1.3” 2.6K x 2.6K OLED Display Exhibits Color
Purity > 115% sRGB with 10-bits Color Control
Kopin Corporation (NASDAQ: KOPN), a leading developer and
provider of transmissive and reflective active matrix liquid
crystal and organic light emitting diode (OLED) microdisplays,
today announced its latest Lightning® 2.6K x 2.6K OLED display
(2560 x 2560 resolution) has now achieved breakthrough color
fidelity (> 115% sRGB). This fidelity number is believed to be
the world’s highest achieved on duo-stack OLED microdisplays and
equal to that on the best single-stack OLED microdisplays. This
OLED display is aimed at high-performance virtual reality/augmented
reality/mixed reality (VR/AR/MR) headsets.
For VR/AR/MR applications, high brightness and color fidelity
are critical. One method to achieve higher brightness is using a
duo-stack OLED structure. A duo-stack OLED is two OLED structures
on top of each other and connected in a series so that carriers
(electrons-holes) pass through the duo-stack OLED and generate
photons twice, instead of once like in the conventional
single-stack OLED structure currently used in OLED microdisplays.
Furthermore, the duo stack provides more flexibility in the OLED
stack design for optimum efficiency and color than the single
stack, which can result in much higher efficiency (> 4x), higher
brightness, lower power consumption and longer lifetime. However,
previous designs with the duo-stack OLED structure introduced color
mixing among subpixels, resulting in unacceptable color
performance. Kopin’s patent-pending innovation incorporates a
specially configured anode structure in the Si backplane to
suppress the color mixing.
This ColorMaxTM technology, believed to be applicable to all
OLED microdisplays using duo-stack OLED structures, is first
integrated into Kopin’s 2.6K x 2.6K OLED display which has an
active image size of 1.3” in diagonal. The display integrates
high-speed D-PHY/C-PHY MIPI interface and Display Stream
Compression (DSC) circuits to handle compressed video of up to 3:1
ratio. The 2.6K x 2.6K OLED display also has 10-bit color control,
the world’s first in OLED microdisplays to the best of Kopin’s
knowledge. The 10-bit color control, together with the measured
high color fidelity, outstanding efficiency (> 6
candela/ampere), high brightness level (> 1000 nits) and high
contrast ratio (> 10,000: 1), now enables the much-desired
studio-quality, high dynamic range (HDR) capable VR experience. The
excellent results were obtained in close collaboration with our
OLED foundry partner, Lakeside Optoelectronic Technology Co., Ltd.
Further improvements in the brightness (> 2000 nits) and color
fidelity are expected through optimization of OLED deposition
conditions. By incorporating a structure to enhance the output
coupling efficiency, the brightness of the OLED microdisplay could
be increased to > 5000 nits within a couple of years.
“In addition to the exciting development on color performance in
duo-stack OLEDs, we have demonstrated the video operation of our
first generation 2.6K x 2.6K OLED display with MIPI input signals
and test samples, which are available to select customers,” said
Dr. Boryeu Tsaur, General Manager of Kopin’s OLED Display business
unit. “The design of our backplane was very complex requiring
integration of many different functional blocks including digital
memory. The Si backplane is in reality a complex high-performance
integrated circuit, basically like having an OLED Display Driver IC
(DDIC) or System on Chip incorporated into the Si backplane. Our
2.6K x 2.6K display on our ColorMax Si backplane is not only a
display but is a display on chip (DoCTM). The whole wearable
monitor is now a single 1.3” chip. We plan to enhance our backplane
design further to reach 120-Hz frame rate operation with global
shutter while reducing power consumption even further in our second
generation 2.6K x 2.6K DoC. We expect to have the second generation
2.6K x 2.6K DoC ready by the end of this year and commercially
available to select partners in 2021.”
“We have always had the grand vision that VR/AR/MR headsets
should have an excellent experience and yet they should also be
like regular eyeglasses so that more users would be willing to wear
them for much longer periods of time,” said Dr. John C.C. Fan,
President and CEO of Kopin Corporation. “Kopin therefore has
pursued a holistic and ambitious approach to achieve this goal,
which requires multiple breakthroughs. The glasses need a super
high resolution and a great color wearable monitor integrated with
all the necessary system electronics. It also needs a thin, compact
Pancake® optics to pair with the wearable monitor to provide
studio-like immersive color video images. Now, with our new
breakthrough ColorMax Si wafers, we believe we have all the
necessary building blocks. We are combining all our platform
technologies -- ColorMax, DoC and Pancake -- and collaborating with
Panasonic Corporation for a compact VR headset incorporating our
second generation 2.6K x 2.6K OLED DoC. Our disruptive dream of VR
eyeglass is now almost at hand.”
Kopin, Lightning and Pancake are registered trademarks and
ColorMax and DoC are trademarks of Kopin Corporation.
About Kopin
Kopin Corporation is a leading developer and provider of
innovative display and optical technologies sold as critical
components and subassemblies for military, industrial and consumer
products. Kopin's technology portfolio includes ultra-small 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.
About Panasonic Corporation
Panasonic Corporation with headquarter in Osaka, Japan is a
worldwide leader in the development of diverse electronics
technologies and solutions for customers in the consumer
electronics, housing, automotive, and B2B businesses. To learn more
about Panasonic: https://www.panasonic.com/global.
About Lakeside Optoelectronic Technology Co., Ltd.
Lakeside photoelectric technology (Jiangsu) Co., Ltd. is an OLED
technology developer and OLED microdisplay manufacturer having a
factory in Changzhou, China. For more information, please visit
Lakeside’s website at www.hupanoled.com.
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the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and
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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 fidelity number
(> 110% sRGB) is the world’s highest achieved on duo-stack OLED
microdisplays and equal to that on the best single-stack OLED
microdisplays; our belief that the ColorMaxTM technology is
applicable to all OLED microdisplays using duo-stack OLED
structures; our belief that our 2.6K x 2.6K OLED display is the
first OLED microdisplay with 10-bit color control; our expectation
for further improvements in the brightness (> 2000 nits) and
color fidelity through optimization of OLED deposition conditions;
our belief that the brightness of the OLED microdisplay can be
increased to > 5000 nits within a couple of years; our plan to
enhance our backplane design further to reach 120-Hz frame rate
operation with global shutter while reducing power consumption even
further in our second generation 2.6K x 2.6K DoC; our expectation
to have the second generation 2.6K x 2.6K DoC ready by the end of
this year and commercially available to select partners in 2021.;
our belief that our new breakthrough ColorMax technology provides
all the necessary building blocks to create VR/AR/MR headsets that
are like regular eyeglasses; our collaboration with Panasonic
Corporation to incorporate our second generation 2.6K x 2.6K OLED
displays into a compact VR headset; and our belief that our
disruptive dream of VR eyeglass is now almost at hand. Various
factors, some of which are beyond our control, could cause actual
results to differ materially from those expressed in, or implied
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to update any forward-looking statements to reflect events or
circumstances after the date of this press release, except as may
otherwise be required by the federal securities laws. These
forward-looking statements are only predictions, subject to risks
and uncertainties, and 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 28, 2019, or
as updated from time to time in the Company’s Securities and
Exchange Commission filings.
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