Patent ID: 7212179

Claim:
A light emitting display device in which a large number of pixels are arranged, said pixel having a structure comprising a data write transistor which charges a light emission maintaining capacitor in accordance with a data signal, a light emission drive transistor which supplies drive current to a light emitting element based on the voltage charged in said light emission maintaining capacitor, and an erase transistor which can discharge the charge voltage charged in said light emission maintaining capacitor, characterized by further comprising a correction voltage write transistor which short circuits a gate and a drain of said light emission drive transistor at a timing at which said erase transistor is turned on and a correction voltage retaining capacitor in which a threshold voltage generated between the gate and a source of said light emission drive transistor is written by a short circuit operation of said correction voltage write transistor, and characterized by being constructed in such a way that said light emission drive transistor supplies the drive current to said light emitting element based on both charge voltages charged in said light emission maintaining capacitor and said correction voltage retaining capacitor.