Patent ID: 7388564

Claim:
A display device comprising: a scanning line drive circuit for successively selecting scanning lines, a data line drive circuit including a current source for generating a signal current having a current level in accordance with brightness information and successively supplying the same to data lines, and a plurality of pixels arranged at intersecting portions of the scanning lines and the data lines and including current driven type light emitting elements emitting light by receiving the supply of the drive current, wherein each pixel comprises: a receiving part for fetching the signal current from a data line when the scanning line is selected, a converting part for converting a current level of the fetched signal current to a voltage level and holding the same, and a drive part for passing a drive current having a current level in accordance with the held voltage level through the light emitting element, wherein: the converting part includes a conversion use insulating gate type field effect transistor provided with a gate, a source, a drain, and a channel and a capacitor, one end of the capacitor being connected to the gate and another end of the capacitor being connected to a potential control line, the potential control line being provided in units of the scanning lines, the drive part shares the conversion use insulating gate type field effect transistor together with the converting part in a time division manner, and the drive part separates the conversion use insulating gate type field effect transistor from the receiving part and uses the same for driving after the conversion of the signal current is completed and passes the drive current to the light emitting element through the channel in a state where the held voltage level is applied to the gate of the conversion use insulating gate type field effect transistor.