Patent ID: 8362985

Claim:
A display device comprising: a plurality of scan lines arranged in parallel; a plurality of data lines arranged in parallel in a direction intersecting the plurality of scan lines; a plurality of discharge lines respectively arranged in correspondence with the respective scan lines; and a plurality of pixel circuits disposed in correspondence with respective intersections of the plurality of scan lines and the plurality of data lines, each of the pixel circuits comprising: a driving transistor comprising a gate and a source; a first diode element that is one of two parts of a single light-emitting diode being divided into the two parts, the first diode element having a cathode which is connected to a power supply voltage line and having an anode which is connected to the source of the driving transistor, the first diode element functioning as a light-emitting element emitting reference color light in accordance with operation of the driving transistor; a retention capacitor connected between the gate and the source of the driving transistor; a selection transistor having a drain and a source, one of the drain and the source being connected to a data line of the plurality of data lines and the other of the drain and the source being connected to the gate of the driving transistor, the selection transistor turning on and off in accordance with a scan signal from a scan line of the plurality of scan lines; and a second diode element that is another one of the two parts of the single light-emitting diode, the second diode element functioning as a rectifier element and a light emitting element, having a cathode which is connected to a discharge line of the plurality of discharge lines and having an anode which is connected to the source of the driving transistor; wherein the second diode element emits the same reference color light as the first diode element in accordance with operation of the driving transistor.