An apparatus for driving an electrophoretic display comprising a plurality of pixels arranged in a two-dimensional array of rows and columns, each pixel having a pixel electrode connected via a transistor to a column electrode, with all the transistors in each column being connected to a single column electrode, the gates of all the transistors in each row being connected to a single row electrode, the apparatus comprising: a row driver connected to a gate-on voltage line and configured to apply a voltage present on the gate-on voltage line to one or more selected row electrodes; a plurality of column drivers, each configured to apply a respective voltage to a respective column electrode; a power management circuitry configured to supply a first voltage to the row driver via the gate-on voltage line during a first driving phase ; a first switch being a single pole, single throw switch having a first terminal connected to the power management circuitry and a second terminal connected to the gate-on voltage line , wherein the apparatus is configured to close the first switch during the first driving phase so as to connect the power management circuitry to the row driver and to open the first switch during a second driving phase ; a second switch that is a single pole, single throw switch, wherein the apparatus is configured to open the second switch during the first driving phase and to close the second switch during the second driving phase ; and a resistor for controlling the rate of decay of the voltage on the gate-on voltage line during the second driving phase , wherein the row driver is configured to select, for application of the voltage on the gate-on voltage line, each row electrode individually during the first driving phase and all row electrodes during the second driving phase ; and wherein the resistor is coupled between the second terminal of the first switch and ground, and the second switch has a first terminal connected to the second terminal of the first switch via a first capacitor and connected to ground via a second capacitor and a second terminal connected to ground. a row driver connected to a gate-on voltage line and configured to apply a voltage present on the gate-on voltage line to one or more selected row electrodes; a plurality of column drivers, each configured to apply a respective voltage to a respective column electrode; a power management circuitry configured to supply a first voltage to the row driver via the gate-on voltage line during a first driving phase ; a first switch being a single pole, single throw switch having a first terminal connected to the power management circuitry and a second terminal connected to the gate-on voltage line , wherein the apparatus is configured to close the first switch during the first driving phase so as to connect the power management circuitry to the row driver and to open the first switch during a second driving phase ; a second switch that is a single pole, single throw switch, wherein the apparatus is configured to open the second switch during the first driving phase and to close the second switch during the second driving phase ; and a resistor for controlling the rate of decay of the voltage on the gate-on voltage line during the second driving phase , wherein the row driver is configured to select, for application of the voltage on the gate-on voltage line, each row electrode individually during the first driving phase and all row electrodes during the second driving phase ; and wherein the resistor is coupled between the second terminal of the first switch and ground, and the second switch has a first terminal connected to the second terminal of the first switch via a first capacitor and connected to ground via a second capacitor and a second terminal connected to ground. <EOS>