Patent ID: 8514163

Claim:
A display apparatus comprising: a display panel having a plurality of gate lines; and a gate driving part having a plurality of stages and a plurality of signal lines, the plurality of stages including: a plurality of transferring stages that sequentially drive the plurality of stages; and a plurality of output stages that sequentially output a gate signal to the gate lines in response to signals outputted from the transferring stages, wherein clock pulses applied to the plurality of stages have substantially the same pulse duration during both the outputting of the gate signal to the at least one of the plurality of gate lines and the skipping of the outputting of the gate signal to a same one of the at least one of the plurality of gate lines, and wherein at least one of the transferring stages applies a carry signal to one of next transferring stages to operate the one of next transferring stages, applies a delivery signal to a current output stage, and applies a first reset signal to one of previous transferring stages, and wherein the current output stage is configured to selectively skip outputting the gate signal to at least one of the gate lines in response to the delivery signal and a driving area selection signal applied thereto.