Provided are a display panel, a manufacturing method thereof, and a display device. A first display region of the display panel includes first pixel units and first drive circuits, a second display region includes second pixel units and second drive circuits, wherein a pixel unit density of the first pixel units is less than a pixel unit density of the second pixel units, a number of first additional transistors in the first drive circuit is less than a number of second additional transistors in the second drive circuit, and an area of the orthographic projection of a channel area of the first drive transistor on the base substrate is less than an area of the orthographic projection of a channel area of the second drive transistor on the base substrate.

A display device including: a substrate including a main area and a sub-area at a side of the main area; a thin-film transistor on the substrate and positioned in the main area; a first insulating layer on a gate electrode of the thin-film transistor; a light-emitting element on the first insulating layer, positioned in the main area, and electrically connected to the thin-film transistor; a plurality of pads on the first insulating layer and positioned in the sub-area; and a light-blocking layer overlapping the plurality of pads and located between the substrate and the first insulating layer.

An array substrate, includes: a substrate, a first metal layer, a first buffer layer, and an active layer, a gate insulating layer, a second metal layer, a first insulating layer, a third metal layer and a first planarization layer. The first metal layer is electrically connected with the first doped area of the active layer through the bridge layer of the second metal layer. The third metal layer is electrically connected with the second doped area of the active layer. The array substrate of the present disclosure reduces a size of a thin film transistor by stacking the first metal layer, the second metal layer, and the third metal layer, thereby increasing pixel density. A display panel is also provided.

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a thin film transistor, a method for manufacturing a thin film transistor, an array substrate, a display panel, and a display device. The thin film transistor includes: a base substrate; an active layer, an insulating layer, and a source-drain layer sequentially stacked on the base substrate, wherein the source-drain layer is electrically connected to the active layer through a via hole penetrating the insulating layer; and a transition layer arranged between the source-drain layer and the active layer at a position of the via hole, wherein the transition layer covers a bottom of the via hole and covers at least part of a sidewall of the via hole, and the transition layer comprises elements of the active layer and elements of a part of the source-drain layer, the part of the source-drain layer being in contact with the transition layer.

A thin film transistor includes an active layer including a first portion having a first thickness and a second portion having a second thickness greater than the first thickness, a capping layer filling a thickness difference between the first portion and the second portion and arranged on the first portion, a gate insulating layer arranged on the capping layer, a gate electrode on the active layer, wherein the gate insulating layer and the capping layer are disposed between the gate electrode and the active layer, and a source electrode and a drain electrode connected to the active layer.

A manufacturing method of a display apparatus including preparing a substrate, forming an amorphous silicon layer on the substrate, cleaning the amorphous silicon layer with hydrofluoric acid, crystallizing the amorphous silicon layer into a polycrystalline silicon layer, and forming a metal layer directly on the polycrystalline silicon layer.

The present disclosure provides a display substrate, a manufacturing method thereof, and a display device. The display substrate includes a base substrate and a plurality of pixels arranged on the base substrate, each pixel includes a plurality of sub-pixels, and each sub-pixel includes a first active layer, a first gate insulation layer, a gate electrode, a second gate insulation layer, a second active layer, a first insulation layer, a source electrode and a drain electrode laminated one on another. The source electrode is connected with the first active layer through a via hole penetrating through the first insulation layer, the second gate insulation layer and the first gate insulation layer, and the source electrode and the drain electrode are connected with the second active layer through a via hole penetrating through the first insulation layer.

A display device and a method of manufacturing a display device are provided. A display device includes a lower conductive pattern disposed on a substrate, a lower insulating layer disposed on the lower conductive pattern, the lower insulating layer including a first lower insulating pattern including an overlapping region overlapping the lower conductive pattern, and a protruding region. The display device includes a semiconductor pattern disposed on the first lower insulating pattern and having a side surface, the side surface being aligned with a side surface of the first lower insulating pattern or disposed inward from the side surface of the first lower insulating pattern, a gate insulating layer disposed on the semiconductor pattern, a gate electrode disposed on the gate insulating layer, and an empty space disposed between the substrate and the protruding region of the first lower insulating pattern.

The present disclosure provides a display substrate, a manufacturing method, and a display device. The method includes: providing a base substrate; forming a driving circuitry layer on the base substrate; forming an inorganic insulation layer on the driving circuitry layer; forming a pattern of a planarization layer on the inorganic insulation layer, the planarization layer being made of an organic material; forming a first transparent conductive layer on the planarization layer; and forming a through hole through a patterning process, a photoresist used during the exposure of the patterning process including an organic material.

A semiconductor device, a manufacturing method thereof, and a display panel are provided. The semiconductor device includes a first active component. The first active component includes a first semiconductor layer and a contact layer. The contact layer includes a first doped layer, a second semiconductor layer, and a second doped layer stacked from bottom to top, so that there are at least two PN junction interfaces inside to increase a light to dark current ratio of the semiconductor device.