eMagin and Army Team on OLED Research; Effort Will Define Method to Measure OLED Lifetimes

eMagin Corporation (AMEX: EMA), a leader in OLED
technology, and the U.S. Army will work together to develop a testing
methodology to measure the useful life of active matrix OLED (organic
light-emitting diode) displays. eMagin will work specifically with the
Night Vision and Electronic Sensors Directorate (NVESD) of the U.S.
Army's Research, Development, and Engineering Command's (RDECOM's)
Communications-Electronics Research, Development and Engineering
Center (CRDEC).
   Under the terms of this Cooperative Research and Development
Agreement (CRADA), eMagin and NVESD will develop better ways to assess
the applicability of active matrix OLED displays in military systems
on the basis of their usable lifetimes. Current methodologies for
measuring lifetime of non-emissive displays, such as LCDs, do not
apply to emissive displays like OLED devices. Rather, the display's
lifetime depends on the specific application and can be much longer
than most conventional models predict.
   For an OLED-based device, such factors as device color (including
filters), video content, and temperature and luminance ranges all
affect usable lifetime. NVESD and eMagin co-developed an initial
usable lifetime model for a joint paper presented at SPIE Defense and
Security Conference in March 2005. This project will extend and refine
that initial work.
   OLED microdisplays are of particular interest for near-eye
applications for military and commercial systems owing to their
industry-leading power efficiency and ruggedness. eMagin recently
announced new OLED-XL (tm) technology that will extend this leadership
in power efficiency and provide higher brightness with longer
lifetime.
   "This project lays the groundwork for performance and measurement
standards so that the Government can make more informed decisions
about the utility of OLED technologies," said Susan Jones, executive
vice president, eMagin Corporation. "Working to meet these standards
will enable us to develop our OLED capabilities in ways that will
prove most useful to our customers."

   About eMagin Corporation

   A leader in personal display systems and OLED microdisplay
technologies, 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. eMagin's OLED displays have broad market
reach and are incorporated into a variety of near-to-eye imaging
products by military, industrial, medical and consumer manufacturers,
who choose eMagin's award-winning technology as a core component for
their solutions. eMagin's Z800 3DVisor provides superb 3D stereovision
and headtracking for PC gaming, training and simulation, and other
applications. It won the CEA's Innovation of Year award in the digital
display category and won additional recognition in the electronic
gaming category. eMagin's microdisplay manufacturing and R&D
operations are co-located with IBM on its campus in East Fishkill, New
York. System design facilities and sales and marketing are located in
Bellevue, Washington. A sales office is located in Tokyo, Japan. For
additional information, please visit www.emagin.com and
www.3dvisor.com.