An object of the present invention is to realize a numerical aperture higher
than
that of a pixel having a conventional construction by using a pixel circuit having
a novel construction in an electro-optical device. Therefore, it is utilized that
the electric potential of a gate signal line in a row except for an i-th row is
set to a constant electric potential in a period except for when a gate signal
line (106) in the i-th row is selected. A gate signal line 111 in
an (i-1)-th row is also used as an electric current supply line for an EL element
(103) controlled by the gate signal line (106) in the i-th row. Thus,
wiring number is reduced and high numerical aperture is realized.