eMagin
eMagin is an American-operations company that makes microdisplays. It is fully owned by Samsung. eMagin's microdisplays are OLED.
eMagin was originally founded by Gary Jones in 1992.[1]
eMagin was sold to Samsung for about $200 million.[2]
eMagin was the first company to develop an OLED on silicon display.[3]
eMagin's strategy has been to get its silicon backplane wafers processed externally, then bring them into its facility in New York and do the OLED deposition there.[4] eMagin has claimed that it has at least once gotten backplanes from a silicon foundry in the USA.[5]
eMagin's primary contribution is its OLED-on-silicon microdisplay technology.
Business partnerships[edit]
eMagin is the supplier of OLED microdisplays for the F-35 fighter jet helmet to Collins Aerospace.[6] eMagin's displays are also in the ProView SO-35. eMagin likely supplied OLED displays to Vuzix for their Tac-Eye LT monocular head-mounted display product around 2011.[7]
eMagin is a supplier to THEON, providing most OLED displays used in THEON's products, including A.R.M.E.D. products.[8]
Products[edit]
- SVGA+ Rev2 XL[9]
- SVGA+ Rev3 XL Series, available in full color, or white monochrome, or green monochrome.[9]
- SXGA-096 OLED-XL[10]
- Z800 3DVisor
eMagin's SVGA+ is a resolution slightly larger than a standard SVGA display.[9]
History[edit]
eMagin was founded as FED Corporation, which was a company started in about 1992 by Gary Jones, a former engineer at Texas Instruments. Prior to founding FED, Mr. Jones managed both semiconductor manufacturing and research and development programs at Texas Instruments.[11] FED being an abbreviation for Field Emission Displays/Field Emitter Displays, which is what the company originally worked on.[12] FED was based in the state of New York. It was incorporated as a Delaware corporation on November 30, 1993.[13] FED Corp was a manufacturer of miniature flat-panel displays.
At one point, it licensed OLED flat panel display technology from Eastman Kodak.[12]
Gary Jones was the leader of FED/eMagin since its founding in 1992.[11]
FED Corp's website in 1999 was at fedcorporation.com.[14]
FED Corporation acquired Virtual Vision, based in Redmond, WA, in 1998. Virtual Vision was a manufacturer of video headset systems with strong expertise in integrated optics systems.[15]
Legally, the eMagin Corporation was created through the merger of a holding company called FDC, which was organized on January 23, 1996 as a Nevada company, and FED Corporation.[16] FDC's only purpose was to be part of the reverse-merger. On March 16, 2000, FDC and FED Corporation merged, and the merged company changed its name to eMagin Corporation.
In 2004, Gary Jones retained his position as Chairman of the Board of Directors.[11]
In 2004, Gary Jones owned about 13 percent of eMagin Corporation, and Stillwater LLC owned 20 percent.[11]
Manufacturing[edit]
eMagin's microdisplay manufacturing and R&D operations have been co-located with IBM on its campus in East Fishkill, New York.[17]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Executive Management Changes at eMagin". https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1046995/000101376207000086/ex991.htm.
- ↑ "Samsung Display Completes Acquisition of eMagin". 2023-10-19. https://www.yolegroup.com/industry-news/samsung-display-completes-acquisition-of-emagin/.
- ↑ "IBM / eMagin Press Release". https://web.archive.org/web/20001216181800if_/http://www.fedcorporation.com/pribm.htm.
- ↑ "eMagin shows 2K x 2K OLED microdisplays at Display Week 2019". 2024-03-06. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcNQHeI31OE.
- ↑ Web, Web. "eMagin". https://www.emagin.com/news/press-releases/news-2018/182-emagin-receives-defense-manufacturing-technology-achievement-award.
- ↑ "The US Navy placed a $347 million order to replace the F-35 helmets, to adopt OLED microdisplays in the new design". 2023-08-31. https://www.oled-info.com/us-navy-placed-347-million-order-replace-f-35-helmets-adopt-oled-microdisplays.
- ↑ "Vuzix Tac-Eye LT". https://www.oled-info.com/vuzix-tac-eye-lt.
- ↑ "ΤHEON announces new strategic US and European investments and partnerships". 2025-08-11. https://live.euronext.com/en/products/equities/company-news/2025-08-11-theon-announces-new-strategic-us-and-european-investments.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 "SVGA+ Rev3 XL Series User Specification". https://www.emagin.com/images/products/svga/datasheets/SVGA_Rev3_XL_User_Manual_Datasheet_Rev_5.pdf.
- ↑ https://www.tekgear.com/sxga-096-green-oled-xl.html
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 "eMagin Corporation 2004 NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING AND PROXY STATEMENT". https://emagin.com/images/financials/Final_Proxy_2004.pdf.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 Numbers, The (1999-03-02). "FED licenses FPD technology from Eastman Kodak". https://www.eetimes.com/fed-licenses-fpd-technology-from-eastman-kodak/.
- ↑ Therein., Reference (2006-10-20). "EMAGIN CORPORATION Form DEF 14A". https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1046995/000101376206001946/form14a.htm.
- ↑ "FED Corporation Home Page". https://web.archive.org/web/19991105232545if_/http://www.fedcorporation.com:80/.
- ↑ "Press Release: Kodak and FED Corporation Announce OLED Technology Licensing Agreement". https://web.archive.org/web/19991108200454if_/http://www.fedcorporation.com/prkodak.htm.
- ↑ Of, Way (2007-07-23). "eMagin Corporation Form S-1". https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1046995/000101376207001322/forms1.htm.
- ↑ "eMagin Corporation Fourth Quarter 2010 Earnings Release and Conference Call to Be Held Wednesday, March 16, 2011". 2011-03-03. https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20110303006062/en/eMagin-Corporation-Fourth-Quarter-2010-Earnings-Release-and-Conference-Call-to-Be-Held-Wednesday-March-16-2011.