Patent ID: 8084950

Claim:
A drive circuit, comprising: a drive transistor in which one of a source and a drain is connected to one end of a light emitting device and another thereof is connected to a feeder; a first capacitor having one end which is connected to a gate of the drive transistor and another end which is electrically connected to the feeder through a first switch; and a second capacitor which electrically couples the another end of the first capacitor and the one end of the light emitting device with each other, wherein the drive circuit corrects an amount of charge of the first capacitor according to a change in potential at the one end of the light emitting device when illumination is started during a correction period during which the first switch is turned off, and causes the light emitting device to illuminate with a potential of the gate of the drive transistor according to the corrected amount of charge during an illumination period after correction during which the first switch is turned on after the correction period.