Patent ID: 8344388

Claim:
A display device comprising: a pixel array unit having pixels disposed in a matrix shape on a substrate, wherein each pixel includes: an electro-optical element having a first electrode and a second electrode, a driving transistor having a source electrode connected to the first electrode of the electro-optical element, a writing transistor having a current electrode connected to a gate electrode of the driving transistor, a holding capacitor connected between the gate electrode of the driving transistor and the source electrode of the driving transistor, and a pixel area on the substrate corresponding to an area covered by the first electrode of the electro-optical element; wherein a portion of the pixels further include a second capacitor, different than a capacitive component of the electro-optical element, that is connected between the first electrode of the electro-optical element and a second electrode of the electro-optical element, the second capacitor being configured such that: the second capacitor is disposed between the substrate and the electro-optical element and has a first electrode on a substrate side and a second electrode on an electro-optical element side, the second capacitor is disposed partially in the pixel area of the pixel that includes the second capacitor and partially in the pixel area of an adjoining pixel, and the second electrode of the second capacitor is connected to the second electrode of the electro-optical element.