Segmented oled with electrostatic discharge protection

A segmented bottom-emitting OLED device compromising an array of multiple OLED segments arranged on a common transparent substrate, where the array forms an emitting area where each segment is separated by a non-emitting gap; wherein each OLED segment is defined by a transparent bottom electrode segment, organic layers for light emission, and a top electrode; wherein between the bottom electrode and the substrate in at least one OLED segment, there is a transparent insulating layer that is closer to the bottom electrode segment and a transparent conductive layer that is closer to the substrate, such that the area of overlap between the bottom electrode and the conductive layer forms an associated passive capacitor structure, where the bottom electrode of the OLED segment is the upper electrode of the passive capacitor structure, the insulating layer is the dielectric of the passive capacitor structure, and the conductive layer is the lower electrode of the passive capacitor structure. The associated passive c