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Thursday, October 9, 2014

eMagin Receives $6.8 Million in R&D Contracts; Demonstrates Brightest Full Color OLED Microdisplay

HOPEWELL JUNCTION, N.Y.--()--eMagin Corporation (NYSE MKT: EMAN), a leader in OLED microdisplays and virtual imaging technologies, announced today that it has been awarded three new R&D contracts totaling $6.8 million. One of the three new contracts is a $1.1M contract over 15 months to further enhance the full color brightness of its recently demonstrated ultra-high-brightness microdisplay products. Details regarding the other two contracts will be released in the near future.
Andrew Sculley, President and CEO of eMagin, said, “In September 2014 we demonstrated a full color WUXGA display with 9.6 micron pixels running at 7,000 nits using our proprietary technology. We believe this is the brightest ever full color OLED micro-display. With this new contract we recently signed, we expect to approximately double the brightness. We have a significant lead in developing the technology for highly power efficient, small form factor, high contrast, ultra-high-brightness, full color OLED microdisplays. This new contract will help us extend our lead.” Mr. Sculley continued, “Our recent demonstration was a very high resolution display, better than full HD (1920 x 1200), at a pixel pitch as small as our other displays (9.6 microns). These full color displays are much higher brightness and much more power efficient because they don’t use color filters. These displays are ideally suited for applications from avionics (both commercial and military) to the consumer data glass wearables market. These are the only displays that demonstrate the very high contrast at high brightness typically needed for avionics. This brightness plus our thinner, smaller form factor and the inherent lower power than LCOS or LCD technologies make our display highly attractive for the consumer data glass market. Our displays can be made less than 1.8mm thick.”
This new contract will result in further enhanced brightness (approximately double the 7,000 nits) that will be very attractive for other applications requiring ultra-high-brightness, high resolution and high contrast microdisplays. The active matrix feature delivers crisp, high-contrast imagery via eMagin’s True BlackTM pixel technology. The screen turns on instantly at low temperatures without the need for heaters and is built to high commercial and military ruggedness standards. This technology exhibits much lower color shift with angle than standard OLED microdisplays. This approach offers a high-resolution microdisplay with extended luminance performance without the need for a back light, illuminator, or separate drive circuitry which are necessary for LCOS or LCD technology microdisplays.

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