Today LG Display has announced that they have developed the world’s thinnest FHD smartphone bezel. LG Display has developed a 5.3-inch Full HD LCD panel for smartphones with the world’s narrowest bezel at 0.7mm.
To realize the 0.7mm bezel width on the left and right sides of the panel, LG Display has used its “Neo Edge” module processing technology and the world’s first “Advanced In-Cell Touch (AIT)” technology.
LG Display used new technology called “Neo Edge” which uses an adhesive instead of double-sided tape to attach and seal the total area and edges of the panel’s circuit board and backlight unit. Because there is no plastic guide panel to attach the panel and backlight, the Neo Edge technology helps achieves minimal bezel width. It also helps in blocking light leakage and makes the display waterproof and dustproof.
The adhesive seal also prevents corrosion that sometimes occurs along the edge of the glass panel when double-sided tape is used. This is dramatically improving the panel’s durability despite the narrow bezel because of increased elasticity as the adhesive hardens.
The company’s AIT technology, exclusively developed by LG Display, reduces the need for bezel space because the touch panel is embedded into the LCD module. The technology offers a slim design and excellent touch, while saving costs since a separate process for touch functions is not required.
Last year LG came with its slimmest 5.2-inch 1080p smartphone display. The panel was 5.2 inches long 2.2mm thick and had a 2.3mm bezel. Few months back Sharp and Softbank has announced two new smartphones, Aquos Crystal and Aquos Crystal X. Both Aquos Crystal smartphones sported incredibly thin bezels, the 5.5″ Aquos Crystal X measuring just 139 x 73 x 11mm, making it much smaller than the 5.5″ LG G3 146.3 x 74.6 x 8.9 mm.
LG Display will begin mass production of its new smartphone panel in November and will be supplying customers in China first. LG Display has not revealed any details on which device will be the first to use this new ultra-thin bezel as yet.
