Patent ID: 7952103

Claim:
An EL display device comprising: a substrate; a first pixel provided over the substrate, a second pixel provided over the substrate and adjacent to the first pixel, and a third pixel provided over the substrate and adjacent to the second pixel wherein the second pixel is located between the first pixel and the third pixel, each of the first pixel, the second pixel and the third pixel including a TFT and an EL element wherein the EL element includes an EL layer for emitting white light; and a counter substrate opposed to the substrate with a transparent adhesive interposed therebetween, wherein the counter substrate is provided with: a light shielding film disposed in an area covering at least a space between the first pixel and the second pixel and a space between the second pixel and the third pixel; a first color filter having a first color over the first pixel; a second color filter having a second color over the second pixel, the second color being different from the first color; and a third color filter having a third color over the third pixel, the third color being different from the first color and the second color, and wherein the transparent adhesive overlaps with at least a part of the first pixel, the second pixel, and the third pixel.