Display unit, method of driving the same, and electronic apparatus

A method of driving a display unit, the method comprising:

• providing a display unit having a pixel array section and a drive circuit section, the pixel array section having pixels arranged in a matrix, each of the pixels including a light-emitting electro-optical device, a drive transistor, a write transistor, and a switch, the drive transistor connected to and configured to drive the electro-optical device, the write transistor connected between a signal line and a gate electrode of the drive transistor and configured of a plurality of transistor devices connected to one another in series with gates of all of the plurality of transistor devices commonly connected to a same scan line, the switch connected between an intermediate node between two transistor devices selected from the plurality of transistor devices configuring the write transistor and a potential, and the drive circuit section configured to drive each of the pixels of the pixel array section;
• and
• placing a potential of the intermediate node between the two transistor devices selected from the plurality of transistor devices configuring the write transistor to the potential which is an intermediate potential between a potential of the signal line and a potential of the gate electrode of the drive transistor by operation of the switch after completion of signal writing by the write transistor during light emission by the light-emitting electro-optical device.

An electronic apparatus provided with a display unit, the display unit comprising:

• a pixel array section with pixels arranged in a matrix, each of the pixels including light-emitting electro-optical device, a drive transistor, a switch, and a write transistor, the drive transistor connected to and configured to drive the electro-optical device, the write transistor connected between a signal line and a gate electrode of the drive transistor and configured of a plurality of transistor devices connected to one another in series with gates of all of the plurality of transistor devices commonly connected to a same scan line, the switch connected between an intermediate node between two transistor devices selected from the plurality of transistor devices configuring the write transistor and a potential;
• and
• a drive circuit section configured to drive each of the pixels of the pixel array section,
• wherein,
• a potential of the intermediate node between the two transistor devices selected from the plurality of transistor devices configuring the write transistor is placed at the potential which is an intermediate potential between a potential of the signal line and a potential of the gate electrode of the drive transistor by operation of the switch after completion of signal writing by the write transistor during light emission by the light-emitting electro-optical device.