Driving circuit of electro-optical device, driving method for electro-optical device, and electro-optical device and electronic equipment employing the electro-optical device

A driving circuit for an electro-optical device having a nonlinear relationship between optical characteristics thereof and a drive signal supplied thereto, comprising:

• a digital-to-analog converter receiving digital data and converting the digital data to the drive signal, the digital-to-analog converter including a first switch to select a voltage as a first reference voltage between a first pair of two voltages of the plurality of voltages and a second switch to select a voltage as a second reference voltage between a second pair of two voltages of the plurality of voltages,
• the drive signal being corrected for nonlinear relationship within the digital-to-analog converter, and
• the correction of nonlinear relationship being performed on the basis of at least the first reference voltage and the second reference voltage.

A method for driving an electro-optical device having a nonlinear relationship between optical characteristics thereof and a drive signal supplied thereto, comprising:

• (a) receiving digital data corresponding to the drive signal;
• and
• (b) converting the digital data to the drive signal, the drive signal being corrected for the nonlinear relationship within said converting, and the correction of the nonlinear relationship being performed on the basis of a first reference voltage that is selected from a first plurality of voltages and a second reference voltage that is selected from a second plurality of voltages.