of the cathode strips at a plurality of points without mechanically stressing the cathode strips so as to pair a plurality of the high amperage conductors to a plurality of the cathode strips.