Display module

1. A display module comprising:

a plurality of pixels disposed in respective intersections between a plurality of scanning lines and a plurality of data lines, which lines are aligned in a matrix, and current supply lines that supply electric current to the pixels, with a pixel including a capacitor and an emitting device which emits light by the electric current supplied via a current supply line dedicated solely to serving as an electric current source to the pixel throughout each frame period in accordance with a data signal stored in the capacitor, the capacitor including a pair of electrodes and an insulating layer sandwiched therebetween,

wherein the current supply line supplying electric current to the pixel, and a data line supplying an adjacent-pixel data signal to an adjacent pixel neighboring the pixel, are separate lines from one another; and

wherein overlapped portions of the pair of electrodes of the capacitor also overlap both the current supply line supplying electric current to the pixel and the data line supplying the adjacent-pixel data signal to the adjacent pixel neighboring the pixel, via an insulation layer.

2. A display module according to claim 1 ,

wherein one electrode of the pair of electrodes is made of semiconductor material; and

wherein the other electrode of the pair of the electrodes is made of metal.

3. A display module according to claim 2 , wherein the semiconductor material is made of doped semiconductor material.

4. A display module according to claim 3 ,

comprising a thin film transistor disposed in the pixel,

wherein said one electrode is disposed in a same layer as a channel of said thin film transistor.

5. A display module according to claim 4 , wherein the other electrode is disposed in a same layer as a gate of said thin film transistor.

6. A display module according to claim 2 ,

comprising a thin film transistor disposed in the pixel,

wherein said one electrode is disposed in a same layer as a channel of said thin film transistor.

7. A display module according to claim 6 , wherein the other electrode is disposed in a same layer as a gate of said thin film transistor.

8. A display module according to claim 1 , comprising a thin film transistor disposed in the pixel, with a source or a drain of the thin film transistor connected to a current supply line, wherein one electrode of the pair of electrodes is connected to the gate of the thin film transistor and is not connected to the current supply lines.

9. A display module according to claim 1 ,

wherein each of data lines and current supply lines is disposed individually.

10. A display module comprising:

a plurality of pixels disposed in respective intersections between a plurality of scanning lines and a plurality of data lines, which lines are aligned in a matrix, and current supply lines that supply electric current to the pixels;

wherein a pixel includes an emitting device that emits light by the electric current supplied via a current supply line dedicated solely to serving as an electric current source to the pixel throughout each frame period in accordance with a data signal supplied via a data line, and a capacitor including a pair of electrodes and an insulating layer sandwiched therebetween,

wherein the current supply line supplying electric current to the pixel, and a data line supplying an adjacent-pixel data signal to an adjacent pixel neighboring the pixel, are separate lines from one another; and

wherein overlapped portions of the pair of electrodes of the capacitor also overlap both the current supply line supplying electric current to the pixel and the data line supplying the adjacent-pixel data signal to the adjacent pixel neighboring the pixel, via an insulation layer.

11. A display module according to claim 10 ,

wherein one electrode of the pair of electrodes is made of semiconductor material; and

wherein the other electrode of the pair of the electrodes is made of metal.

12. A display module according to claim 11 , wherein the semiconductor material is made of doped semiconductor material.

13. A display module according to claim 12 ,

comprising a thin film transistor disposed in the pixel,

wherein said one electrode is disposed in a same layer as a channel of said thin film transistor.

14. A display module according to claim 13 , wherein the other electrode is disposed in a same layer as a gate of said thin film transistor.

15. A display module according to claim 11 ,

comprising a thin film transistor disposed in the pixel,

wherein said one electrode is disposed in a same layer as a channel of said thin film transistor.

16. A display module according to claim 15 , wherein the other electrode is disposed in a same layer as a gate of said thin film transistor.

17. A display module according to claim 10 , comprising a thin film transistor disposed in the pixel, with a source or a drain of the thin film transistor connected to a current supply line, wherein one electrode of the pair of electrodes is connected to the gate of the thin film transistor and is not connected to the current supply lines.

18. A display module according to claim 10 ,

wherein each of data lines and current supply lines is disposed individually.

19. A display module comprising:

a plurality of pixels disposed in respective intersections between a plurality of scanning lines and plurality of data lines, which lines are aligned in a matrix, and current supply lines that supply electric current to the pixels; and

a pixel including a capacitor and an emitting device which emits light by the electric current supplied via a current supply line dedicated solely to serving as an electric current source to the pixel throughout each frame period in accordance with a data signal stored in the capacitor, the capacitor including a pair of electrodes and an insulating layer sandwiched therebetween,

wherein the current supply line supplying electric current to the pixel, and a data line supplying an adjacent-pixel data signal to an adjacent pixel neighboring the pixel, are separate lines from one another;

wherein the pair of electrodes of the capacitor also overlap both the current supply line supplying electric current to the pixel and the data line supplying the adjacent-pixel data signal to the adjacent pixel neighboring the pixel, via an insulation layer; and

wherein one electrode of the capacitor of the pixel, is connected to a scanning line of another pixel neighboring the pixel, where the scanning line serves momentarily during each frame period to scan in an another-pixel data signal into the another pixel.

20. A display module comprising:

a plurality of pixels disposed in respective intersections between a plurality of scanning lines and plurality of data lines, which lines are aligned in a matrix, and current supply lines that supply electric current to the pixels,

wherein a pixel of the pixels includes an emitting device that emits light by the electric current via a current supply line dedicated solely to serving as an electric current source to the pixel throughout each frame period in accordance with a data signal supplied via a data line, and a capacitor including a pair of electrodes and an insulating layer sandwiched therebetween,

wherein a current supply line supplying electric current to the pixel, and a data line supplying an adjacent-pixel data signal to an adjacent pixel neighboring the pixel, are separate lines from one another;

wherein the pair of electrodes of the capacitor overlap the current supply line supplying electric current to the pixel and the data line supplying the adjacent-pixel data signal to the adjacent pixel neighboring the pixel, via an insulation layer; and

wherein one electrode of the capacitor of the pixel, is connected to a scanning line of another pixel neighboring the pixel, where the scanning line serves momentarily during each frame period to scan in an another-pixel data signal into the another pixel.