Circuits and methods for driving gates lines of a flat panel display, wherein gate driver circuit architectures provide compact designs that enable smaller chip sizes for gate driver ICs. In one aspect, a semiconductor integrated gate driver IC comprises a plurality of gate driver circuits, wherein each gate driver circuit drives a corresponding gate line of a display, and a level shifter circuit, for generating a precharge control signal for the gate driver circuits. Each gate driver circuit comprises a line decoder for decoding a gate line control signal and generating a decoded gate line control signal and a precharge circuit for precharging a gate driver turn-on voltage in response to the precharge control signal before activating the gate line. During a driving phase, the precharged gate driver turn-on voltage is discharged when the gate line is activated in response to the decoded gate line control signal, whereas the precharged gate driver turn-on voltage is maintained when thegate line is not activated in response to the decoded gate line control signal.