Patent ID: 8013956

Claim:
A front filter attached to a front surface of a flat panel display device, the front filter comprising: a near infrared ray (NIR) blocking film for blocking the emissions of near infrared rays; an electromagnetic interference (EMI) shielding film for absorbing electromagnetic waves and preventing emissions of the electromagnetic waves, the EMI shielding film comprising: a front surface comprising a visible first surface and a visible second surface; a mesh unit comprising conductive meshes that are intersected with each other, the mesh unit further comprising the visible second surface; and a mesh frame surrounding the mesh unit to support the mesh unit, the mesh frame comprising the visible first surface, wherein the mesh frame is melanized to provided a melanized mesh frame, such that the visible first surface of the melanized mesh frame comprises a darker color than the visible second surface of the mesh unit to distinguish an effective display area corresponding to the mesh unit from a surrounding area corresponding to the mesh frame, and wherein the visible first surface is on a same plane as the visible second surface; a glass formed on the front surface of the EMI shielding film; and a first antireflection coating to preventing the reflection of incident rays, wherein the melanized mesh frame is formed by etching a two-layered base film comprising of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and a metal foil.