Patent ID: 7042447

Claim:
A display device comprising: electro-optic elements arranged in a matrix, each of said electra-optic elements being arranged in a vicinity of an intersection of a first line and a second line; potential holding means for holding a potential so as to drive and display the electro-optic element; a buffer circuit for outputting a potential supplied from the potential holding means; a first switching element provided in series with the potential holding means; and a second switching element provided between (1) said first switching element or said potential holding means and (2) the first line, which is switched ON and OFF by the second line, wherein a plurality of said potential holding means are provided with respect to each of the electro-optic elements, and output terminals of said plurality of said potential holding means are connected to an output terminal of said buffer circuit not via a capacitor; and one of said plurality of said potential holding means is selected by said first switching element, and a potential of said potential holding means as selected is applied to an input terminal of said buffer circuit, and said potential holding means as selected is then recharged by an output from said buffer circuit, which corresponds to the potential applied to said input terminal.