Method of driving display panel, driving circuit, and display unit

A driving circuit configured to drive a display panel, the display panel including a plurality of pixels, each of the pixels including a light-emitting element and a pixel circuit, the pixel circuit including a first transistor and a second transistor, the first transistor being configured to control an electric current flowing in the light-emitting element, the second transistor being configured to control an application of a voltage to a gate of the first transistor, the driving circuit comprising:

• writing circuitry configured to correct a gate-source voltage of the first transistor in any of the pixels to cause the gate-source voltage to become closer to a threshold voltage of the first transistor, and write, after correcting the gate-source voltage, a signal voltage into the gate of the first transistor in the any of the pixels by applying a plurality of voltage pulses to a gate of the second transistor, the signal voltage corresponding to an image signal, the voltage pulses applied when the writing circuitry writes the signal voltage including a first voltage pulse and a second voltage pulse, the first voltage pulse being applied previous to the second voltage pulse, the second voltage pulse being applied subsequent to the first voltage pulse, a peak value of the first voltage pulse being higher than a peak value of the second voltage pulse.

A display unit comprising:

• a display panel including a plurality of pixels, each of the pixels including a light emitting element and a pixel circuit, the pixel circuit including a first transistor and a second transistor, the first transistor being configured to control an electric current flowing in the light-emitting element, the second transistor being configured to control an application of a voltage to a gate of the first transistor;
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• a driving circuit configured to drive the display panel, the driving circuit being configured to correct a gate-source voltage of the first transistor in any of the pixels to cause the gate-source voltage to become closer to a threshold voltage of the first transistor, and write, after correcting the gate-source voltage, a signal voltage into the gate of the first transistor in the any of the pixels by applying a plurality of voltage pulses to a gate of the second transistor, the signal voltage corresponding to an image signal, the voltage pulses applied when the writing circuitry writes the signal voltage including a first voltage pulse and a second voltage pulse, the first voltage pulse being applied previous to the second voltage pulse, the second voltage pulse being applied subsequent to the first voltage pulse, a peak value of the first voltage pulse being higher than a peak value of the second voltage pulse.