Patent ID: 8558769

Claim:
A display device comprising: a pixel element for emitting light according to a current signal, a current line for supplying the current signal to the pixel element, a driving circuit including a holding unit, the holding unit including a capacitor that holds luminance data of image information, and a first transistor that supplies the current signal to the current line according to the luminance data held in the holding unit, wherein the image information is written to the holding unit through a second transistor as a voltage signal, the first transistor transforms the luminance data stored in the voltage signal into the current signal to be supplied to the pixel element, and the driving circuit further comprises a third transistor and a fourth transistor connected to the first transistor, and a fifth transistor connected to the holding unit, wherein the third transistor switches current flow on and off from the first transistor to the current line, the fourth transistor electrically connects a current node of the first transistor to a gate node of the first transistor, the fifth transistor writes a reset voltage to the holding unit, and the luminance data of the image information is written to the holding unit during a predetermined period, and the third transistor is in an off state in at least a portion of the predetermined period.