Method of driving display panel, display panel driving apparatus for performing the method and display apparatus having the display panel driving apparatus

A display panel driving apparatus comprising:

• a gate driving part configured to apply a plurality of gate signals to a plurality of gate lines, extending in a first direction, of a display panel, the display panel including the plurality of gate lines, a plurality of data lines extending in a second direction, perpendicular to the first direction, and a plurality of pixels defined by an intersection of the plurality of gate lines and the plurality of data lines, and the plurality of pixels having common electrode contact pixels in which a common electrode is in contact with a gate electrode extending from the plurality of gate lines;
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• a data driving part configured to apply data signals having a first polarity and data signals having a second polarity to the common electrode contact pixels, the second polarity being inverse to the first polarity,
• wherein the data signals having the first polarity are applied to a same number of the common electrode contact pixels as the data signals having the second polarity are applied to.

A display apparatus comprising:

• a display panel comprising a plurality of gate lines extending in a first direction, a plurality of data lines extending in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, and a plurality of pixels defined by an intersection between the plurality of gate lines and the plurality of data lines, and the plurality of pixels having common electrode contact pixels in which a common electrode thereof is in contact with a gate electrode extending from the plurality of gate lines;
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• a display panel driving apparatus comprising a gate driving part configured to apply gate signals to the plurality of gate lines, and a data driving part configured to apply a data signal having a first polarity and a data signal having a second polarity to the common electrode contact pixels, the second polarity being an inversion of the first polarity,
• wherein the data signals having the first polarity are applied to a same number of the common electrode contact pixels as the data signals having the second polarity are applied to.