Patent ID: 8629819

Claim:
A semiconductor device comprising: a first driver circuit that is configured to supply a video signal to a first line; a plurality of pixels, each of the plurality of pixels comprising: an electroluminescent (EL) element; a first transistor inserted into the first line in series and configured to transfer the video signal to a next pixel along the first line in response to a first control signal applied to a second line; a second transistor configured to supply the video signal to the EL element in response to a second control signal applied to the second line; wherein control terminals of the first transistor and the second transistor are electrically directly connected with the second line; and wherein the first transistor has a first conductivity type, and the second transistor has a second conductivity type opposite to the first conductivity type, such that when one of the first and second transistors in each pixel is turned on, the other of the first and second transistors is turned off.