RD projects
SCOOP
SCOOP is focussed on high performance microdisplays based on the combination of OLED technology with CMOS technology, and innovative visualisation systems. OLED microdisplays are based on “Above-IC” integration with the principal value chain being located in Europe. SCOOP intends to improve the competitiveness of European industry by helping the industrial partners to maintain and improve their technological advance and to extend their market share by enabling new products. The project will also contribute to strengthen Europe’s scientific and technology base in the field of OLED materials and thin film encapsulation, which can be leveraged for a variety of applications through the institutional partners and the material supplier involved in the project. The project will also provide system integrators with components with outstanding features enabling innovative products like informative eyewear or augmented reality glasses.
ODICIS
ODICIS is a 7th framework project aimed at developing a single display cockpit by employing state of the art technologies. The ODICIS project has officially started on the 1st of May 2009 and is planned to last 30 months.
Nanoproj
Most portable devices currently on the market (mobile phones, GPS systems, etc.) use very small screens. Another method for viewing and sharing videos and images is to project them onto a white 21cm x 29 cm surface. Such projection systems are beginning to appear on the market, but their size and energy use are incompatible with mobile phones’ miniaturization requirements. The market for miniature projection systems should explode in the next ten years, providing considerable growth opportunities for applications in portable devices (the primary target market), as well as cars, home appliances, and home automation.
The innovation developed by the Nanoproj project is the placement of an entire LCD transmission matrix and its control system on a silicon wafer. The technology will use 5µm LCD pixels to achieve a wide integration. The light source will be either RGB LEDs or RGB lasers. Optinvent will design an integrated optical system for projection, STMicroelectronics will develop the LCD matrix control system, and CEALETI will realize the LCD. This project is original in that it applies techniques from microelectronics to achieve extreme miniaturization, which can be used to produce compact devices with relatively low manufacturing costs.
