Method of driving a display panel and a display apparatus for performing the same

A method of driving a display panel comprising first through n-th gate lines and a plurality of pixels connected to each of the first through n-th gate lines, the method comprising:

• sequentially applying activated gate signals to the first through n-th gate lines, respectively, during a first frame period, to display first through n-th horizontal lines of a first frame image respectively;
• charging pixels connected to the n-th gate line with first data voltages corresponding to the n-th horizontal line of the first frame image during a first period, each of the first data voltages having a first polarity;
• charging dummy capacitors connected to a dummy gate line in the display panel with second data voltages during a second period subsequent to the first period, each of the second data voltages having a second polarity different from the first polarity;
• charging pixels connected to the first gate line with the second data voltages during the second period;
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• charging the pixels connected to the first gate line with third data voltages corresponding to a first horizontal line of a second frame image during a third period subsequent to the second period, each of the third data voltages having the second polarity, the third period occurring during a second frame period,
• wherein n is a natural number greater than or equal to 2.

A display apparatus comprising:

• a display panel comprising a plurality of pixels, a plurality of dummy capacitors, a plurality of data lines, first through n-th gate lines and a dummy gate line connected to the dummy capacitors, wherein the display panel is configured to display an image;
• a gate driver configured to sequentially apply activated gate signals to the first through n-th gate lines, respectively, during a first frame period, to display first through n-th horizontal lines of a first frame image respectively, configured to output an n-th gate voltage to the n-th gate line during a first period that occurs during the first frame period, configured to output a dummy gate voltage to the dummy gate line during a second period subsequent to the first period, configured to output a first charging gate voltage to the first gate line during the second period, and configured to output a first gate voltage to the first gate line during a third period subsequent to the second period, the third period occurring during a second frame period;
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• a data driver configured to output first data voltages corresponding to the n-th horizontal line of the first frame image to the data lines during the first period, configured to output second data voltages to the data lines during the second period, and configured to output third data voltages corresponding to first horizontal line of a second frame image to the data lines during the third period,
• wherein each of the first data voltages has a first polarity, each of the second data voltages has a second polarity different from the first polarity, and each of the third data voltages has the second polarity,
• wherein n is a natural number greater than or equal to 2.

A display apparatus comprising:

• a display panel comprising a plurality of pixels, a plurality of data lines, and first through n-th gate lines, wherein the display panel is configured to display an image;
• a gate driver configured to sequentially apply activated gate signals to the first through n-th gate lines, respectively, during a first frame period, to display first through n-th horizontal lines of a first frame image respectively, to output an (n−1)-th gate voltage to the (n−1)-th gate line during a first portion of a first period, to output a first charging gate voltage to the first gate line during the first portion of the first period, and to output a first gate voltage to the first gate line during a first portion of a second period subsequent to the first period, the first period occurring during the first frame period, the second period occurring during a second frame period;
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• a data driver configured to output first data voltages corresponding to the n-th horizontal line of the first frame image to the data lines during the first portion of the first period, and to output second data voltages corresponding to a first horizontal line of a second frame image to the data lines during the first portion of the second period,
• wherein the gate driver is configured to output an n-th gate voltage to the n-th gate line during a second portion of the first period, to output a second charging gate voltage to the second gate line during the second portion of the first period,
• wherein n is a natural number greater than 2.