Disclosed is a display driver that includes a first current driver
circuit, a second current driver circuit and a reference current source
circuit. The first current driver circuit, which has plural current
sources the output current values of which are determined based on a
reference current, and switch circuits for on/off controlling the current
path between the plural current sources and the current output terminal
based on video signal composed of plural bits. The first current driver
circuit outputs a first output current conforming to the video signal.
The second current driver circuit outputs the second output current
conforming to the video signal, while the reference current source
circuit variably controls the reference current based on the value of the
video signal. A current that is the result of combining the first and
second output currents from the first and second current driver circuits
is output as an output current. An amount of change in the output current
that corresponds to a change of one LSB of the video signal, is varied in
accordance with the value of the video signal, the gamma characteristic
is approximated by piece-wise linear approximation and the overall
luminance of the display pane is variably controlled based on a control
signal from a panel luminance adjustment circuit.