Display device, driving method thereof and electronic appliance

A driving method of a display device comprising a first wire, a second wire, and a plurality of pixels each of which includes a first transistor, a second transistor, a light-emitting element including a pair of electrodes, and a capacitor including a pair of electrodes,

• wherein the first wire is electrically connected to one of a source electrode and a drain electrode of the first transistor,
• wherein the other of the source electrode and the drain electrode of the first transistor is electrically connected to one electrode of the light-emitting element, and to one of a source electrode and a drain electrode of the second transistor,
• wherein the other of the source electrode and the drain electrode of the second transistor is electrically connected to the second wire,
• wherein gate electrodes of the first and second transistors are electrically connected to one electrode of the capacitor, and
• wherein the other electrode of the capacitor is electrically connected to the first wire, and
• the driving method comprising:
• connecting electrically the second wire to the one electrode of the light-emitting element by turning the second transistor on in the case where a source electrode and a drain electrode of the first transistor is short-circuited and a potential of the first wire is applied to the one electrode of the light-emitting element, and
• setting a potential difference between the pair of electrodes of the light-emitting element to be lower than a threshold voltage of the light-emitting element so that the light-emitting element emits no light.

A driving method of a display device comprising a first wire, a second wire, a third wire, and a plurality of pixels each of which includes a first transistor, a second transistor, a third transistor, a capacitor including a pair of electrodes, and a light-emitting element including a pair of electrodes,

• wherein the first wire is electrically connected to one of a source electrode and a drain electrode of the first transistor,
• wherein the other of the source electrode and the drain electrode of the first transistor is electrically connected to one electrode of the light-emitting element, and to one of a source electrode and a drain electrode of the second transistor,
• wherein the other of the source electrode and the drain electrode of the second transistor is electrically connected to the other electrode of the light-emitting element,
• wherein gate electrodes of the first and second transistors are electrically connected to one electrode of the capacitor, and to one of a source electrode and a drain electrode of the third transistor,
• wherein the other electrode of the capacitor is electrically connected to the first wire, and the other of the source electrode and the drain electrode of the third transistor is electrically connected to the second wire, and
• wherein a gate electrode of the third transistor is electrically connected to the third wire, and
• the driving method comprising:
• turning the third transistor on by applying a potential of the third wire to the third transistor in the case where the source electrode and the drain electrode of the first transistor is short-circuited and a potential of the first wire is applied to the one electrode of the light-emitting element,
• turning the second transistor on by applying a potential of the second wire to the second transistor, and
• setting a potential difference between the pair of electrodes of the light-emitting element to be lower than a threshold voltage of the light-emitting element so that the light-emitting element emits no light.

A driving method of a display device comprising a first wire, a second wire, a third wire, a fourth wire, and a plurality of pixels each of which includes a first transistor, a second transistor, a third transistor, a capacitor including a pair of electrodes, and a light-emitting element including a pair of electrodes,

• wherein the first wire is electrically connected to one of a source electrode and a drain electrode of the first transistor,
• wherein the other of the source electrode and the drain electrode of the first transistor is electrically connected to one electrode of the light-emitting element, and to one of a source electrode and a drain electrode of the second transistor,
• wherein the other of the source electrode and the drain electrode of the second transistor is electrically connected to the fourth wire,
• wherein gate electrodes of the first transistor and the second transistor are electrically connected to one electrode of the capacitor, and electrically connected to one of a source electrode and a drain electrode of the third transistor,
• wherein the other electrode of the capacitor is electrically connected to the first wire,
• wherein the other of the source electrode and the drain electrode of the third transistor is connected to the second wire, and
• wherein a gate electrode of the third transistor is electrically connected to the third wire, and
• the driving method comprising:
• turning the third transistor on by applying a potential of the third wire to the third transistor in the case where the source electrode and the drain electrode of the first transistor is short-circuited and a potential of the first wire is applied to the one electrode of the light-emitting element,
• turning the second transistor on by applying a potential of the second wire to the second transistor,
• connecting electrically the fourth wire to the one electrode of the light-emitting element, and
• setting a potential difference between the pair of electrodes of the light-emitting element to be lower than a threshold voltage of the light-emitting element so that the light-emitting element emits no light.