Patent ID: 7824952

Claim:
A method of manufacturing a display apparatus, the method comprising: forming a first gate electrode and a second gate electrode on a substrate; forming a first insulating layer on the substrate, the substrate including the first gate electrode and the second gate electrode; forming a first semiconductor layer, a first source electrode and a first drain electrode using a first mask on the substrate, the substrate including the first insulating layer, the first semiconductor layer overlapping a portion of the first gate electrode on the first insulating layer, the first source electrode and the first drain electrode disposed on the first semiconductor layer; forming a second insulating layer on the substrate, the substrate including the first source electrode and the first drain electrode; forming a second semiconductor layer, a second source electrode and a second drain electrode using a second mask on the substrate, the substrate including the second insulating layer, the second semiconductor layer overlapping a portion of the second gate electrode on the second insulating layer, the second source electrode and the second drain electrode disposed on the second semiconductor layer; forming a connector connecting the first gate electrode to the second drain electrode; and forming a pixel electrode, wherein the first semiconductor layer, the first source electrode, and the first drain electrode are made by a photolithographic process, and/or the second semiconductor layer, the second source electrode, and the second drain electrode are made by a photolithographic process.