Patent ID: 8624813

Claim:
A gate driver comprising: a shift register including a plurality of stages each having a respective one of a plurality of first output lines; a repair line crossing the first output lines, wherein electrical connection of a certain first output line to the repair line is made by welding a cross point between the certain first output line and the repair line; a storage device to store information therein to identify a position of a certain stage of the plurality of stages, wherein the certain stage is a malfunctioning stage; and a repair scan pulse generator to provide repair scan pulses to the repair line based on information stored in the storage device; wherein the repair scan pulse generator includes a clock generator to select one of a plurality of clock pulses based on information stored in the storage device and to output the selected clock pulse; and a signal amplifier to amplify the clock pulse output by the clock generator and to provide the amplified clock pulse as a repair scan pulse to the repair line; wherein the clock generator is arranged to output the clock pulse once each frame.