Patent ID: 8179355

Claim:
A display apparatus, comprising: a display panel comprising a plurality of gate lines, a plurality of data lines, and a plurality of pixels coupled with the gate lines and the data lines to display an image; a first gate driving circuit electrically connected to first ends of the gate lines, the first gate driving circuit to apply a first gate signal comprising a first pre-charging period and a first active period adjacent to the first pre-charging period to odd-numbered gate lines of the gate lines and to apply a second gate signal comprising a second pre-charging period and a second active period adjacent to the second pre-charging period to even-numbered gate lines of the gate lines; a second gate driving circuit electrically connected to second ends of the gate lines, the second gate driving circuit being substantially simultaneously turned on with the first gate driving circuit to apply the first gate signal and the second gate signal to the odd-numbered gate lines and the even-numbered gate lines, respectively; and a data driving circuit to output a first data signal and a second data signal to the data lines during the first active period and the second active period, respectively, wherein the second pre-charging period of the second gate signal is overlapped with the first active period of the first gate signal, wherein the first active period of the first gate signal immediately follows the first pre-charging period of the first gate signal, wherein the second active period of the second gate signal immediately follows the second pre-charging period of the second gate signal, and wherein a first pixel connected to a first odd-numbered gate line of the odd-numbered gate lines is charged by the first data signal during the first active period, a second pixel connected to a first even-numbered gate line of the even-numbered gate lines, which is adjacent to the first odd-numbered gate line, is pre-charged by the first data signal during the second pre-charging period, and the first pixel and the second pixel are connected to the same data line of the data lines.