Product Summary

Sharp will encourage the application of its new high-resolution LCD panels to high-definition notebook PCs and LCD monitors, which are both expected to grow in demand—as well as to mobile devices and this announcement further explained that the LCDs in production are the world’s first panels to incorporate IGZO oxide semiconductors. Sharp has converted Kameyama Plant No. 2, which had previously been used to create advanced LCD panels for televisions to produce small to medium-size screens for smartphones and other mobile devices and with an official company statement that Sharp is producing IGZO displays for mobile devices, expect to see plenty of rumors resurfacing that Apple's iPhone, iPad, and perhaps even iMacs and a television set, could all be using Sharp's IGZO displays.



In March 2012 at Kameyama Plant No. 2, Sharp began producing the world's first high-performance LCD panels incorporating IGZO oxide semiconductors. Sharp is expanding production scale through April to meet market demand. Kameyama Plant No. 2 first started operations in August 2006, manufacturing highly advanced LCD panels for TVs. Production systems have subsequently been reorganized to focus on producing small- and medium-sized LCD panels for the world's rapidly growing smartphone and tablet terminal markets. Employing advanced IGZO oxide semiconductors enables Sharp to produce LCDs with smaller thin-film transistors and increased pixel transparency, thus allowing for lower energy consumption. In addition, proprietary UV2A*3 photo-alignment technology employed in Sharp's AQUOS LCD TVs enables these displays to achieve high image quality. Sharp will encourage the application of its new high-resolution LCD panels to high-definition notebook PCs and LCD monitors-which are both expected to grow in demand-as well as to mobile devices. Sharp will also contribute to creating markets for attractive new products. Sample specifications of LCD panels incorporating IGZO :

• For LCD Monitors Display size 32 inches : No. of pixels 3,840 x 2,160 ; Pixel density 140 ppi
• For High-Definition Notebook PCs Display size 10 inches : No. of pixels 2,560 x 1,600 ; Pixel density 300 ppi
• For Tablet Terminals Display size 7 inches : No. of pixels 800 x 1,280 ; Pixel density 217 ppi