Patent ID: 8354978

Claim:
An electroluminescent apparatus comprising: a plurality of scanning lines; a plurality of data lines; a power supply line formed in a first layer, the power supply line providing power to a luminescent element; a capacitor line formed in a second layer, the capacitor line intersecting the power supply line; and a plurality of pixels, each pixel corresponding to an intersection of one of the scanning lines and one of the data lines, the each pixel including: a pixel electrode; an opposite electrode opposed to the pixel electrode; the luminescent element emitting light based on a current flowing from the power supply line to the pixel electrode and between the pixel electrode and the opposite electrode; a first transistor having a first gate electrode that is coupled to one of the scanning lines; a second transistor having a second gate electrode, the second transistor controlling the current; and a holding capacitor holding a charge based on a signal supplied through one of the data lines and the first transistor, the holding capacitor including a first electrode and a second electrode opposing the first electrode, each of the first and second electrodes being formed on different layers, where a portion of the capacitor line is the second electrode, the power supply line being continuous over the plurality of the pixels.