Patent ID: 7129916

Claim:
An organic EL element drive circuit for current-driving terminal pins of an organic EL display panel, which are provided correspondingly to R, G and B display colors, by supplying output currents thereto, comprising: a plurality of peak current generator circuits provided correspondingly to said terminal pins, for generating peak currents corresponding to widths of predetermined pulse signals; and a pulse generator circuit for generating the predetermined pulse signal, the predetermined pulse signal including a first, second and third pulses having pulse widths determined according to data, which is set externally, the first pulse being supplied to a plurality of said peak current generator circuits provided correspondingly to said terminal pins for R display color, the second pulse to a plurality of said peak current generator circuits provided correspondingly to said terminal pins for G display color and the third pulse to a plurality of said peak current generator circuits provided correspondingly to said terminal pins for B display color.