A manufacturing method of a thin film transistor array panel according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes forming an amorphous silicon thin film on a substrate. A lower region of the amorphous silicon thin film is crystallized to form a polycrystalline silicon thin film by irradiating a laser beam with an energy density of from about 150 mj/cm.sup.2 to about 250 mj/cm.sup.2 to the amorphous silicon thin film.

Provided are a thin film transistor (TFT) substrate, a display device, and a method of forming the TFT. A TFT substrate includes: a first TFT including: a polycrystalline semiconductor (PS) layer, a first gate electrode (GE) overlapping the PS layer, a nitride layer (NL) on the first GE, an oxide layer (OL) on the NL, and a first source electrode and a first drain electrode on the OL, and a second TFT including: a second GE on a same layer as the first GE, a hydrogen collecting layer between the second GE and the NL, an oxide semiconductor (OS) layer on the OL, a second source electrode and a second drain electrode contacting respective sides of the OS layer, wherein the first TFT and the second TFT are disposed on a same substrate, and wherein the NL includes an opening exposing the hydrogen collecting layer of the second TFT.

An area sensor of the present invention has a function of displaying an image in a sensor portion by using light-emitting elements and a reading function using photoelectric conversion devices. Therefore, an image read in the sensor portion can be displayed thereon without separately providing an electronic display on the area sensor. Furthermore, a photoelectric conversion layer of a photodiode according to the present invention is made of an amorphous silicon film and an N-type semiconductor layer and a P-type semiconductor layer are made of a polycrystalline silicon film. The amorphous silicon film is formed to be thicker than the polycrystalline silicon film. As a result, the photodiode according to the present invention can receive more light.

An area of a region arranged on one side out of a display region in a direction in which scanning signal lines extend is reduced. A display apparatus includes: a partial circuit; a plurality of scanning signal lines; and a plurality of scanning signal connection wirings for connecting the partial circuit and each of the plurality of scanning signal lines. Each of the plurality of scanning signal lines extends in an X-axis direction, and is arranged with a pitch in a Y-axis direction. A plurality of ends respectively included in the plurality of scanning signal connection wirings are connected to the partial circuit, and are arranged in the Y-axis direction. A distance in the Y-axis direction between the respective centers of the two ends adjacent to each other is narrower than the pitch.

A semiconductor device and a method of manufacturing the semiconductor device are provided. The semiconductor device includes a semiconductor layer, a gate electrode on the semiconductor layer, a first insulating layer between the semiconductor layer and the gate electrode; a second insulating layer on the gate electrode, source and drain electrodes corresponding to both ends of the semiconductor layer and disposed on the second insulating layer, and a doping layer disposed along contact holes of the first and second insulating layers, which expose the both ends of the semiconductor layer, such as, between the both ends of the semiconductor layer and the source and drain electrodes.

The present invention provides a TFT substrate structure, comprising a Switching TFT and a Driving TFT, and the Switching TFT comprises a first active layer, and the Driving TFT comprises a second active layer, and the first active layer and the second active layer are made by the same or different materials and the electrical properties of the Switching TFT and the Driving TFT are different. According to the different functions of the different TFTs, the present invention employs different working structures for the Switching TFT and the Driving TFT to respectively implement deposition and photolithography, and employs different materials for the active layers of the Switching TFT and the Driving TFT to differentiate the electrical properties of different TFTs in the TFT substrate. Accordingly, the accurate control to the OLED with lowest cost can be realized.

The present invention provides a TFT substrate structure, comprising a Switching TFT and a Driving TFT, and the Switching TFT comprises a first active layer, and the Driving TFT comprises a second active layer, and the first active layer and the second active layer are made by the same or different materials and the electrical properties of the Switching TFT and the Driving TFT are different. According to the different functions of the different TFTs, the present invention employs different working structures for the Switching TFT and the Driving TFT to respectively implement deposition and photolithography, and employs different materials for the active layers of the Switching TFT and the Driving TFT to differentiate the electrical properties of different TFTs in the TFT substrate. Accordingly, the accurate control to the OLED with lowest cost can be realized.

The present application discloses a method of fabricating a polycrystalline semiconductor layer, comprising forming a heat storage layer; forming a buffer layer on the heat storage layer; forming a first amorphous semiconductor layer on a side of the buffer layer distal to the heat storage layer; and crystallizing the first amorphous semiconductor layer to form a first polycrystalline semiconductor layer.

The present invention provides a manufacture method of a LTPS thin film transistor and a LTPS thin film transistor. The gate isolation layer is first etched to form the recess, and then the gate is formed on the recess so that the width of the gate is slightly larger than the width of the recess. Then, the active layer is implemented with ion implantation to form the source contact region, the drain contact region, the channel region and one transition region at least located between the drain contact region and the channel region. The gate isolation layer above the transition region is thicker than the channel region and can shield a part of the gate electrical field to make the carrier density here lower than the channel region to form a transition.

The present disclosure relates to a LTPS TFT unit for liquid crystal modules and the manufacturing method thereof. The manufacturing method includes: forming a SiNx layer on a glass substrate; forming a SiOx layer and an a-Si layer on the SiNx layer in sequence; scanning the a-Si layer by laser beams to remove hydrogen within the a-Si layer; adopting excimer laser to re-crystallization anneal the a-Si layer to form the polysilicon layer; forming a gate insulation layer on the polysilicon layer; forming a gate on the gate insulation layer; and forming a drain insulation layer on the gate.