Patent ID: 8203511

Claim:
A display apparatus comprising: a plurality of pixel circuits arranged in a matrix form, each including a light emitting device; a plurality of information lines, each connecting a pixel circuit in a column of the matrix form; an information line drive circuit, which supplies information signals to the plurality of information lines; a plurality of scanning lines, each connecting a pixel circuit in a row of the matrix form; a scanning line drive circuit, which sequentially supplies scanning signals to the plurality of scanning lines in one vertical period; a plurality of on-and-off control lines, each controlling turning-on and turning-off of the light emitting devices in a row of the matrix form; and an on-and-off control line drive circuit, which supplies on-and-off control signals to the plurality of on-and-off control lines, wherein in each vertical period, the information line drive circuit and the scanning line drive circuit supply the information signal once to each of the pixel circuits, wherein the on-and-off control line drive circuit supplies composite signals, each provided by synthesizing a first signal and a second signal, to the respective on-and-off control lines as on-and-off control signals, the first signal having a frequency corresponding to the vertical period, and the second signal having a frequency being twice or more as large as that of the first signal, and wherein each of the plurality of pixel circuits supplies a current corresponding to the supplied information signal and the on-and-off control signals to the light emitting device, and thereby the light emitting device emits light such that in each vertical period, the light emitting device has a first light emitting period during which light is emitted based on the frequency of the first signal and a second light emitting period during which light is emitted based on the frequency of the second signal, wherein the first light emitting period has the same period of the first signal and the second light emitting period has the same period of the second signal.