Patent ID: 9626904
Date: 2017-04-18
CPC Classifications: G09G,H01L

Claim:
1. A display device comprising: a driving transistor including a control terminal, a first terminal, and a second terminal, the driving transistor being configured to control a supply of a current to a light emitting element in accordance with a signal voltage written into the control terminal, the light emitting element being connected to the first terminal and configured to emit light in accordance with an amount of the current; a switching unit configured to be switched between a conduction state and a non-conduction state, the switching unit being configured to, by being brought into the conduction state, form a path that bypasses the light emitting element in a manner that the current is not supplied to the light emitting element; and a control unit configured to perform control in a manner that the switching unit is brought into the non-conduction state from the conduction state after the signal voltage is written into the control terminal, the control unit being configured to control a potential of the control terminal in synchronization with the control of the switching unit, wherein the control unit controls switching between the conduction state and the non-conduction state by supplying a control signal to the switching unit via a first signal line; wherein a capacitance is formed between the first signal line and a second signal line connected to the control terminal, and wherein the potential of the control terminal is controlled by the control signal being supplied to the control terminal via the capacitance.