Kopin Achieves Important Milestone in Development of Ultra-High Brightness µLED Microdisplay
07 Juni 2023 - 2:30PM
Business Wire
Approaches 3 million nits brightness and
customer commenced integration
Kopin® Corporation (Nasdaq: KOPN), a leading provider of
application specific optical systems and high-performance
micro-displays for defense, enterprise, professional and consumer
markets, today announced that it has achieved an important
milestone in the development of its superbright 2K x 2K monochrome
MicroLED display.
Micro-displays used in Augmented Reality (AR) applications
require very high brightness for a user to see images clearly and
crisply when using a device in bright daylight conditions and in
see-through enabled applications. Kopin’s 1” diagonal 2K x 2K
MicroLED display (2048 x 2048 resolution) has been developed to
support high-performance defense and AR applications. The initial
production verification samples utilizing Kopin’s proprietary
backplane and drive technology have achieved brightness levels of
over 2.8 million nits1 and the brightness of the production
displays is projected to increase to between 3.2-3.5 million
nits.
Inorganic Light Emitting Diode (MicroLED or µLED) technology is
widely seen across the display industry as an important technology
for the future and especially for AR systems where its combination
of brightness and efficiency is well matched to the market
requirements. The brightness and image quality achieved in the
production verification displays has allowed Kopin’s initial
MicroLED customer to start integrating the displays into their
system for low-rate initial production testing.
“MicroLED displays can achieve brightness levels that are a
necessary enabler to allow AR systems to be fully deployed in
bright ambient conditions,” stated Bill Maffucci, Kopin’s Senior
Vice President of Business Development and Strategy. “We believe
the 2K x 2K MicroLED that we are developing is by far the highest
resolution LED microdisplay that has ever been developed and it
incorporates several proprietary design features that overcome
challenges which previously limited the use of this technology. We
are very pleased with our initial test results and look forward to
completing development of this display and moving into
production.”
About Kopin Corporation
Kopin Corporation is a leading developer and provider of
innovative display and optical technologies sold as critical
components and subassemblies for defense, enterprise, professional
and consumer products. Kopin’s portfolio includes microdisplays,
display modules, eyepiece assemblies, image projection modules, and
vehicle mounted and head-mounted display systems that incorporate
ultra-small high-resolution Micro Light Emitting Diode (µLED),
Active Matrix Liquid Crystal displays (AMLCD), Liquid Crystal on
Silicon (LCOS) displays and Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED)
displays, a variety of optics, and low-power ASICs. For more
information, please visit Kopin’s website at www.kopin.com. Kopin
is a trademark of Kopin Corporation.
Forward-Looking Statements
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“forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and
Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
“Exchange Act”), which are subject to the safe harbor created by
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as of the date made, and advise readers that these forward-looking
statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve
certain risks, uncertainties, estimates, and assumptions by us that
are difficult to predict. These forward-looking statements may
include statements with respect to our belief that the 2K x 2K
MicroLED we are developing is by far the highest resolution LED
microdisplay that has ever been developed and it incorporates
several proprietary design features that overcome challenges which
previously limited the use of this technology. Various factors,
some of which are beyond our control, could cause actual results to
differ materially from those expressed in, or implied by, such
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actual results could differ materially from those discussed.
Important factors that could affect performance and cause results
to differ materially from management’s expectations are described
in Part I, Item 1A. Risk Factors; Part II, Item 7. Management’s
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations; and other parts of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for
the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022, or as updated from time to
time our Securities and Exchange Commission filings.
1 A nit is a unit of measurement that equals one candela per
square meter. Candela, in turn, is the unit measurement for light
intensity. In other words, a nit is how bright a screen appears to
one human eye.
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