Patent ID: 7212185

Claim:
A display device which selects each line of a screen having pixels aligned in a matrix manner and provided in a display section by applying a scanning signal to a scanning signal line of a pixel of each line so as to scan the screen, and supplies a data signal from a data signal line to a pixel of a selected line so as to carry out display, comprising: a driving control circuit which (a) generates, as a driving control signal, a control clock signal based on at least a base clock signal, the control clock signal defining an inaction period where all scanning signal lines become non-scanning state, the inaction period being provided between scanning periods for scanning the screen, and which (b) stops driving of driving circuits provided for driving the display section, the driving control circuit stopping driving of the driving circuits in the inaction period; and a clock signal generation circuit for generating a clock signal which is used for taking the data signal into the data signal line, the clock signal being faster than the control clock signal and the base clock signal; wherein the driving control circuit stops driving of the clock signal generation circuit in the inaction period, in addition to stopping driving of the driving circuits, and maintains driving for obtaining at least one of the control clock signal and the base clock signal, and the base clock signal, the clock signal and the control clock signal have different speeds.