Patent ID: 8823610

Claim:
A method of driving an electronic circuit having a plurality of pixel circuits, each pixel circuit including driving transistor having a gate, a first terminal, a second terminal, a channel region arranged between the first terminal and the second terminal, a driven element, and a first transistor connected between the gate of the driving transistor and the first terminal, the method comprising: generating a first potential difference between the first terminal and the second terminal such that the first terminal functions as a drain of the driving transistor in a state in which the gate of the driving transistor and the first terminal are made conductive by the first transistor being in a conductive state; supplying a data signal to the gate of the driving transistor during a state in which the gate and the first terminal are not made conductive by the first transistor being in a non-conductive state; generating, in a state in which the gate of the driving transistor and the first terminal are not made conductive by the first transistor being in the non-conductive state, a second potential difference between the first terminal and the second terminal such that the second terminal functions as the drain of the driving transistor; and supplying to the driven element one of a drive voltage and a drive current corresponding to an electrical conduction state of the driving transistor set by the data signal, each pixel circuit further including a first electrode, a second electrode, and a capacitor by which a capacitance is formed between the first electrode and the second electrode, the gate of the driving transistor being connected to the first electrode, after the generating of the first potential difference, the gate of the driving transistor being in a floating state, the data signal being supplied to the gate of the driving transistor by capacitive coupling through the capacitor, and the conduction state being set, the driven element including an operation electrode connected to the first terminal, an opposite electrode, and a function layer arranged between the operation electrode and the opposite electrode, and at least a voltage of the opposite electrode being fixed at a predetermined voltage level while the generating of the first potential difference and the second potential difference are being executed.