Corning Inc. (Corning, NY) is offering EAGLE XG® Slim glass substrates in larger generation sizes to support LCD-panel manufacturing for larger applications such as TV and large monitors. Initially intended to enable lighter-weight portable devices, the line debuted in June with glass sizes up to Generation 5 at 0.4mm thick. Today’s announcement adds 0.5 mm glass in Generations 7 and 8—the glass sizes that support television applications and large monitors. Until now, those generation sizes have traditionally been 0.7mm thick.
At the standard glass thickness of 0.7mm, glass represents 10% to 25% of the module thickness for slim TV designs. A migration to 0.5mm will provide a tangible benefit in efforts to reduce the thickness of televisions.
Corning produces EAGLE XG Slim at its plants in Asia, utilizing its worldwide supply chain. Samsung Corning Precision Materials Co. Ltd. also supplies the product line to customers in Korea.
Moving forward, Corning plans to further expand the EAGLE XG Slim product line by developing 0.3mm substrates for glass sizes that support portable electronic devices.
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