Patent ID: 8072396

Claim:
A unit circuit comprising: an electro-optical element that emits an amount of light in accordance with a magnitude of a drive current; a first capacitive element that includes a first electrode and a second electrode, the first electrode being electrically connected to a first node, the second electrode being capable of receiving a fixed potential; a second capacitive element that includes a third electrode and a fourth electrode, the third electrode electrically connected to a second node, the fourth electrode being capable of receiving the fixed potential; a third capacitive element that includes a fifth electrode and a sixth electrode, the fifth electrode being electrically connected to the first node, the sixth electrode being electrically connected to the second node; a drive transistor that includes a gate, a source, and a drain and that outputs the drive current in a driving period, the gate being electrically connected to the second node; a first switching element that, in a data writing period, is in an on state and supplies to the first node a data potential supplied via a data line; an initialization unit connected to both the first node and the second node and supplying a fixed initialization voltage to the fifth electrode and the sixth electrode of the third capacitive element during an initialization period; and a compensation unit that electrically connects the gate and the drain of the drive transistor together in a compensation period, the fixed initialization voltage being set to a voltage less than a difference between the fixed potential and a threshold voltage of the drive transistor.