Patent ID: 9047841
Filing Date: 2015-06-02
Classification: G09G

Abstract:
1. A display apparatus comprising: a display panel which displays an image in response to a plurality of gate signals and a plurality of data signals based on a display mode; a data driver which provides the data signals to the display panel; a gate driver which starts an operation thereof in response to a start signal, and comprises a plurality of stages and at least two dummy stages, wherein the plurality of stages sequentially provides the gate signals to the display panel, and the at least two dummy stages provide no gate signal to the display panel; and a timing controller which selects one of the start signal and a reset signal based on the display mode and outputs the selected one of the start signal and the reset signal to the at least two dummy stages, wherein each of the plurality of stages receives a clock signal, a previous carry signal from a previous stage thereof, a first subsequent carry signal from a first subsequent stage thereof and a second subsequent carry signal from a second subsequent stage thereof, and outputs a corresponding gate signal of the gate signals and a carry signal, and wherein each of the at least two dummy stages receives the selected one of the start signal and the reset signal as one of the first subsequent carry signal and the second subsequent carry signal.