Display device integrated with touch screen panel and method of fabricating the same

A display device having a plurality of pixels comprising:

• a display panel including:
• a Thin Film Transistor (TFT) that is provided in each of an N×P number of pixels defined by crossings between gate lines that are provided in a first direction on a backplane and deliver gate signals, and data lines that are provided in a second direction on the backplane and deliver data signals,
• an N×P number of first electrodes, each of which is provided so as to be spaced apart from one of a source electrode and a drain electrode of the TFT,
• the P number of second electrodes, each of which is provided so as to correspond to the first electrode and which provide an identical signal to all of the N number of pixels, wherein each second electrode is above each corresponding first electrode in each pixel,
• a TFT passivation layer that is provided on the TFT and has a first contact hole;
• the N×P number of first connection patterns which are provided on the N×P number of TFTs and each of which connects the first electrode to one of the source electrode or the drain electrode through the first contact hole, and
• the P number of second connection patterns that deliver a touch driving signal to the P number of second electrodes and are formed of a material substantially identical to that of the first connection patterns;
• a touch integrated circuit that applies a touch driving signal to all or some of the P number of second electrodes when a driving mode of the display panel is a touch driving mode;
• a data driver that supplies data voltages to the data lines when the driving mode is a display driving mode;
• and
• a gate driver that sequentially supplies scan signals to the gate lines when the driving mode is the display driving mode,
• wherein the first connection pattern and the second connection pattern are simultaneously formed using a mask.