Patent ID: 8576154

Claim:
A display apparatus comprising: a substrate on which a display region and a non-display region are defined; the display region having a plurality of pixels defined by a plurality of gate lines and a plurality of data lines crossing each other, and including a thin film transistor, a pixel electrode disposed on each pixel, and a common electrode; the non-display region having a dummy gate line, and a gate drive unit for applying a gate signal to the plurality of gate lines and the dummy gate line, wherein the dummy gate line is disposed away from the plurality of data lines, wherein a turn-on time of a switch coupled to the dummy gate line is longer than a turn-on time of a switch coupled to the plurality of gate lines, and wherein the dummy gate line is disposed under a last gate line of the plurality of gate lines, and a high period of the gate signal supplied to the dummy gate line is longer than a high period of the gate signal supplied to the plurality of gate lines, wherein the dummy gate line does not cross the plurality of data lines.