Patent ID: 7834951

Claim:
An EMI (electromagnetic interference) shielding film of a flat panel display device, the EMI shielding film comprising: a mesh unit comprising intersecting conductive meshes, wherein the mesh unit is an etched metal layer; and a mesh frame for surrounding the mesh unit to support the mesh unit and to define an effective display area on a screen, wherein the mesh frame is a non-etched metal layer, wherein the mesh unit and the mesh frame are formed integrally together by a base film and the mesh unit and the mesh frame comprise alternating layers of PET (polyethylene terephthalate) and metal foil, wherein the effective display area corresponds to an area of the mesh unit, wherein a surface of the metal foil of the mesh frame is melanized and a surface of the mesh unit is not melanized, and wherein the surface of the metal foil is on a same plane as the surface of the mesh unit.