DEFENSE-WIDE MANUFACTURING SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY ManTech Enables Affordable Manufacture of Full Color High Brightness OLED Microdisplays Current fielded full color microdisplays cannot simultaneously achieve high contrast and high brightness to clearly display see-through imagery required for high ambient conditions without obscuring the scene. Fielded Organic Light Emitting Diodes (OLEDs) can achieve this for monochrome, but refinements to the manufacturing process, are necessary to improve manufacturing efficiency and luminance critical for military applications. Additionally, all silicon backplanes for OLED microdisplays are currently manufactured off-shore. Magnified view of directly patterned OLED emitters showing subpixel detail Manufactured OLED Army RDECOM and the OSD Defense-wide Manufacturing Science and Technology office partnered to establish an on-shore advanced backplane manufacturing process for silicon backplanes ready for OLED deposition Manufactured fully functional high brightness OLED microdisplays on on-shore wafers Built the first high resolution, direct patterning OLED deposition tool and integrated it into the primary OLED manufacturing production system Manufactured fully functional full color high brightness OLED microdisplays using the new deposition tool, demonstrating significant improvements in luminance and efficiency DMS&T investment of $4.95M F-35 Visor (Left) and Apache Display Tech Demo (Right) Established capability of on-shore foundry for advanced backplane wafers for OLED deposition Increased luminance of manufactured microdisplays by >10X to >1,300-fL Increased efficiency of manufactured microdisplays by >14X to 7 cd/a Integrating early prototypes into High Definition Aviation Digital Display (HiDADD) Apache vision system upgrade tech demo (FY16), F-35 visor (FY16), and Soldier Visual Interface Technology (SVIT) tech demo (FY17) Enabled On-Shore Source of Microdisplays for Day/Night Situational Awareness 22 Defense-wide Manufacturing Science & Technology Program, Army RDECOM Communications-Electronics Research, Development and Engineering Center (CERDEC), emagin Corporation