An active-matrix electroluminescent device, comprising: a plurality of light-emitting elements laid out over a substrate, a plurality of electrical buses carrying a common signal connected to the light-emitting elements; and a plurality of electrical cross-connections intersecting and electrically connecting the plurality of electrical buses. The plurality of light-emitting elements are arranged in groups of four light-emitting elements each, each group forming a quad cell of four neighboring light-emitting elements arranged around intersections of the electrical buses and cross-connections, each of the light-emitting elements of each quad cell are connected to the electrical bus or electrical cross-connection separating the light-emitting elements of the quad cell, each quad cell shares a common electrical bus or cross-connection with an adjacent quad cell, and adjacent quad cells sharing a common electrical bus are not separated by a common cross-connection and neighboring quad cells sharing a common cross-connection are not separated by a common electrical bus.