Patent ID: 7432889

Claim:
An active matrix type display apparatus comprising: a pixel unit formed by arranging pixel circuits in a matrix manner, said pixel circuits each having an electrooptic device that changes brightness thereof according to a current flowing therein and driving said electrooptic device on the basis of brightness data supplied as current via a data line; and a current driving circuit for supplying each of said pixel circuits via said data line with a writing current that temporally increases in magnitude of a current value thereof within a cycle of writing said brightness data, said writing current having a first current value corresponding to a low brightness data in a beginning portion of the writing cycle and having a second current value corresponding to a high brightness data in a terminating portion of the writing cycle, the high brightness data corresponding to a higher emitted brightness than the low brightness data, wherein said current driving circuit has a current limiting device connected in series with said data line, and temporally increases the current value limited by the current limiting device within said writing cycle, and wherein said current limiting device is formed by a field-effect transistor, and said limited current value is controlled by a gate voltage of the field-effect transistor.