Abstract: A fluorescence detecting device is configured so that a semiconductor integrated circuit substrate includes a photodiode and a signal detecting circuit for detecting charges obtained as a result of photoelectric conversion by the photodiode, and a fluorescence reaction vessel where a fluorescence reaction occurs is arranged above the foregoing photodiode. Furthermore, in the device, an excitation-light-entry preventing layer is provided at one or more of a surface portion of the photodiode and a position between the photodiode and the fluorescence reaction vessel.

Abstract: An image display device includes thin film transistors and pixel electrodes arranged in matrix form on a substrate. A semiconductor layer forming a channel region of the thin film transistor also serves as the pixel electrode, thereby making the structure of the device simple and facilitating fabrication thereof.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display apparatus in which leakage of light caused by signal lines can be eliminated is disclosed. In the liquid crystal display apparatus, a predetermined potential corresponding to the black level is applied to the video signal lines during a period of time other than the horizontal blanking period, and image signals are transferred to one row of the pixels through the signal lines which the horizontal blanking period.