Electroluminescent device having improved brightness uniformity

An electroluminescent device having an opposing EL-strip pair, comprising:

• (a) a first EL-strip having two or more EL-segments connected in series that produces light in response to a through-device current, having a first transparent electrode connection and a first reflective electrode connection;
• (b) a second EL-strip having two or more EL-segments connected in series that produces light in response to a second through-device current, having a second transparent electrode connection and a second reflective electrode connection and being disposed adjacent to and spaced from the first EL-strip such that the second transparent electrode connection is at the opposite end from the first transparent electrode connection and the direction of the transparent electrode currents in each EL-segment of the first EL-strip are parallel but opposite to the direction of the transparent electrode currents in each EL-segment of the second EL-strip;
• and (c) the first and second EL-strips are connected to a common power supply such that the two EL-strips are simultaneously forward biased.