A light emitting device that achieves long life, and which is capable of performing high duty drive, by suppressing initial light emitting element deterioration is provided. Reverse bias application to an EL element (109) is performed one row at a time by forming a reverse bias electric power source...http://www.google.de/patents/US20030160745?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US20030160745 - Light emitting device and method of driving the light emitting device