Product Awards
DISPLAY PRODUCT OF THE YEAR
This award will be won by a company that has produced a display product that demonstrates outstanding originality.
WINNER: microLED Emissive Display from Plessey Semiconductors
At the start of 2018, Plessey announced its capability to produce microLEDs (microscopic light-emitting diode) based on its proprietary GaN-on-Silicon LED production technology, which solves the problems of manufacturing such tiny LEDs. There is a huge opportunity for microLEDs to replace incumbent LCD and OLED
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microLED Emissive Display from Plessey Semiconductors
Electronics Industry Awards
technologies in a wide range of display applications, from HDTVs to smartphones, smart watches, HUDs, and AR headsets.
Plessey’s core focus is the provision of innovative illuminators for display engines (DMD and LCOS) and full-field emissive microLED displays that combine very high- density RGB pixel arrays with high-performance CMOS backplanes to produce very high-brightness, low-power and high-frame-rate image sources for head- mounted displays (HMDs), and augmented and mixed reality (AR/MR) systems.
Until now, manufacturing microLEDs has not been easy – partly because they’re so small that today’s pick-and-place technology is not accurate enough. That’s where Plessey’s proprietary technology comes in. Plessey’s LEDs are made from gallium nitride on a substrate of silicon (GaN-on-Si), instead of the usual sapphire. This enables the creation of monolithic microLEDs – with multiple emitters on a
single chip. This unique approach brings several key advantages and solves the issues that have held back microLEDs from the mass market until now.
“As demand for microLED displays is accelerating, Plessey's GaN-on-Silicon is recognised as the only technology platform capable of addressing all of the challenges involved with manufacturing microLED displays in high volumes cost-effectively. It is also one of the only viable solutions that can enable products that are not only compact enough to be worn without restricting the overall experience for AR and VR applications and in HUDs, but also provide the size, weight, power and luminance needed. I am thrilled that this product has won the award. With its integrated components and excellent thermal performance, it is a standout display.” –
Niamh Marriott, Editor CIE Components in Electronics February 2020 5
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