Patent ID: 8093585

Claim:
An organic electro-luminescent display apparatus, provided with a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix configuration, each of which is configured with an organic electro-luminescent element having a structure in which an organic electro-luminescent layer is sandwiched between an upper electrode and a lower electrode, and provided with TFTs for driving each of said pixels, comprising: each of said TFTs being an inverted-stagger-type TFT in which a gate electrode, an insulation film, a semiconductor layer, and source/drain electrodes are disposed in this sequence on an insulation substrate; each of said TFTs having a gate line connected to said gate electrode, and a drain line connected to said source/drain electrodes; said gate electrode being disposed at a lower layer as compared with said semiconductor layer forming a channel of each of said TFTs; said gate line being disposed at an upper layer as compared with said semiconductor layer, said gate line being composed of a material that is different from a material of which said gate electrode is composed; and said gate electrode and said gate line being connected to each other via a through-hole which is bored in said insulation film.