Variations occur in the characteristics of transistors. The present
invention is a signal-line drive circuit comprising first and second
current source circuits corresponding to respective plurality of signal
lines, a shift register, and n (n is a natural number of one or more)
video-signal constant current source s, wherein each of the first and
second current source circuits has a capacitance means and a supply
means. The capacitance means held in one of the first and second source
circuits converts a current including a current supplied from each of the
n video-signal constant current source s to voltage in response to a
sampling pulse supplied from the shift register and a latch pulse
supplied from the exterior; and the supply means held in the other
supplies a current responsive to the converted voltage. The values of the
currents supplied from the n video-signal constant current source s are
set to a proportion of 2.sup.0:2.sup.1: . . . :2.sup.n.