eMagin Team Wins Navy STTR; Project with Univ. of Michigan To Extend Utility of OLED Displays for Direct-View and Near-Eye Appli

eMagin Corporation (AMEX:EMA), teamed with the
University of Michigan's Solid-State Electronics Laboratory (SSEL),
has won a Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) contract from The
Office of Naval Research with technical monitoring by NAVAIR to study
novel approaches for thin-film encapsulation. This research will
enable small, lightweight displays and, potentially, flexible
displays.
   For this project, the eMagin Corporation/University of Michigan
team will demonstrate a rugged and reliable thin-film encapsulation
method for OLED displays.
   "This award will advance technology to foster new generations of
displays," said Susan Jones, executive vice president and chief
marketing officer, eMagin Corporation. "The promise of this research
is a rugged, low-cost encapsulation technique and process that can be
applied to microdisplays as well as larger format OLED devices."
   According to Professor Jerzy Kanicki, head of the "Organic &
Molecular Electronics" research group, "This project should enable us
to move key technology from the lab to the customer and enable a whole
new generation of display products. We are pleased to be working with
eMagin, the leader in active matrix, OLED-on-silicon microdisplays."

   About University of Michigan SSEL

   Located within the University of Michigan Electrical Engineering
and Computer Science building, Solid-State Electronics Laboratory
(SSEL) opened in 1986 to offer complete capabilities for the
fabrication of silicon and gallium arsenide devices, circuits and
microsystems. The SSEL consists of a class 100/10-research laboratory
with approximately 7,000 sq ft of work area, backed up by almost
25,000 sq ft of support facilities. A separate class 10,000
Instructional Laboratory of about 1,000 sq ft supports formal courses
in fabricating and characterizing devices and circuits. The SSEL now
has a total of over 100 doctoral students involved in its various
research programs. Also SSEL includes the Michigan Nanofabrication
Facility (MNF), which is part of the National Nanotechnology
Infrastructure Network (NNIN) supported by National Science Foundation
(NSF), serving nationwide researchers.

   About eMagin Corporation

   A leader in virtual imaging technology, eMagin integrates
high-resolution OLED microdisplays, magnifying optics, and systems
technologies to create a virtual image that appears comparable to that
of a computer monitor or a large-screen television. With unique
technology for producing high-performance small molecule
OLED-on-silicon microdisplays and related optical systems, eMagin is
the only company to supply these displays in commercial quantities to
OEMs. In addition, the company sells integrated modules to military,
industrial and medical customers, and has recently announced its first
consumer system, the Z800 3DVisor. eMagin's microdisplay operations
are co-located with IBM on its campus in East Fishkill, N.Y. Optics
and system design facilities are located in Bellevue, Wash. For
additional information, please visit www.emagin.com and
www.3dvisor.com.