Patent ID: 8736596

Claim:
A display panel comprising: a gate driving circuit disposed in a peripheral area surrounding a display area; a plurality of gate lines disposed in the display area and configured to receive a gate signal outputted from the gate driving circuit, the gate signal comprising a first voltage and a second voltage, and the gate driving circuit being configured to sequentially transmit the first voltage of the gate signal to the plurality of gate lines; a plurality of data lines disposed in the display area crossing the gate lines; a dummy gate line disposed adjacent to a last gate line of the plurality of gate lines and configured to receive a dummy gate signal transmitted from an external device; and a connection line electrically connected to the dummy gate line and configured to transmit the dummy gate signal to the dummy gate line, wherein the gate driving circuit comprises a plurality of stages serially connected to each other, wherein a first stage of the plurality of stages is configured to receive a first vertical start signal starting a driving of the plurality of gate lines, and a last stage of the plurality of stages is configured to receive a second vertical start signal stopping the driving of the plurality of gate lines, and wherein the dummy gate signal is the second vertical start signal.