Kopin Develops New Line of Super High-Performance LCD Microdisplays for Very High Brightness Augmented Reality Applications
September 11 2017 - 8:30AM
Business Wire
Brillian Displays Support Growing Augmented
Reality Applications
Kopin® Corporation (NASDAQ: KOPN), the largest U.S. developer of
display systems for wearable technologies and military
applications, today announces a new generation of liquid crystal
displays (LCDs) that incorporate advanced designs and processing
techniques to dramatically increase performance over prior
generations of displays. The new Brillian product line incorporates
an advanced pixel structure, newly formulated liquid crystal
materials and enhanced manufacturing processes to produce
unsurpassed image performance in applications requiring extreme
high brightness.
“The Brillian LCD is the result of a multi-year development
effort to satisfy the increasing performance requirements of our
customers,” said President and Chief Executive Officer Dr. John C.
C. Fan. “The Brillian product line offers the extreme brightness
levels only possible with an LCD, while at the same time
substantially boosting image contrast and lowering switching time.
This breakthrough in performance will enable the further
advancement and fielding of augmented reality products throughout
the growing markets that we serve.”
“This new line of LCDs is ideally suited for very high
brightness augmented reality applications such as visor projected
pilot displays, integrated rifle scopes, soldier tactical displays,
embedded training systems and outdoor maintenance displays” stated
Bill Maffucci, the Company’s Vice President and General Manager of
Government and Industrial Products. “The Brillian LCD microdisplays
far exceed emissive devices in brightness, operating life and
reliability which allows them to provide easy to read display
information together with a clear view of the external scene under
all lighting conditions from total darkness to bright
sunlight.”
The Brillan displays with the advanced pixel structure have more
than double the contrast ratio of conventional displays. Full-color
Brillian displays exhibit contrast ratios higher than 500:1 and
brightness levels greater than 34,000 cd/m2 (10,000 foot-lamberts).
With the use of the newly formulated liquid crystal materials,
switching time has been reduced by about 30% to a fraction of one
frame time to eliminate any perceived symbology latency.
The Brillian displays are manufactured by Kopin’s proprietary
NanoJet process at its Westborough Massachusetts facility. The
NanoJet process releases tiny drops of liquid crystal material with
great precision (variation within a few nanograms) and provides for
a purer, better controlled and very uniform layering of the liquid
crystal material in the fabrication of displays, resulting in
superior image quality and higher brightness. The cell gap
uniformity is also substantially improved to about 90% from about
70% for the conventional method. The uniform cell gap produces more
consistent contrast ratio and viewing angle performance across the
display area.
Samples of the Brillian display are available for select
customers and production is expected to commence in the second
quarter of 2018.
About Kopin
Kopin Corporation is a leading developer of innovative wearable
computing technologies and solutions. Kopin’s technology portfolio
includes ultra-small transmissive, reflective and emissive
displays, optics, speech enhancement technology, software,
low-power ASICs, and ergonomically designed smart headset concept
systems. Kopin’s proprietary components and technology are
protected by more than 300 global patents and patents pending. For
more information, please visit Kopin’s website at
www.kopin.com.
Safe Harbor Statement
Statements in this press release may be considered
“forward-looking” statements under the “Safe Harbor” provisions of
the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These
include, without limitation, statements relating to our expectation
that the breakthrough in performance will enable the further
advancement and fielding of augmented reality products throughout
the growing markets that we serve; the new line of LCDs is ideally
suited for very high brightness augmented reality applications such
as visor projected pilot displays, integrated rifle scopes, soldier
tactical displays, embedded training systems and outdoor
maintenance displays; and production of the Brillian displays is
expected to commence in the second quarter of 2018. These
statements involve a number of risks and uncertainties that could
cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in
the forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties
include, but are not limited to, the following: the breakthrough in
performance may not enable the further advancement and fielding of
augmented reality products; the markets we serve may not grow; the
new line of LCDs may not be ideally suited for very high brightness
augmented reality applications such as visor projected pilot
displays, integrated rifle scopes, soldier tactical displays,
embedded training systems and outdoor maintenance displays; we may
encounter design or manufacturing issues which prevent us from
manufacturing the new Brillian displays and therefore they may not
be available in the second quarter of 2018 or ever; the Brillian
displays may not work; the Company might be adversely affected by
competitive products and pricing; manufacturing delays, technical
issues, economic conditions or external factors may prevent the
Company from achieving its goals; we could be delayed in shipping
some of our products including the Brillian displays; and other
risk factors and cautionary statements listed in the Company’s
periodic reports and registration statements filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the 12 months ended December 31, 2016,
and the Company’s subsequent filings with the Securities and
Exchange Commission. You should not place undue reliance on any
forward-looking statements, which are based only on information
currently available to the Company and only as of the date on which
they are made. The Company undertakes no obligation to update any
of these forward-looking statements to reflect events or
circumstances occurring after the date of this release.
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