Patent ID: 6359606
Filing Date: 2002-03-19
Classification: H01L,H05B

Abstract:
An active matrix display device comprising:a substrate; a display section on the substrate, the display section comprising a plurality of scanning lines, a plurality of data lines intersecting the scanning lines, and a plurality of pixels formed in a matrix by the data lines and the scanning lines, each of the pixels comprising: a circuit including a thin film transistor having a gate electrode to which a scanning signal is supplied via the scanning lines, a pixel electrode, a luminescent thin film on the pixel electrode, and a thin film luminescent element comprising the pixel electrode, the luminescent thin film and an opposing electrode, the opposing electrode being in common with a plurality of pixel electrodes, the thin film luminescent element emitting light in accordance with image signals supplied from the data lines via the circuit; and a protective film disposed on the opposing electrode that covers at least a region where the opposing electrode is formed.