Patent ID: 8780020
Filing Date: 2014-07-15
Classification: G09G

Abstract:
1. A self-luminous display device comprising: pixel circuits and a drive circuit, at least one of the pixel circuits including: a light-emitting element having diode characteristics, a drive element for controlling a driving current for the light-emitting element, a capacitor element in electrical communication with a potential of a control node of the drive element, a switching element for sampling a potential signal from a signal line to the capacitor element; and the drive circuit being configured to: execute a first process to set an anode electrode of the light-emitting element in an intermediate state, thereby discharging a charge via the anode electrode of the light-emitting element to a first potential line, execute a second process to set the anode electrode of the light-emitting element to a low state, and apply a potential signal to the capacitor element via the switching element, execute a third process to store a data voltage in the capacitor element, the data voltage depending on characteristic information of the drive element and image signal information, and execute a fourth process to set the anode electrode of the light-emitting element to an active state, and supplying a driving current to the light-emitting element via the drive element, the drive element controlling the driving current according to the data voltage.