Graded self-injective algebras “are” trivial extensions

For a positively graded artin algebra A=⊕n⩾0An we introduce its Beilinson algebra b(A). We prove that if A is well-graded self-injective, then the category of graded A-modules is equivalent to the category of graded modules over the trivial extension algebra T(b(A)). Consequently, there is a full exact embedding from the bounded derived category of b(A) into the stable category of graded modules over A; it is an equivalence if and only if the 0-th component algebra A0 has finite global dimension.