Patent ID: 6958740

Claim:
An EL display device having a plurality of display pixels comprising: an EL element having an emissive layer between first and second electrodes, a thin film transistor having first and second conductive regions formed of a semiconductor film, one of said first and second conductive regions being connected to said EL element, wherein a light shielding film for shielding light emitted from said EL element is provided between said EL element and an interface between said one of conductive regions connected to said EL element and a channel of said thin film transistor, said light shielding film is conductive, and wherein said light shielding film is provided between said thin film transistor and said EL element disposed on said thin film transistor with an insulating film therebetween, and a second light shielding film provided between a transparent substrate on which said thin film transistor is formed and said thin film transistor.