Patent ID: 7471286

Claim:
A gate driver circuit for driving a gate line of a display, comprising: a line decoder for decoding a gate line control signal and generating a decoded gate line control signal for selectively activating a gate line coupled to an output of the gate driver circuit; and a precharge circuit comprising a first input node for receiving a first precharge control signal and a second input node for receiving a second precharge control signal during a precharge phase, the first precharge control signal being complimentary to the second precharge control signal, and a third input node for receiving the decoded gate line control signal output from the line decoder during a driving phase following the precharge phase, wherein during the precharge phase, the precharge circuit precharges a gate driver turn-on voltage in response to the first precharge control signal and the second precharge control signal, and wherein during the driving phase after the precharge phase, the precharge circuit (i) discharges the precharged gate driver turn-on voltage in response to the decoded gate line control signal to activate the gate line coupled to the output of the gate driver circuit and (ii) maintains the precharged gate driver turn-on voltage when the gate line is not selected for activation in response to the decoded gate line control signal.