The image quality of a display device using a bottom gate TFT is improved.
In particular, fluctuation in luminance is controlled and the frequency
characteristic of a driver circuit is compensated by suppressing a change
in amount of current flowing through an EL element which is caused by a
change in surrounding temperature while the device is in use. A
monitoring EL element is provided in addition to a pixel portion EL
element. The monitoring EL element constitutes a temperature compensation
circuit together with a buffer amplifier and the like. A current is
supplied to the pixel portion EL element through the temperature
compensation circuit. This makes it possible to keep the amount of
current flowing through the pixel portion EL element constant against a
change in temperature, and to control the fluctuation in luminance. An
input signal is subjected to time base expansion to perform sampling with
accuracy.