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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.

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.
