Patent ID: 8605077

Claim:
A current-driven display device comprising: a plurality of pixel circuits arranged two-dimensionally and each configured by an N-channel type transistor; a plurality of first scanning lines and a plurality of second scanning lines, each of the first and second scanning lines being provided for a row of the pixel circuits; a plurality of data lines each provided for a column of the pixel circuits; a scanning line drive circuit configured to select the pixel circuits by row using the first and second scanning lines; and a data line drive circuit configured to supply a data potential according to display data to the data line, wherein each of the pixel circuits includes: an electro-optical device provided between a first conductive member to which a first power source potential is applied and a second conductive member to which a second power source potential is applied; a driving transistor provided between the first and second conductive members in series with the electro-optical device; a capacitor having a first electrode connected to a gate terminal of the driving transistor; a first switching transistor provided between a second electrode of the capacitor and the data line; a second switching transistor provided between the gate terminal and a drain terminal of the driving transistor; a third switching transistor having one conducting terminal connected to a node to which one terminal of the electro-optical device is connected; a fourth switching transistor provided between the second electrode of the capacitor and the first conductive member, wherein the fourth switching transistor is directly connected to the first conductive member; and a fifth switching transistor provided between the first and second conductive members in series with the electro-optical device and the driving transistor, and having a source terminal connected to the drain terminal of the driving transistor, and gate terminals of the first, second, and third switching transistors are connected to the first scanning line, and gate terminals of the fourth and fifth switching transistors are connected to the second scanning line.