Pixel, display apparatus including pixel, and method of manufacturing display apparatus

A display apparatus comprising a plurality of pixels,

• wherein each of the plurality of pixels comprises:
• a capacitor electrically connected to a first voltage line;
• a light emitting element electrically connected to a second voltage line;
• a driving transistor comprising a gate electrode connected to the capacitor and electrically connected between the first voltage line and the light emitting element;
• a switching transistor electrically connected between a data line and the driving transistor;
• a compensation transistor electrically connected between the gate electrode of the driving transistor and a semiconductor pattern of the driving transistor;
• and
• an initialization transistor electrically connected between the compensation transistor and a third voltage line,
• wherein at least one of the compensation transistor or the initialization transistor comprises:
• a plurality of active areas spaced apart from each other with a common conductive area therebetween;
• and
• a gate electrode overlapping the common conductive area and the plurality of active areas in a plan view.

A method of manufacturing a display apparatus, the method comprising:

• forming a preliminary semiconductor pattern on a base substrate;
• forming a photoresist layer on the preliminary semiconductor pattern;
• forming a photoresist pattern overlapping a half-transmissive area from the photoresist layer by providing a mask comprising a transmissive area and the half-transmissive area on the photoresist layer;
• forming a first semiconductor pattern and a second semiconductor pattern by doping the preliminary semiconductor pattern;
• and
• forming a first gate electrode and a second gate electrode on the first semiconductor pattern and the second semiconductor pattern, respectively,
• wherein the first semiconductor pattern comprises a plurality of first active areas corresponding to the photoresist pattern and overlapping the first gate electrode,
• wherein the second semiconductor pattern comprises a second active area corresponding to the photoresist pattern and overlapping the second gate electrode.