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Measures Against Dust

Thorough cleanliness maintains the quality of LCD panels.

An extremely high level of cleanliness is needed to produce a perfectly precise panel

Dust and dirt are the greatest enemies of LCD panels. Even the smallest speck of dust stuck to a panel in the manufacturing process will negatively affect the precision circuit, which activates pixels. Full-HD LCD TVs have about two million pixels, and every single pixel must function without problems. The clean room at the Kameyama Plant boasts a high level of cleanliness, allowing only a few grains of pollen to penetrate an area the size of, for example, a baseball stadium. Although large glass substrates are continually carried in and out during the manufacturing process, Sharp keeps this level of cleanliness with proprietary technology.

Image: The clean room boasts a high level of cleanliness, allowing only a few grains of pollen to penetrate an area, for example, the size of a baseball stadium.

Innovative idea which eliminates the smallest speck of dust in the air

Because glass is an insulator, it tends to take on static electricity and adsorbs dust from the air when transported. To counter this, Sharp developed proprietary anti-dust technology that keeps dust away from the glass substrate. This technology, born from coating technology, results in LCD panels that are free from dust-damaged pixels. It is an important technology that supports the production of full-HD LCD TVs.

Image: Glass easily takes on static electricity


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