Displaytech Reaches Milestone, Announces New Customers, Third-Party Partnerships

Microdisplay maker Displaytech Inc., Longmont, Colo., USA, said within the last six months, Displaytech shipped more than 500,000 microdisplays to OEM customers. This number is comprised of both near-eye displays and projection displays. The company's LightView line of near-eye displays is ideal for applications such as viewfinders for camcorders and digital still cameras. Minolta will begin marketing two high-end digital still cameras that feature Displaytech's LightView QVGA displays as viewfinders; the Minolta DiMAGE7 and DiMAGE5. Concord Camera Corp. is using Displaytech's full-color LightView QVGA display module as a viewfinder in its line of EyeQ 3x digital cameras. The LightCaster line of projection displays is designed for use in projection products such as HDTVs, computer monitors and business projectors.

The company reached an exclusive distribution agreement with Densitron Technologies, a United Kingdom-based global supplier of industrial electronics and computers. Densitron now exclusively distributes Displaytech's microdisplays in Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Sweden and the United Kingdom.

Displaytech's third-party manufacturing program allows customers to choose optics and image processing chips from a number of component manufacturers. The most recent additions to the roster of third-party players include Conexant Systems Inc., which is offering a digital still camera reference design package featuring Displaytech's LightView QVGA display module. The package includes Conexant's 1.3-meagpixel CMOS sensor, its Raptor II-C advanced digital camera processor and Displaytech's microdisplay. Zoran Corp. is also offering a digital still camera reference design kit incorporating Displaytech's LightView QVGA display module. Included are Zoran's PixelCam 1.3-megapixel CMOS sensor, its COACH (Camera On A Chip) processing chip and Displaytech's microdisplay.