Patent ID: 7847762

Claim:
A display device comprising: a pixel array unit and a driving unit which drives the pixel array unit, wherein the pixel array unit includes rows of scanning line, columns of signal lines, pixels in a matrix state arranged at portions where scanning lines and signal lines cross each other and power supply lines arranged corresponding to respective rows of pixels, wherein the driving unit includes a main scanner performing line-sequential scanning to pixels by each row by supplying a control signal to each scanning line sequentially, a power supply scanner supplying a power supply voltage which is switched to a first potential and a second potential to each power supply line so as to correspond to the line-sequential scanning, and a signal selector supplying a signal potential and a reference potential to be video signal to columns of signal lines so as to correspond to the line-sequential scanning, wherein the pixel includes a light emitting element, a sampling transistor, a driving transistor and a storage capacitor, wherein the sampling transistor is connected to the scanning line at a gate thereof, connected to the signal line at one of a source and a drain thereof, connected to a gate of the driving transistor at the other of the source and the drain, wherein the driving transistor is connected to the light emitting element at one of a source and a drain thereof, and connected to the power supply line at the other of the source and the drain thereof and in which the storage capacitor is connected between the source and the gate of the driving transistor, wherein the sampling transistor is turned on according to the control signal supplied from the scanning line and samples the signal potential supplied from the signal line to be stored in the storage capacitor, wherein the driving transistor receives supply of current from the power supply line at the first potential and allows drive current to flow in the light emitting element according to the stored signal potential, wherein the main scanner outputs the control signal to the scanning line at a timing of turning on the sampling transistor at a time slot when the signal line is at the signal potential, thereby writing the signal potential in the storage capacitor, as well as adds a correction to the signal potential, which is for mobility of the driving transistor, and wherein the pixel includes an auxiliary capacitor in order to increase write gain when storing the signal potential in the storage capacitor and in order to adjust time necessary for the correction of mobility.