Display device with integrated touch screen and mirror function, and method for fabricating the same

1. A display device comprising:

a substrate including a light-emission area and a non-emission area;

a plurality of pixels arranged in the light-emission area and including a red sub pixel, a green sub pixel, and a blue sub pixel;

First touch electrodes extending in a first direction on the substrate; and second touch electrodes extending in a second direction on the substrate, wherein the second direction intersects the first direction,

wherein, among the first touch electrodes and the second touch electrodes, either the first touch electrodes or the second touch electrodes are provided with an opening corresponding to the light-emission area so that the other of the first touch electrodes or the second touch electrodes are formed in both the light-emission area and the non-emission area.

2. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the first touch electrodes or the second touch electrodes with the opening are formed of a reflective metal for reflecting ambient light.

3. The display device according to claim 1 , further comprising an insulating film disposed between the first touch electrodes and the second touch electrodes.

4. The display device according to claim 3 , wherein the first touch electrodes have the opening, and are formed of a reflective metal, and the second touch electrodes are formed of a transparent metal.

5. The display device according to claim 3 , wherein the first touch electrodes have the opening, and are formed of a reflective metal.

6. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the first and second touch electrodes are disposed in the same layer, and the first and second touch electrodes are provided at a predetermined interval from each other.

7. The display device according to claim 6 , further comprising bridge electrodes for electrically connecting the first touch electrodes with one another, wherein the bridge electrodes are disposed in the non-emission area,

wherein the first touch electrodes are connected with one another at intersections of the first and second touch electrodes in the first direction by the bridge electrodes.

8. The display device according to claim 7 , further comprising an insulating film to cover the first and second touch electrodes,

wherein the bridge electrodes are provided to electrically connect adjacent first touch electrodes neighboring in the first direction through contact holes penetrating through the insulating film.

9. The display device according to claim 6 , wherein the first touch electrodes have the opening, and are formed of a reflective metal.

10. The display device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a bank arranged in the non-emission area and provided to divide the plurality of pixels.

11. The display device according to claim 10 , wherein the first touch electrodes are provided with an interval along the second direction, and the interval between adjacent two of the first touch electrodes is smaller than an interval between adjacent two of the plurality of pixels.

12. The display device according to claim 10 , wherein the second touch electrodes are provided with an interval along the first direction, and the interval between adjacent two of the second touch electrodes is smaller than an interval between adjacent two of the plurality of pixels.

13. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of pixels further include white sub pixel.

14. The display device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

an organic light emitting device arranged on the substrate; and

an encapsulation layer to cover the organic light emitting device,

wherein the first touch electrodes, the second touch electrodes, or both are directly formed on the encapsulation layer.

15. A method for fabricating a display device, the method comprising:

forming a plurality of pixels on a substrate including a light-emission area and a non-light emission area, and forming a bank to divide the plurality of pixels;

forming an encapsulation film to cover the plurality of pixels and the bank; and

forming first touch electrodes extending in a first direction and second touch electrodes in a second direction on the encapsulation film, wherein the first direction intersects the second direction,

wherein, among the first touch electrodes and the second touch electrodes, either the first touch electrodes or the second touch electrodes are provided with an opening corresponding to the bank so that the other of the first touch electrodes or the second touch electrodes are formed in both the light-emission area and the non-emission area.

16. The method according to claim 15 , wherein the process of forming the first and second touch electrodes includes:

forming the first touch electrodes on the encapsulation film;

forming an insulating film on the first touch electrodes; and

forming the second touch electrodes on the insulating film.

17. The method according to claim 16 , wherein the process of forming the first touch electrodes on the encapsulation film includes depositing a reflective metal layer so as to form the opening on the encapsulation film, and

the process of forming the second touch electrodes on the insulating film includes depositing a transparent electrode on the insulating film.

18. The method according to claim 16 , wherein the process of forming the first touch electrodes on the encapsulation film includes depositing a transparent electrode on the encapsulation film, and

the process of forming the second touch electrodes on the insulating film includes depositing a reflective metal layer so as to form the opening on the insulating film.

19. The method according to claim 16 , wherein the process of forming the first touch electrodes on the encapsulation film includes depositing a reflective metal layer so as to form the opening on the encapsulation film, and

the process of forming the second touch electrodes on the insulating film includes depositing a reflective metal layer so as to form the opening on the insulating film.

20. The method according to claim 15 , wherein the process of forming the first and second touch electrodes includes providing the first touch electrodes with an interval along the second direction, wherein the interval between adjacent two of the first touch electrodes is smaller than an interval between adjacent two of the plurality of pixels.

21. The method according to claim 15 , wherein the process of forming the first and second touch electrodes includes providing the second touch electrodes with an interval along the first direction, wherein the interval between adjacent two of the second touch electrodes is smaller than an interval between adjacent two of the plurality of pixels.