Touch-sensitive display device with metal electrodes in a mesh pattern

1. A touch-sensitive display device comprising:

a flexible substrate; a barrier layer formed on the flexible substrate;

a color filter layer formed on the barrier layer;

a black matrix formed on the color filter layer in a mesh pattern;

a plurality of metal electrodes formed as the mesh pattern on the black matrix,

the plurality of metal electrodes including a plurality of vertical electrode lines and a plurality of horizontal electrodes lines,

each of the plurality of horizontal electrode lines intersecting at least one of the plurality of vertical electrode lines; and

a plurality of transparent touch electrodes,

each of the plurality of transparent touch electrodes formed having its center on the intersection of one of the plurality of vertical electrode lines and one of the plurality of horizontal electrode lines.

2. The touch-sensitive display device of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of metal electrodes formed in the mesh pattern includes: a first set of metal electrodes in a first mesh pattern; a second set of metal electrodes in a second mesh pattern, the second set of metal electrodes at a first side of the first set of metal electrodes; and a third set of metal electrodes in a third mesh pattern, the third set of metal electrodes at a second side of the first set of metal electrodes that is opposite the first side; and wherein the second set of metal electrodes is electrically connected to the third set of metal electrodes without being directly connected to the third set of metal electrodes.

3. The touch-sensitive display device of claim 2 , further comprising:

an insulation film over the first set of metal electrodes, the second set of metal electrodes, and the third set of metal electrodes, the insulation film including a plurality of holes; and

a connection electrode on the insulation film, the connection electrode electrically connecting the second set of metal electrodes to the third set of metal electrodes through the plurality of holes.

4. The touch-sensitive display device according to claim 2 , wherein the first mesh pattern, the second mesh pattern, and the third mesh pattern have a same arrangement of metal electrodes.

5. The touch-sensitive display device according to claim 1 , wherein the barrier layer is comprised of an organic layer or an inorganic layer.

6. The touch-sensitive display device according to claim 5 , wherein the black matrix formed in the mesh pattern defines a plurality of pixels on the substrate.

7. The touch-sensitive display device according to claim 1 , wherein a size of at least one of the plurality of transparent touch electrodes is an integer multiple greater in size than a size of pixel of the touch-sensitive display device.

8. The touch-sensitive display device according to claim 6 , wherein the connection electrode is aligned with a horizontal portion of the black matrix.

9. A touch-sensitive display device comprising:

a flexible substrate; a barrier layer formed on the flexible substrate;

a color filter layer formed on the barrier layer;

a black matrix formed on the color filter layer in a mesh pattern; a first plurality of line electrodes and a second plurality of line electrodes being formed as the mesh pattern on the black matrix, a first touch sensing electrode and second touch sensing electrode formed on the first plurality of line electrodes and the second plurality of line electrodes;

the first touch sensing electrode formed having its center on an intersection of the first plurality of line electrodes,

the first touch sensing electrode including a first plurality of touch segments that are connected to each other via the first plurality of line electrodes; and

the second touch sensing electrode formed having its center on an intersection of the second plurality of line electrodes,

the second touch sensing electrode including a second plurality of touch segments that are connected to each other via the second plurality of line electrodes; and

wherein a capacitance between the first touch sensing electrode and the second touch sensing electrode changes in response to a touch of the device.

10. The touch-sensitive display device of claim 9 , wherein the first plurality of touch segments and the second plurality of touch segments are made of a transparent conductive material.

11. The touch sensitive display device of claim 9 ,

wherein a size of at least one of the first plurality of touch segments and the second plurality of touch segments is an integer multiple greater in size than a size of a pixel of the touch-sensitive display device.

12. The touch sensitive display device of claim 9 , wherein the first plurality of line electrodes and the second plurality of line electrodes are made of a metal that has a lower resistance than the first plurality of touch segments and the second plurality of touch segments.

13. The touch sensitive display device of claim 9 , further comprises a plurality of pixels, and wherein each of the first plurality of line electrodes and each of the second plurality of line electrodes is disposed between a pair of pixels from the plurality of pixels.

14. The touch sensitive display device of claim 9 , wherein each of the first plurality of line electrodes and the second plurality of electrodes comprises a plurality of vertical electrodes and a plurality of horizontal electrodes, each of the plurality of horizontal electrode lines intersecting at least one of the plurality of vertical lines.

15. The touch sensitive display device of claim 9 , wherein at least one segment from the first plurality of touch segments or the second plurality of touch segments respectively overlaps an intersection from the first plurality of line segments or the second plurality of line segments and a pixel.

16. The touch sensitive display device of claim 9 , further comprising:

an insulation film over the first plurality of line electrodes and the second plurality of line electrodes.