Patent ID: 8730221

Claim:
A semiconductor integrated circuit comprising: a pixel element including a self-luminous element and a drive transistor, connected serially between a power supply line and a potential line, the power supply line being connected to a current terminal of the drive transistor, a control circuit configured to drive at least the power supply line so as to control a voltage between the power supply line and the potential line; wherein the control circuit is configured to: in an emission period of the self-luminous element, sequentially apply an active voltage and an intermediate voltage between the power supply line and the potential line, with a pulse-shaped waveform such that a predetermined luminance duration is obtained in the emission period, and in a non-emission period of the self-luminous element, apply an off-state voltage between the power supply line and the potential line so as to maintain the self-luminous element in a non-emission state.