Patent ID: 8304777

Claim:
A display apparatus comprising a plurality of pixels each pixel including an electro-optic element, a writing transistor to write a video signal into the pixel, a holding capacitor to hold the video signal written by the writing transistor, and a driving transistor to drive the electro-optic element based at least in part on the video signal held in the holding capacitor, wherein the driving transistor includes: a channel region, a gate electrode disposed opposite to the channel region, a first source/drain region closer to a power source, a second source/drain region closer to the electro-optic element, and impurity regions disposed between the channel region and the first and second source/drain regions and having a lower concentration than that of the corresponding source/drain regions, and wherein the impurity region disposed between the channel region and the first source/drain region is formed in a region other than a region facing the gate electrode; wherein a part of the impurity region disposed between the channel region and the second source/drain region is formed in a region facing the gate electrode.