Patent ID: 8432096
Filing Date: 2013-04-30
Classification: H01J,H01L

Abstract:
1. A single-color EL element, comprising: a substrate; a plurality of pixel electrodes arranged over the substrate to define a matrix as a whole, the plurality of pixel electrodes being separate from one another; a single-color EL layer arranged over the plurality of pixel electrodes; a plurality of signal wires, each of the plurality of signal wires being arranged between a corresponding pair of the plurality of pixel electrodes, the plurality of signal wires extending in parallel to each other, and each of the plurality of signal wires having a length in an extending direction that is longer than a length of a row defined by adjacent ones of the pixel electrodes in the extending direction; and a plurality of connecting wires providing a connection between corresponding ones of the plurality of pixel electrodes and ones of the plurality signal wires adjacent to the corresponding ones of the plurality of pixel electrodes; wherein at least one insulating layer is arranged between the plurality of connecting wires and the plurality of pixel electrodes; and the plurality of connecting wires are each directly electrically connected to a corresponding one of the plurality of signal wires, the plurality of connecting wires extending in a direction crossing the extending direction of the plurality of signal wires, and the plurality of connecting wires are each directly electrically connected to a central portion of a corresponding one of the plurality of pixel electrodes through a corresponding one of a plurality of contact holes provided in the at least one insulating layer.