Patent ID: 8537095

Claim:
A display apparatus comprising: a gate driver which sequentially outputs gate signals in response to a gate control signal; a data driver which converts image data into a data signal in response to a data control signal and outputs the data signal; and a display panel comprising: a plurality of gate lines which sequentially receives the gate signals; a plurality of data lines which receives the data signals; and a plurality of pixels connected to the plurality of gate lines and the plurality of data lines and which receives the data signal in response to the gate signals to display an image, wherein the gate driver comprises: a pulse width modulator which receives a first start signal and outputs a second start signal having a pulse width smaller than that of the first start signal in response to a selection signal; and a plurality of cascaded stages which operate in response to the second start signal from the pulse width modulator to sequentially apply the gate signal to the plurality of gate lines.