Patent ID: 8902147

Claim:
A display device comprising: a display area including a plurality of pixel electrodes arranged in a matrix; a plurality of thin film transistors for supplying a display signal voltage to the respective pixel electrodes; a plurality of gate signal lines, each configured for applying a HIGH voltage drive signal to a switch terminal of one of the plurality of thin film transistors during a signal HIGH period, and for applying a LOW voltage drive signal to the switch terminal of the one of the plurality of thin film transistors during a signal LOW period; and a gate driving circuit formed at the periphery of the display area, the gate driving circuit including: a pair of LOW voltage applying switching elements which are connected in parallel with respect to the gate signal line, and which apply the LOW voltage drive signal to the gate signal line in an ON state respectively; and a pair of AC voltage lines, each of the pair of AC voltage lines being directly connected with a source/drain terminal of one of the pair of LOW voltage applying switching elements and each supplying a HIGH voltage and a LOW voltage periodically and alternately to the source/drain terminal of the one of the pair of LOW voltage applying switching elements, wherein: one of the pair of LOW voltage applying switching elements is brought into an ON state in response to the signal LOW period and one of the pair of AC voltage lines being connected with the one of the pair of LOW voltage applying switching elements is the LOW voltage; and another one of the pair of LOW voltage applying switching elements is brought into an OFF state within the signal LOW period.