Patent 8094142 was granted and assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. on January, 2012 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A display device includes pixels, each including a switching element; a shift register comprising stages coupled with the switching elements and sequentially generating output signals; clock signal lines transmitting clock signals; at least a control signal line transmitting a control signal; and terminal lines connecting the clock signal lines and the control signal with the stages, wherein the terminal lines comprise at least one common terminal line commonly connected with at least two stages.