Patent ID: 8068074

Claim:
A pixel circuit comprising: a first organic electroluminescence element which contributes to light emission; a second organic electroluminescence element which does not contribute to light emission; a storage capacitor to which data is written including a black level; a second driving transistor which supplies a drive current corresponding to data written to the storage capacitor to the second organic electroluminescence element; a first driving transistor which supplies, to the first organic electroluminescence element drive current which corresponds to a drive voltage that reflects brightness degradation or current degradation in the second organic electroluminescence element, the second driving transistor supplying a predetermined drive current to the second organic electroluminescence element including data of the black level; and means for setting the drive voltage of the first driving transistor to a voltage reflecting the brightness degradation or current degradation in the second organic electroluminescence element, wherein: a drive voltage which corresponds to data written to the storage capacitor is supplied to a gate of the second driving transistor, and the voltage at the intermediate point between the second driving transistor and the second organic electroluminescence element is supplied to a gate of the first driving transistor, and wherein: one terminal of the storage capacitor is connected to a power supply line and the other terminal of the storage capacitor is connected to the gate of the second driving transistor, a source of the first driving transistor and a source of the second driving transistor are connected to the power supply line, a drain of the first driving transistor is connected to the first organic electroluminescence element, and a drain of the second driving transistor is connected to the second organic electroluminescence element.