Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a display unit configured to display an image, a pad portion disposed in a periphery of the display unit, the pad portion configured to receive a driving signal for driving the display unit, and a touch sensor disposed on the display panel. The touch sensor includes sensing electrodes disposed on the display panel, and touch wires electrically connected to the pad portion and disposed on the display panel, the touch wires being respectively connected to the sensing electrodes to transmit a touch signal.

Abstract: A touch panel includes a substrate, a first signal line, and a second signal line. The first signal line extends on the substrate in a first direction and includes a first height from the substrate. The second signal line extends on the substrate in a second direction crossing the first direction and includes a second height from the substrate. The second signal line is disposed in the same layer as the first signal line. The second height is greater than the first height.

Abstract: A touch panel, a display device having the same, and a method of manufacturing the touch panel are disclosed. In one aspect, the touch panel includes a base substrate and a first sensing portion extending in a first direction and formed over the base substrate. The first sensing portion including a plurality of first fine lines defining a plurality of spaces therebetween. The touch panel also includes a second sensing portion extending in a second direction crossing the first direction and formed over the base substrate and a first insulating layer covering the first fine lines. The first insulating layer defines a plurality of openings therein corresponding to the spaces between the first fine lines. The second sensing portion crosses the first sensing portion with the first insulating layer interposed therebetween.

Abstract: A touch sensor includes a touch substrate including a touch sensing area and a non-sensing area outside the touch sensing area, touch electrodes disposed in the touch sensing area and configured to sense a touch, and touch wiring connected to the touch electrodes in the non-sensing area, in which the touch wiring includes a first wiring conductive layer, a second wiring conductive layer disposed on the first wiring conductive layer, and transparent layers disposed at first and second sides of the second wiring conductive layer and on the first wiring conductive layer.

Abstract: A flexible touch sensing unit may include a substrate including an active touch region and an inactive region surrounding the active touch region, a plurality of first sensing electrodes disposed on the active touch region and extending along a first direction, a plurality of second sensing electrodes disposed on the active touch region and extending along a second direction, and a plurality of sensing lines disposed on the inactive region and electrically connected to the first sensing electrodes and the second sensing electrodes. Each of the sensing lines may include a first metal layer, a first conductive layer disposed on the first metal layer, and a second metal layer disposed on the first conductive layer. Each of the first sensing electrodes may include a third metal layer, and each of the second sensing electrodes may include a fourth metal layer. The first conductive layer may include a self-assembled monolayer.

Abstract: A display device includes a display panel including a display unit configured to display an image, a pad portion disposed in a periphery of the display unit, the pad portion configured to receive a driving signal for driving the display unit, and a touch sensor disposed on the display panel. The touch sensor includes sensing electrodes disposed on the display panel, and touch wires electrically connected to the pad portion and disposed on the display panel, the touch wires being respectively connected to the sensing electrodes to transmit a touch signal.

Abstract: A wire grid polarizer plate includes: a transparent substrate through which incident light is transmitted; and a partition wall member on the transparent substrate and at which first polarized light is transmitted and second polarized light perpendicular to the first polarized light is reflected. The partition wall member is defined by: first partition walls spaced apart from each other on the transparent substrate, the first partition walls formed of a first metal; second partition walls respectively on the first partition walls, the second partition walls formed of a second metal having strength greater than that of the first metal; and third reinforced partition walls respectively on the second partition walls and having a stepped cross-sectional structure, the third partition walls formed of an oxide of the first metal, the oxide of the first metal having strength greater than the strength of the second metal.

Abstract: A display device and a method of manufacturing a display device are capable of preventing an alignment layer from being lumped in a microcavity. The display device includes: a substrate; a thin film transistor formed on the substrate; a pixel electrode connected to the thin film transistor; a roof layer formed on the pixel electrode; microcavities interposed between the pixel electrode and the roof layer; an injection hole formed in the roof layer, the injection hole configured to expose at least a portion of the microcavities; a first valley extended in one direction between the microcavities; an alignment layer formed on the pixel electrode, under the roof layer, and in the first valley; a liquid crystal layer filled in the microcavities; and an encapsulation layer formed on the roof layer, the encapsulation layer configured to cover the injection hole and to seal the microcavities.

Abstract: A touch panel, a display device having the same, and a method of manufacturing the touch panel are disclosed. In one aspect, the touch panel includes a base substrate and a first sensing portion extending in a first direction and formed over the base substrate. The first sensing portion including a plurality of first fine lines defining a plurality of spaces therebetween. The touch panel also includes a second sensing portion extending in a second direction crossing the first direction and formed over the base substrate and a first insulating layer covering the first fine lines. The first insulating layer defines a plurality of openings therein corresponding to the spaces between the first fine lines. The second sensing portion crosses the first sensing portion with the first insulating layer interposed therebetween.

Abstract: A touch panel includes a substrate, a first signal line, and a second signal line. The first signal line extends on the substrate in a first direction and includes a first height from the substrate. The second signal line extends on the substrate in a second direction crossing the first direction and includes a second height from the substrate. The second signal line is disposed in the same layer as the first signal line. The second height is greater than the first height.

Abstract: A display panel includes a first substrate comprising a plurality of pixel areas, a second substrate facing the first substrate, a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, a thin film transistor comprising a gate electrode disposed on the first substrate, a semiconductor pattern overlapping with the gate electrode, a source electrode and a drain electrode overlapping with the semiconductor pattern and spaced apart from each other, a plasmonic color filter to which a common voltage is configured to be applied, and comprising a same material as the gate electrode, disposed on a same layer as the gate electrode, and comprising a plurality of holes through which light is configured to be transmitted and a pixel electrode to which a gray scale voltage is configured to be applied, and overlapping with the plasmonic color filter, and electrically connected to the drain electrode.

Abstract: A touch sensor includes a touch substrate including a touch sensing area and a non-sensing area outside the touch sensing area, touch electrodes disposed in the touch sensing area and configured to sense a touch, and touch wiring connected to the touch electrodes in the non-sensing area, in which the touch wiring includes a first wiring conductive layer, a second wiring conductive layer disposed on the first wiring conductive layer, and transparent layers disposed at first and second sides of the second wiring conductive layer and on the first wiring conductive layer.

Abstract: An exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides an optical sensor, including: a substrate; an infrared ray sensing thin film transistor including a first semiconductor layer that is formed on the substrate and arranged to operate by receiving infrared light, and a bandpass filter formed on the substrate and sized and arranged to pass the infrared light; a visible ray sensing thin film transistor including a second semiconductor layer formed on the substrate and arranged to operate by receiving visible light; and a switching thin film transistor including a third semiconductor layer formed on the substrate, wherein the bandpass filter may be formed of a metal material patterned to have features, successive features spaced apart from each other by a predetermined period so as to pass the infrared light and to block the visible light.

Abstract: An imprint lithography method includes disposing a mask layer on a base substrate in first and in second areas, reducing a thickness of the mask layer in the first area, disposing a first planarization layer on the mask layer in the first and second areas, forming a first imprint pattern on the first planarization layer, forming a first planarization layer pattern by etching the first planarization layer using the first imprint pattern, forming a first mask pattern in the first area by etching the mask layer using the first planarization layer pattern, diposing a second planarization layer on the first mask pattern and the mask layer in the first and second areas, forming a second imprint pattern on the second planarization layer, forming a second planarization layer pattern by etching the planarization layer using the second imprint pattern, and forming a second mask pattern in the second area.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a polarizer includes forming a first layer on a base substrate, forming a first partition wall layer on the first layer, forming a second partition wall layer on the first partition wall, forming a plurality of first partition wall patterns and a plurality of second partition walls disposed on the first partition wall patterns by etching the first partition wall and the second partition wall at the same time, forming a block copolymer layer on the first layer on which the plurality of first partition wall patterns are formed, forming a plurality of fine patterns from the block copolymer layer, and patterning the first layer using the fine patterns and the second partition wall patterns as a mask.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display is provided. The liquid crystal display includes a substrate, a thin film transistor disposed on the substrate, a pixel electrode connected with a terminal of the thin film transistor, a microcavity disposed on the pixel electrode, the microcavity including a liquid crystal injection hole disposed at an edge of the microcavity, a supporting member disposed on the microcavity, a first hydrophobic layer disposed on an edge portion of the supporting member, and a capping layer disposed on the supporting member with the capping layer covering the liquid crystal injection hole.

Abstract: A method of forming a fine pattern includes providing a first metal layer on a base substrate, providing a first passivation layer on the first metal layer, providing a mask pattern on the first passivation layer, providing a partitioning wall pattern having a reverse taper shape by etching the first passivation layer, coating a composition having a block copolymer between the partitioning wall patterns adjacent each other, providing a self-aligned pattern by heating the composition, and providing a metal pattern by etching the first metal layer using the self-aligned pattern as a mask.

Abstract: Provided are light source module and backlight unit. A wire grid polarizer including a substrate, and a plurality of conductive wire patterns configured to be formed parallel to one another on the substrate, wherein each of the conductive wire patterns includes a first conductive wire pattern, an insulating layer and a second conductive wire pattern and the first and second conductive wire patterns are electrically insulated from each other and have different shapes.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, there is provided a wire grid polarizer comprising a substrate, a plurality of parallel conductive wire patterns which is located to protrude on the substrate, and an oxidation prevention layer which is located along an upper surface of the conductive wire patterns, wherein the oxidation prevention layer is formed of a compound including aluminum and fluorine.

Abstract: Provided are color filter-integrated polarizer and method of manufacturing a color filter-integrated polarizer. A color filter-integrated polarizer includes a conductive material disposed on a substrate. The conductive material includes a polarizer region which comprises a plurality of parallel conductive wire patterns and a color filter region which comprises a plurality of holes arranged in a pattern.