Image display apparatus

1. An image display apparatus comprising:

a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix fashion on a substrate, each of said plurality of pixels being provided with a light emitting element with light intensity thereof varying with a current therethrough and a pixel circuit which drives said light emitting element;

a plurality of analog signal lines disposed on said substrate which input an analog display voltage signal into each of said plurality of pixels; and

a plurality of current-supply lines which supply a current to said light emitting element provided in each of said plurality of pixels.

wherein:

said pixel circuit provided in each of said plurality of pixels includes a first thin film transistor, a second thin film transistor, a first capacitor and a second capacitor;

a drain electrode and a source electrode of said first thin film transistor are coupled to said light emitting element and a corresponding one of said plurality of current-supply lines, respectively;

a drain electrode and a source electrode of said second thin film transistor are coupled to a gate electrode of said first thin film transistor and one of wiring lines disposed within said pixel circuit, respectively;

one electrode of said first capacitor is coupled to said gate electrode of said first thin film transistor, and another electrode of said first capacitor is coupled to one of said wiring lines disposed within said pixel circuit;

one electrode of said second capacitor is coupled to a gate electrode of said second thin film transistor, and another electrode of said second capacitor is coupled to a line supplied with a triangular waveform voltage during a specified portion of a frame period, said triangular waveform voltage increasing or decreasing at a uniform rate.

2. The image display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein:

said one electrode of said second capacitor is coupled to said gate electrode of said second thin film transistor, and said another electrode of said second capacitor is coupled to a corresponding one of said plurality of analog signal lines; and

said gate electrode of said second thin film transistor is supplied with said triangular waveform voltage via said second capacitor and said corresponding one of said plurality of analog signal lines during a specified portion of a frame period, said triangular waveform voltage increasing or decreasing at a uniform rate.

3. The image display apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of control lines each of which supplies a digital control signal to said pixel circuit in a corresponding one of said plurality of pixels, wherein said drain electrode and said source electrode of said second thin film transistor are coupled to said gate electrode of said first thin film transistor and a corresponding one of said plurality of control lines, respectively.

4. The image display apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a common electrode common to said plurality of pixels, wherein said drain electrode and said source electrode of said second thin film transistor are coupled to said gate electrode of said first thin film transistor and said common electrode, respectively.

5. The image display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein said one electrode of said first capacitor is coupled to said gate electrode of said first thin film transistor, and said another electrode of said first capacitor is coupled to a corresponding one of said plurality of current-supply lines.

6. The image display apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a common electrode common to said plurality of pixels, wherein said one electrode of said first capacitor is coupled to said gate electrode of said first thin film transistor, and said another electrode of said first capacitor is coupled to said common electrode.

7. The image display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein said pixel circuit further comprises a third thin film transistor, and a drain electrode and a source electrode of said third thin film transistor are coupled to said gate electrode and said drain electrode of said second thin film transistor, respectively.

8. The image display apparatus according to claim 7 , further comprising a plurality of control lines each of which supplies a digital control signal to said pixel circuit in a corresponding one of said plurality of pixels, wherein said gate electrode of said third thin film transistor is coupled to a corresponding one of said plurality of control lines.

9. The image display apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of control lines each of which supplies a digital control signal to said pixel circuit in a corresponding one of said plurality of pixels, wherein said pixel circuit further comprises a fourth thin film transistor, and a source electrode of said fourth thin film transistor is coupled to said one electrode of said first capacitor, and a drain electrode of said fourth thin film transistor is coupled to a corresponding one of said plurality of control lines.

10. The image display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein said pixel circuit further comprises a fifth thin film transistor coupled in series with said first thin film transistor.

11. The image display apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a power supply which supplies an electric current to said plurality of current-supply lines and a switch provided between said plurality of current-supply lines and said switch, wherein said switch is configured such that said switch is turned ON when said pixel circuit is supplied with said triangular waveform voltage.

12. The image display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein all of said thin film transistors fabricated on said substrate are of only one n-channel and p-channel types.