Microdisplay Solutions, Made in the USA
OLEDWorks is a U.S.-based manufacturer leveraging their expertise in creating exceptionally bright and rugged automotive OLED lighting products to develop OLED microdisplay solutions for defense, automotive, and medical applications.
What is a microdisplay?
A microdisplay is a very small display, typically measuring between 0.5 and 1.3 inches from corner to corner. An OLEDWorks microdisplay consists of a silicon backplane with multiple stacks of ultra-thin, white-emitting OLED layers and a color filter. The CFs selectively transmit or absorb specific wavelengths of light to create red, green, and blue (RBG) sub-pixels from the white OLED light.
OLEDWorks microdisplay with a Euro coin for size comparison
OLEDWorks microdisplay, showing an image of two elephants
OLEDWorks’ multi-stack OLED technology is a breakthrough in the field of microdisplays. Each additional OLED layer increases the display’s brightness, without requiring higher current densities. Most OLED microdisplays on the market are made with one stack, significantly limiting the brightness and operating lifetime of the display.
What are some applications of OLEDWorks’ microdisplay?
With breakthrough performance, OLEDWorks’ microdisplay is a superior choice for:
- Virtual reality (VR) applications: Multi-stack OLEDs allow for a low-duty cycle operation while still maintaining sufficient light output of the display, which can help combat some of the motion sickness that VR users often experience.
- Augmented reality (AR) applications: The high brightness levels and low power consumption of OLED microdisplay offers a significant advantage for AR displays, particularly regarding AR applications used outdoors, where the light of the display has to compete with very bright sunlight.
OLEDWorks is primarily interested in developing high-performance microdisplay products for AR/VR applications within the defense, automotive, and medical industries.
What sets OLEDWorks’ microdisplay apart?
As a U.S.-based OLED manufacturer, OLEDWorks’ strategic microdisplay research and development builds upon decades of OLED expertise reaching back to the original OLED teams at Kodak. With its Atala brand, OLEDWorks has demonstrated the ability to manufacture exceptionally bright and rugged OLED automotive lighting products at scale, and translates lessons learned into its microdisplay development process.
Through existing contracts to develop high-brightness OLED microdisplays with the United States Department of Defense (DoD), OLEDWorks continues to push the boundaries of performance and efficiency for microdisplay.
Let’s discuss how this breakthrough technology can be applied to your project or application.