A clock signal in synchronization with a data writing signal, every
scanning line, which is supplied from a light-emitting control circuit 4
to a scanning driver 6, is supplied to an oscillator 12 which generates a
reference switching signal, according to a PWM method, in a DC-DC
converter 8. Thereby, the timing at data writing every scanning line is
in synchronization with the phase of a ripple component superimposed on a
driving voltage Va from the DC-DC converter 8. Accordingly, a problem
that there is caused a state in which light-emitting intensity is
different every scanning line can be solved because the same voltage Vgs
between a gate and a source is supplied every scanning line to a
light-emitting driving transistor Tr2 at any time even if the ripple
component by switching of the DC-DC converter is superimposed on the
driving voltage Va. Thereby, a problem that the display quality of images
is remarkably reduced can be prevented in a light-emitting driving
operation of a display panel, wherein the operation has a configuration
in which an organic EL element with a light-emitting intensity
characteristic of a current dependence type, for example, is used as a
pixel.