introduction

Silicon Micro Display (SMD) is dedicated towards providing low-cost microdisplay component and subsystem solutions for research and product development community. SMD will sustain the low-cost structure by limiting trade-show promotion and dedicated engineering support. Instead, we will rely on open forum inquiries and information exchange to provide the necessary support and improvements. SMD will provide access to continued hardware/firmware upgrades through low annual-maintenance subscription following the first year of support with the initial purchase.

Silicon Micro Display (SMD) was formed in 2009 with the objective of developing highest performing microdisplays for the emerging AR/VR industry. Since introducing the ST1080 head-mounted-display, the world's first compact head-mounted-display satisfying the visual acuity based on a pair of 1080p Liquid-Crystal-on-Silicon (LCoS) microdisplays at CES 2012, SMD has been committed to developing microdisplay and driver technology to continually satisfy the human visual perception as the field-of-view (FOV) requirement for Near-Eye Displays (NEDs) widens. The result is a 4k UHD native resolution (4096 x 2240) microdisplay and a driver board system fully capable of operating as a color microdisplay in field-sequential-color (FSC) mode.

In 2014, SMD was awarded the Navy Rapid Innovation Fund (RIF) project to develop a low-latency helmet-mounted-display for the domeless fighter jet training system. SMD also has an on-going extended program with the Air Force to develop a compact 4k UHD microdisplay module and driver that satisfies the latency, high-frame-rate, color-break-up reduction, and high-dynamic-range (HDR) support in an effort continue to push the microdisplay technology to meet all aspects of human visual perception.

Currently, SMD is exploring other applications of microdisplay technology while continuing the effort to push the microdisplay backplane technology to go beyond 4k UHD resolution to satisfy the visual acuity requirement for the entire FOV of the human visual system within a manageable bandwidth budget.