Patent ID: 8665196

Claim:
A display apparatus comprising: a pixel section having a plurality of pixel circuits arranged two-dimensionally, each pixel circuit being provided at an intersection of a scan line and a signal line and including a switching device, a display element and a storage capacitor; and a correction circuit configured to correct a storage-capacitor voltage supplied to said storage capacitors, said correction circuit comprising (a) a capacitor that has a first electrode and a second electrode, (b) a voltage comparison device that has a first input terminal, a second input terminal, and an output terminal, the first input terminal being connected to the second electrode of said capacitor, the second input terminal being supplied with a reference voltage, (c) a first switch that is connected to the first electrode of said capacitor and supplied with a pixel electric potential having a positive polarity, (d) a second switch that is connected to the first electrode of said capacitor and supplied with a pixel electric potential having a negative polarity, (e) a third switch that is connected between ground and a connection point between the second electrode of said capacitor and the first input terminal of said voltage comparison device, and (f) an output-voltage control circuit, wherein, in a first period, one of the first switch and the second switch is turned on, the other is turned off, and the third switch is turned on, in a second period following the first period, the one of the first switch and the second switch is turned off, the other is turned on, and the third switch is turned off, in the second period, the first input terminal of said voltage comparison device is supplied with a difference between the pixel electric potential having the positive polarity and the pixel electric potential having the negative polarity from the second electrode of the capacitor, said voltage comparison device makes a comparison between said difference and said reference voltage, and said output-voltage control circuit converts a comparison result output by said voltage comparison device into a correction signal used for correcting said storage-capacitor voltage to be asserted on a storage-capacitor line used for supplying said storage-capacitor voltage.