Patent ID: 7864171

Claim:
A display apparatus, comprising: a display panel provided with a pixel section including a light-emitting device driven by a current and with a signal line connected to the pixel section; and a source driver for supplying a drive current to the pixel section via the signal line, wherein the source driver includes: a register for latching display data having N bits and for outputting the display data; a current driver for outputting the drive current according to the display data input from the register; voltage supplying means having an output impedance lower than that of the current driver; a line for connecting the signal line and the voltage supplying means to each other; a timing control unit for outputting a control signal; and a short-circuit switch provided on the line and used for electrically connecting the signal line and the voltage supplying means to each other only during a given period in a current setting mode in accordance with the control signal.