Patent ID: 7242145

Claim:
A colour active matrix electroluminescent display device comprising an array of display pixels ( 10 ), each pixel comprising: an electroluminescent display element ( 20 ); a drive transistor ( 22 ) for driving a current through the display element; a storage capacitor ( 24 ) for storing a voltage to be used for addressing the drive transistor; a discharge photosensitive element ( 40 , 42 ) for discharging the storage capacitor in dependence on the light output of the display element; wherein the array comprises sets of red, green and blue pixels whose display elements emit respectively red, green and blue colour light, and wherein the discharge photosensitive elements ( 40 ) of the red set of pixels comprise vertical p i n photodiodes and the discharge photosensitive elements ( 42 ) of the blue set of pixels comprise lateral photosensitive thin film devices.