Patent ID: 6879110

Claim:
A method of driving a display device which comprises a pixel comprising an EL element and a transistor, comprising the step of: dividing one frame period into plural sub-frame periods, and applying one of a first gate voltage and a second gate voltage to a gate electrode of the transistor during each of the plural sub-frame periods, wherein a drain current of the transistor flows between both electrodes of the EL element to place the EL element into an emitting state when the first gate voltage is applied to the gate electrode of the transistor, wherein the transistor is placed into a non-conductive state and the EL element is placed into a non-emitting state when the second gate voltage is applied to the gate electrode of the transistor, and wherein an absolute value of the first gate voltage is not greater than an absolute value of a voltage across a drain and a source of the transistor.