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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 28, 2004
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Katsuya Anzai, Anpachi-Gun, JP;
Assignee:
Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G 5/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G09G 5/00 ;
Abstract
One or more element driving TFTs ( ) for controlling the amount of current supplied from a power supply line VL is (are) provided between an organic EL element ( ) and the power supply line VL. The element driving TFT ( ) is placed so that its channel length direction is parallel to the longitudinal direction of the pixel, the extension direction of a data line for supplying a data signal to a switching TFT ( ) for controlling the element driving TFT ( ), or the scan direction of laser annealing for polycrystallizing the active layer ( ) of the TFT ( ).