Shift register and display device using same

A display device, comprising:

• a plurality of gate lines;
• a plurality of data lines positioned orthogonal to the plurality of gate lines;
• switching elements provided in vicinities of intersections between the plurality of gate lines and the plurality of data lines, each of the switching elements corresponding to a pixel;
• a gate driving circuit for supplying, to the plurality of gate lines, a scanning signal for driving pixels;
• and
• a data driving circuit for supplying, to the plurality of data lines, a data signal for the pixels,
• at least one of the gate driving circuit and the data driving circuit including:
• a shift register including plural stages of flip-flops, some of the flip-flops and the last-stage flip-flop being reset by inputting thereto an output signal from the last-stage flip-flop, wherein the last-stage flip-flop is reset after the some of the flip-flops are reset, wherein:
• each of the plural stages of flip-flops except the some of the flip-flops and the last-stage flip-flop is reset by inputting thereto an output signal from the (N−1)th flip-flop as counted forwards from itself, where N is the sum of the number of the some of the flip-flops and the last-stage flip-flop.