Patent ID: 8659584

Claim:
A display apparatus comprising: a plurality of pixels; and a driving unit adapted to drive the plurality of pixels, each of the plurality of pixels including at least a sampling transistor, a driving transistor, a light emitting element, a first storage capacitor, a second storage capacitor, a first switching transistor, and a second switching transistor the driving unit being configured to output a control signal to turn on the sampling transistor, and output an image signal to write the image signal in the first storage capacitor via the turned-on sampling transistor, the driving transistor being configured to supply a driving current, depending on a signal voltage of the written image signal, to the light emitting element during a predetermined light emission period, the first switching transistor being connected between a voltage line and the driving transistor, the second switching transistor being connected between the driving transistor and the light emitting element, the second switching transistor being adapted to turn off during a non-light emission period.