Patent ID: 6876341

Claim:
A driving apparatus for driving a display panel having a plurality of row electrodes, a plurality of column electrodes so arranged as to intersect said row electrodes and a capacitive light emission device formed at each intersection of said row electrode and said column electrode, comprising: a scan driver having a first power source for generating a first voltage, generating a scan pulse for bringing said capacitive light emission device to either one of an ON state and an OFF state based on the first voltage, and applying the scan pulse to said row electrode, a sustain driver having a second power source for generating a second voltage, generating a sustain pulse for allowing said capacitive light emission device set to said ON state to emit light based on said second voltage, and applying said scan pulse to said row electrode; and a reset driver generating a reset pulse for initializing the state of said capacitive light emission device based on the sum of said first voltage generated by said first power source and said second voltage generated by said second power source, and applying said reset pulse to said row electrode.